Chapter 208: Work To Do

Today was the last day of my four-day weekend and, unfortunately, I have to go back to work tomorrow. I am definitely not looking forward to it, either. I know, I know… I only have to go back tomorrow and Thursday then I am off again for five more days. Still, after the past four days it is going to be rough going back there tomorrow. It won’t be that bad, I’m sure. I am hoping that these next two days will kind of feel like what Monday has felt like for me these past couple of weeks – like it isn’t even really a part of the week. I am really keeping my fingers crossed that the next two days will pass really quickly. One cool thing about the next two days, though, is that I kind of have something to look forward to each night. Wednesdays have long been my favorite day of the week because I have something that I am really excited about after work – my piano lesson! That is still the case for tomorrow. Thursday will be kind of the same because I know that when I leave work I won’t have to go back until the following Wednesday and my Grandma will be arriving sometime Thursday evening, as well. So, I have plenty to be excited about both of those nights. That should make both of those days pass a little easier. Also, tomorrow I need to make it a point to write two new songs at work, as I have made my daily task for each workday. I didn’t do that on Thursday or Friday last week and didn’t write anything over the weekend, so I really need to get back to it tomorrow. I also didn’t work out at all over the long weekend, so I really need to make it a point to do that for the next two days. I know I won’t be doing it while my family is here staying with us, so I need to make sure to get that in the next two days. I really should have done it yesterday or today but I can’t change that now. So, both tomorrow and Thursday workouts are a must.

One thing I am kind of excited about, as far as going back to work, is the process of getting ready in the morning. Not the entire process but the putting on makeup and getting dressed and such. I don’t know what it is exactly but for some reason I really love the process of getting ready to leave the house. I enjoy trying to make myself look my best. I have a lot of fun with it but find it kind of pointless if I’m not getting ready to go somewhere or something. That’s not entirely true. Oftentimes, I will do makeup and such when I am just sitting at home because I want to try out a new look or something along those lines. I did that today, actually. I discussed in last night’s blog the Victoria’s Secret eye shadow palette I am really wanting to get but to resist the temptation to just order it from their website, I decided to try to recreate a look I could do with it using products I already have. This project was a failure because I don’t have a green quite like the one in that palette but I did use a couple of greens in my NYX S104 palette that I had never used before and really liked. Plus, the makeup look I did with these colors was really cute. I liked it a lot and fully intend to use it sometime when I am actually leaving the house. Green is definitely one of my colors for summer. In fact, the new design of the blog incorporates all of my colors for summer, which are pinks, greens and golden and bronze tones. I have been trying to work in these types of shades lately and it has been going really well. The blog is just a reflection of that because I absolutely love the new look of it. I think it’s gorgeous and I hope anybody who reads this blog regularly agrees.

Today was a pretty good day overall. Unlike the last few days, today was actually a really productive day. My Mom gave me a few different tasks that she wanted me to get done today. These tasks included scrubbing down the walls of my shower, scrubbing my toilet, cleaning the mirrors in my bathroom, clearing out my hamper, taking out all of the trash in the house and clearing off all the unnecessary shit on our coffee table. When I woke up this morning, at 10am, I found my Mom up and cleaning, even though she had to go to work at 11:30am. I went to bed pretty late last night, so waking up at 10am I was feeling really groggy and needed a little time to wake up before I did much of anything. Of course, I got up and immediately went through my normal morning routine of washing my face and brushing my teeth, followed by coffee and a cigarette. I sat there and talked to my Mom for a while as she cleaned and then got ready for work. Once she left the house, I finished watching today’s episode of “The View,” then immediately went to work on my bathroom. I did the mirrors first because that seemed like the simplest task. Then I went to scrubbing down my shower and toilet, which was considerably more work. Clearing out the hamper was pretty easy, considering the fact that a lot of the stuff at the bottom of the hamper had somehow mildewed and I just threw it away. When I finished with the bathroom, I decided to take a little break from cleaning. I really have no recollection of what I did with that time but I assume I was watching makeup tutorials on YouTube or something. That has become a bit of an obsession for me, honestly. There is a lot of inspiration to be found from girls on You Tube. I am especially inspired by the professionals that take the time out of their lives to make these videos to show other people how to do things right or create different looks and such. I think that is a really cool thing to do. I have been thinking about making my own makeup tutorial but I don’t really feel like I am good enough at it yet to try to teach others. Eventually, though, I will probably start trying to do that. After this break, I was inspired to go ahead and try the makeup look I mentioned putting together earlier, with the greens.

After I finished that, I sat down on the couch because it was almost time for my Mom to come home for her lunch break. When she did she was on the phone with her boyfriend. She did take the time to look at my bathroom, though, and was very pleased with my work in there. After she left I went ahead and gathered up all of the trash in the house and took it out. I also got my laundry that had been sitting in the kitchen since it was finished and put it all away. I spent quite a while dealing with the clothes in my bedroom. I have officially gotten my bedroom all sorted out, though, which is a very good thing. By the time I finished with all of that it was already nearly 7pm and I still needed to make dinner. My Mom and I had discussed this morning and decided that I should make spaghetti for dinner. So, I started that just after 7pm and while it was cooking I finished clearing off all the unnecessary stuff from the coffee table and got it looking presentable.

I also spoke with my brother earlier today. I had called him to ask about what time I needed to be there on Saturday. They are doing things a little differently than you see for most weddings by doing rehearsal the morning of the wedding instead of the night before. What makes this so unusual is that, traditionally, the rehearsal is the day before so that the bride and groom can separate at that time and then don’t see each other the day of the wedding. It seems as though they are going really traditional with most things for the wedding so I was surprised to hear that they were doing this differently. It’s not a big deal, though because it means that I don’t have to go down to Fort Myers until the day of the wedding. This minimizes the amount of time I have to spend with my Dad’s side of the family, which is a pretty good thing. Of course, it is already planned that my brother is bringing that side of the family up to Sarasota the day after the wedding and we are going to do a big dinner with both sides of the family. I’m not entirely looking forward to that but I figure I will just make it a point to sit next to my sister’s girlfriend because she and I are both really good at entertaining ourselves by sitting off to the side and talking shit about people. The whole thing is making me pretty anxious, though. I am just ready to get the part where I have to deal with that side of the family over with. My Mom’s side of the family, on the other hand, couldn’t get here fast enough. I am really excited to see them. I am really excited for this whole weekend, actually. I think it is going to be a lot of fun.

I am slightly concerned with the fact that there may be rain on Friday. You see, my sister’s girlfriend’s daughter is graduating high school on Friday. The school made the announcement a while ago that if it rains on Friday then they are going to push the ceremony to Saturday. This can’t happen. If it does, that means that my sister will be staying here in Sarasota to attend that instead of going to my brother’s wedding and I just feel like that would be a very bad thing. I can definitely understand it because her girlfriend’s daughter is like her own child but I know that everybody would be disappointed if she wasn’t at the wedding. Plus, I was hoping to go to the graduation, as well, but I definitely can’t if it gets pushed back to Saturday. I am holding tight to my faith that everything will work out in a way that doesn’t allow for my sister to not be at the wedding. Therefore, the Universe will prevent the rain from coming on Friday. Hopefully it will prevent the rain from coming on Saturday, as well. Rain on your wedding day, after all, would suck. It’s not ironic but it does suck. I have faith, though, that this wedding will go off without a hitch. I am really excited for it all to go down. In the meantime, it is now 12:05am and I absolutely must get to bed. I have to be up at 6am tomorrow. I have to be alert when I do, as well, so I am all primed and ready to workout and get myself ready for the day. I am also exhausted. It was a really long but really productive day. My Mom’s boyfriend is arriving tomorrow to get all prepped for the weekend and such so I decided to download a movie to watch tomorrow night while they’re doing their thing out in the living room. I decided on the new remake of “Death At A Funeral,” mainly because James Marsden is in it and I adore him. I also have heard really good things about this one, as well as the original. I am not at all a fan of Martin Lawrence’s brand of humor, so my hopes aren’t too high for this one but I figure it is worth a shot. For now, though, it is time to go to bed. Goodnight.