an eventful day!
May. 30th, 2003 11:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamajoanYesterday was quite eventful.
I worked from home and it was a bit crazy (scrambling to finish a project).
I also casually turned on the National Spelling Bee on tv, and got riveted! Who knew a spelling bee could be so exciting? I mean, I was always into grammar and spelling and such, but even at 13 (the age of most of these kids), I wasn't THAT into it. But man, were those kids good! And the competition itself was really interesting to watch. The tension! The drama! The moments of humor! The agony of defeat! I really wanted the little Jamaican girl to win, partly because she reminded me of Kendra from "Buffy," but also because she was so poised and serious and had a sort of showwomanship to her. (Plus as the words got harder she pulled out a whole bag of tricks to stall, which I thought was funny.)
Later in the afternoon/evening, my buddy Darth Julie came up on the train, and along with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jenwrites and another couple friends who don't have LJ (silly people!), we went to Cambridge to meet up with plaidder. We had Chinese food and ice cream and it was super-fun! :) Then Darth Julie and plaidder and I hung out for a while longer, and then Julie and I spent the night at my mom's so that Julie could catch her train back home in the morning.
This morning there were some adventures of the not-so-fun kind, but in a minor way. On the bright side, it's Friday *and* payday, and you can't beat THAT with a stick. :)
On Sunday, my friend Cyndi is coming down from Vermont to spend the day cleaning my apartment and helping me rearrange my furniture to make room for, like, a crib and stuff. I am SO thurking relieved about this. The place is a pigsty, and although I'm a pretty messy person, it is way past my tolerance level. I've just been too tired and scattered to actually clean it up myself, plus when it reaches a really bad state I give up before I even get started because tackling the task seems so huge and overwhelming. But Cyndi has done housekeeping for a living in the past, so I know she'll be able to just dive right in and get it done. I can't WAIT. I'm pathetic. *g*
The Friday Five:
1. What do you most want to be remembered for?
Umm, raising well-adjusted, happy, prosperous children? I dunno. I'd like my friends to remember me as someone who was fun to be with and and a good friend, and preferably a good mother.
2. What quotation best fits your outlook on life?
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Heh. Seriously, I dunno. One quotation to sum it all up? Is there such a thing?
3. What single achievement are you most proud of in the past year?
Getting knocked up. ;)
4. What about the past ten years?
This might sound cheesy, but I'm just proud of having made the transition from college student to wacky-just-got-out-of-college wastrel to adult. Six years ago I had no job and no clue, and now I have a good job (and five years of good job experience), a car that's paid for, a bunch of good friends, and basically a pretty stable life. At least for the next seven weeks. ;)
5. If you were asked to give a child a single piece of advice to guide them through life, what would you say?
Ehh, if there's one thing I know about children it's that giving them advice doesn't really work. ;) I guess I would tell a child not to be afraid to speak up when s/he thinks someone else is wrong, even if speaking up is scary or difficult.
I worked from home and it was a bit crazy (scrambling to finish a project).
I also casually turned on the National Spelling Bee on tv, and got riveted! Who knew a spelling bee could be so exciting? I mean, I was always into grammar and spelling and such, but even at 13 (the age of most of these kids), I wasn't THAT into it. But man, were those kids good! And the competition itself was really interesting to watch. The tension! The drama! The moments of humor! The agony of defeat! I really wanted the little Jamaican girl to win, partly because she reminded me of Kendra from "Buffy," but also because she was so poised and serious and had a sort of showwomanship to her. (Plus as the words got harder she pulled out a whole bag of tricks to stall, which I thought was funny.)
Later in the afternoon/evening, my buddy Darth Julie came up on the train, and along with
jenwrites and another couple friends who don't have LJ (silly people!), we went to Cambridge to meet up with plaidder. We had Chinese food and ice cream and it was super-fun! :) Then Darth Julie and plaidder and I hung out for a while longer, and then Julie and I spent the night at my mom's so that Julie could catch her train back home in the morning.This morning there were some adventures of the not-so-fun kind, but in a minor way. On the bright side, it's Friday *and* payday, and you can't beat THAT with a stick. :)
On Sunday, my friend Cyndi is coming down from Vermont to spend the day cleaning my apartment and helping me rearrange my furniture to make room for, like, a crib and stuff. I am SO thurking relieved about this. The place is a pigsty, and although I'm a pretty messy person, it is way past my tolerance level. I've just been too tired and scattered to actually clean it up myself, plus when it reaches a really bad state I give up before I even get started because tackling the task seems so huge and overwhelming. But Cyndi has done housekeeping for a living in the past, so I know she'll be able to just dive right in and get it done. I can't WAIT. I'm pathetic. *g*
The Friday Five:
1. What do you most want to be remembered for?
Umm, raising well-adjusted, happy, prosperous children? I dunno. I'd like my friends to remember me as someone who was fun to be with and and a good friend, and preferably a good mother.
2. What quotation best fits your outlook on life?
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Heh. Seriously, I dunno. One quotation to sum it all up? Is there such a thing?
3. What single achievement are you most proud of in the past year?
Getting knocked up. ;)
4. What about the past ten years?
This might sound cheesy, but I'm just proud of having made the transition from college student to wacky-just-got-out-of-college wastrel to adult. Six years ago I had no job and no clue, and now I have a good job (and five years of good job experience), a car that's paid for, a bunch of good friends, and basically a pretty stable life. At least for the next seven weeks. ;)
5. If you were asked to give a child a single piece of advice to guide them through life, what would you say?
Ehh, if there's one thing I know about children it's that giving them advice doesn't really work. ;) I guess I would tell a child not to be afraid to speak up when s/he thinks someone else is wrong, even if speaking up is scary or difficult.
