How am I supposed to waste hours on the interwebs without wi-fi?
Here are the things that are complicating my otherwise enjoyable Christmas vacation:
1. I'm working on the LONGEST JOB APPLICATION IN THE HISTORY OF JOB APPLICATIONS. Come on federal government, can't you just take my word for it that I lived in ghetto student housing in 2005? Sheesh. Somebody told me it was sixty pages. They lied! It's one hundred and twenty seven pages! ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN!
2. My savings account is bleeding by the thousands. Somebody shoot me in the face.
3. JBallz recently spent the day with his cousins. He had a blast. My awesome brother-in-law watched all three of them while my sister and I got a little time in. My nieces are my favorite little kids besides my own. The only problem? The one closest to his age is kind of...well, let's just say that her nickname is (lovingly, of course) Ava-zilla. She'll smile to your face and then stab you in the back with her toddler fork. JBallz is just slightly younger than Ava-zilla and tries to copy everything she does.
You guys, he keeps trying to out evil-genius ME (which is impossible, obviously).
And JBallz is a sore loser.
4. My little brother is also staying temporarily with my parents. He's really, really into Japanese pop music right now.
5. My parents are both on a diet. There aren't even any candy canes here! They are not only starving me, but they are starving my Christmas spirit, which goes hand in hand with Christmas goodies.
On the plus side:
1.I've lost four pounds since I've been here (anorexia, duh).
2.I haven't seen Phil since the 6th and I do believe that I actually miss him!
AND
3.Phil texted me today to tell me that he missed me and was excited to see me on Friday (must not have been THAT excited or I would have gotten a phone call...)
4.I'm also feeling a lot better about this whole moving to Djibouti thing. There's no point worrying anymore about whether or not we are "ready" - whatever that means. We're as ready as we're gonna get, so BRING IT ON AFRICA. I'm not afraid of you!
See? All is well with us.
If you see this child, do not be fooled by her cuteness and her long, pretty eyelashes.
Check her for weapons if you can and never turn your back on her!
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4 comments:
What sort of job are you applying for? Very exciting!
Not to scare you, but I had paid off a credit card (happy) in July; then in August, which was the month before we left for Cairo, we torched that sucker up to...wait for it!...$5,000. I am not making this up. And we didn't even move to a consumables post. Pain.Ful.
Jealous of your Christmas diet. So, I just downed 4 cookies in your honor. With a big, fat, sugary latte. My second of the day!
Merry Christmas!!!
LOL!!! Just think of it this way, by the time you get back from africa Ava may have gotten over the evil phase:)
We definitely need to get together before you move to Africa, even just so that we can get some bad foods in you since you're living with health nuts now!
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