Another day, another post. I'd like to start by dedicating this post to a certain someone who shall remain nameless for the remainder of this entry. Suffice it to say that he is a little RAY of sunshine in my life. This fellow has been harassing me for what seems like years to watch Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. After many, many months of snide remarks, I finally sat down a few days ago and watched it. There are very few things that I can say to do this splendid video justice. Youngish Neil Patrick Harris (*swoons*), great music, a fairly interesting plot. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to sing along. Go watch it right now!
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Now that that's out of the way, we can get to the meat and potatoes of this post: my newly constructed memory board. For a couple of years I have been collecting random photos, scraps, tickets, etc. that remind me of amazing times with friends and family. Since the inception of this idea, the memory items have been hanging on a cork board that was attached to my desk. Recently, my sister moved into New York City leaving me her much larger, and now empty, room. Not all of my stuff needed to be moved into the new room, the desk being one of the items left behind. With the desk was left the bulletin board (remember, they're attached). My new abode appeared incomplete without the ridiculous items I had saved to remind me of perfectly wonderful times. As of yesterday, normalcy has returned. Here's my so-called memory board (it's not finished, I know, but I am still collecting wonderful memories!).
Although I could tell a story about every post on that board, I'm only going to go through three: one high school post, one college post, and one current post. I hope this adequately gives an overview of the past three years of my life. Fair warning, I may get sappy in the next few paragraphs of text, but don't worry, my usual sarcastic self will return soon enough.
1. High School
Circa June, 2011. The last day of high school was a roller coaster of emotion. It was one of the happiest days of my life (seriously) and also one of the saddest. It is incredibly difficult for something that you have become accustomed to and are very comfortable with to end, especially when the future is both so gut-wrenching and invigorating (the prospects of college life seemed so limitless). After a bittersweet day in school, my friends and I decided to celebrate our newfound freedom, and also eat away our feelings, at Red Mango. Hilarity and general chaos ensued following a phone call from Mitchell, who informed us that he was not in our caravan and had indeed been left at school. Oops. Sometimes we're a bit forgetful. After some lovely frozen yogurt with all of the necessary toppings, we planned on meeting up at the beach later that night for continued fun. And fun it was! As seen in the picture above, only six of us made it to the beach, but this was an instance in which quality definitely counted more than quantity. And these are some of the most quality people I know! Running around, watching the sunset, eating (of course), and general happiness made this one of my favorite memories from all of high school.
2. Freshman Year
It's almost impossible to pick one memory to sum up the monster that was freshman year, but Tea Time in Hardey-Cush most definitely comes close. Tuesday night was the most important of night of the week because of its regular attendees: snacks, feels, great people, and obviously delicious tea. Run by the fabulous Gisella (words cannot describe how much I love that little Peruvian lady), every week was an astounding success! One never had any plans that might conflict with Tea Time, and one would always find that as 11:00 drew closer, his will to study/do homework steadily declined ("I can't start anything right now, I have tea time in half an hour" was a common phrase among us). You felt safe and relaxed at Tea Time. It fostered an environment that every freshman (no matter how strong and independent you may think you are) needs. Warm mug in hand, you could easily talk about your life and its problems without feeling judged or uncomfortable. Yes, even I felt that way despite Gisella constantly yelling at me to get more water.
3. Summer 2K13
Roadtripping to see college friends, spending all day and night with high school friends, having everyone come visit me on Long Island. That's how these few months between semesters were supposed to go. My summer, however, can be summed up in one simple word: work. Eights hours a day, five days a week, every week. That previous sentence is only made worse when I remember that I work in a dental office, which (hopefully) will in no way impact my future career. Upon starting this summer job I was only interested in making bank, and working full time one should be able to do that. However, as the weeks have gone by, I've come to love work and the characters with whom I work. The star above was given to me by the wonderful Ronnie after I found a chart that no one had been able to find in weeks. I guess that's why they call me the file clerk. Hah. To see the other lovely drawings Ronnie has given me, check out my Instagram (yes, I am shamelessly trying to get new followers)! I so genuinely love chatting with my coworkers, from the dentists to assistants to the front desk staff. Everyone is so multifaceted and brings a special something to the table. Yesterday was a slow day; we only had one dentist, one hygienist, and one specialist because of the holiday. As calm and relaxing as the day was, I found myself missing the regular players in our game. Telling one assistant for the thousandth time that I don't (and never will) play candy crush; repeatedly asking one dentist to move out of the way so that I can file some charts; listening to one front desk worker tell me how she is allergic to pineapple, and then getting a pumpernickel pretzel from her (try them, they are delicious!). I've come to care for everyone in the office. Although my summer so far hasn't turned out like I originally anticipated, I think I'm happy with it. Here's to long summer nights, and longer summer work days!
That's all for now. As always, here are the latest shots my plants. The first is my eggplant (the flower is supposed to be upside down) and the second is of the lovely daisies that I have been growing!
I TOLD YOU!
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