Lamest thing ever… it’s James’ fault.

Mmmm, good day today. I played hooky (sort of — I was offered a shift this morning and refused it for absolutely no good reason whatsoever) from work; instead, I walked to the store. There I bought a new razor (a Gillette Venus razor. I just used it, and, baby, I’m in love! The triple-blade action is… like… WHOA! And the way the head bends… it is SO COOL. It was really really soft and really sharp and… mmm!! Plus it comes with this awesome-cool carrying case that you can mount in your shower… yah!!), a basketball, and some new Bed Head stuff — “Chocolate Head” — which is supposed to reconstruct hair. Then I went to the park and played basketball, which was hella sweat-inducing, but also really fun; then I sat in the shade with my cold, cold Nalgene and read the Ikea catalogue. What? Why are you laughing? I like the Ikea catalogue. It’s probably the most entertaining thing ever… cept maybe the Linens N Things ads. Anyway, I haven’t made it even 1/10th through, but I am loving it.

After the park, I came home and took a shower, using the new showery things that I’d bought. I don’t know if the “Chocolate Head” stuff has really worked yet, because my hair is still wet, and won’t frizz out till it’s dry, or, alternatively, fail to frizz out if the stuff works like it’s supposed to. Regardless, however, it smells absolutely wonderful and for that reason alone I recommend it.

Another thing that was totally awesome was that, when I got money out of the ATM in order to buy these wonderful things (I bought a couple other things — I’ll tell you in a sec), my receipt said that I have the amount of money I need to pay Mom for college. So whatever I make from now on, I can spend on my books and whatever else. WOOT!

Other things I bought were some new earrings (the cheap kind, just studs), a pair of sunglasses (they claim to be driving sunglasses… I don’t really care what kind they are, but they stay on my face when I’m running and stuff, so that’s cool), and a laundry bag. I am probably WAY too excited about the laundry bag… but, okay, see, the laundry bag is the first thing that I have bought specifically for college life. It is symbollic of me doing my own laundry with my own detergent in my own dorm… carrying my laundry from my own dorm room… EEeeeee!! I am WAY excited for college!!!!

Okay, so there it is. I had lots of alone, out-of-the-house time, and my money worries were greatly soothed. Plus I got good exercise playing basketball, and had a spa-like experience at the end of that. It was extremely therapeutic.

Barista Goddess says: friendster!!!

Last weekend was a little crazy… I worked most of last week, and was scheduled to work eight and a half hours on Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. I was also scheduled to work Saturday, which majorly sucked, because I thought I would have to miss the youth group retreat. However, my manager woke me up at 7 Friday morning, and basically said, “I’m coming to pick you up now… if you work now, I’ll cover your shift tomorrow.” Hence, I was able to go on the retreat after all!

And the retreat was pretty therapeutic-level awesome. I got to hang with the types of peoples at yg that I actually don’t usually chill with, just because our different circles rotate… differently… anyway, point is, it was a blast, and there was lots of admirable natural beautifulness. Of course, having only three hours’ sleep Friday morning was not really the smartest thing I’ve ever done… but I wasn’t operating any heavy machinery or taking any articles of food from strangers, so I think it was all okay.

Contemplative life-thoughts tomorrow. I know I have some, but they’re in an as-yet unbloggable state, and besides, if I write everything in one blog, it’ll be really long, and give you no reason to come back.

Barista Goddess say: “Fortune favors the brave. And the lucky, because that is actually what fortune means. And frequently the stupid, because they need it more than smart people. Fortune is sometimes nice like that. Fortune also smokes, gambles, and boozes, though, so really, it’s pretty unreliable.”