The man

So I worked for 7 hours today and it was insanely busy. Ca-razy. It got up to about 85 degrees today...everyone wanted smoothies or iced coffees. Fun times. I like being busy at work.

I had this one customer who called me "kid" once and then as he was leaving said, "You the man...er, wo-man...". I took it as a compliment.

I can finally hear out of both ears again!! Woooohooooo!! I was genuinely concerned there for a while...(I had an ear infection and was thus, completely deaf for a good few weeks after that. Plus, I had the flu for a day WHILE I had an ear infection and couldn't hear. NOT fun. Not fun at all.) But it's back, which is wonderful. Now I'm just looking forward to getting over the effects of the steroids I had to take (to get the hearing back.) This would involve not being hungry all the freaking time and actually being able to sleep--fall asleep, stay asleep, and not have weird dreams so that the sleep I do get is actually restful. I can't even describe these dreams, basically because I don't remember them, but for whatever reason I go through the next day being totally weirded out by random things. I don't enjoy it.

I was looking back at some old journals today. A year ago today, I was hating my job as a nanny. A year ago from tomorrow I was loving my job as a nanny. I really miss those kids.

Two years ago today, I was introduced to the idea of going to Africa.

Three years ago today, I was in Philosophy class at Creighton taking notes for the final...3 levels of existence, foundational beliefs (I exist, I think, I seem to perceive), rationalists, empiricists, Galileo, etc.

Four years ago today I was in high school dreading graduation. I, like very few others I know, loved high school and my friends and everything that went along with it. I still miss it sometimes, actually. Just popping by a friend's house, sitting on the roof, haybales, looking at the stars, "deep" conversations about stupid things...those were the days, man.

Five years ago today...I didn't journal. Not on a regular basis, anyway. But four years of consistency is really good for me. I don't really follow through or keep up with much, so it's pretty cool.

Anyway...just thought that was interesting.