Junie's Online Thoughts
Thursday, October 03, 2002
Ah, the meltdown begins. Stress, stress, everywhere. Yesterday we applied for our passports. Because we are big lazy procrastinating slackers, we had to pay $60 for them to rush the applications so we could get them in 3 weeks (as opposed to 6). That would have cut it too close, knowing it would take 2 weeks for the VISAs and I really dont want to have a nervous breakdown before our trip. Jeremy and I almost killed each other---I was uber-bitch from the record-breaking Atlanta heat, Jeremy was exasperated boy---it was not a pretty sight. It scares us both--knowing how the heat affects me---and how I will be in Ghana---whether I will go mad and freak out or just adjust. We'll see, wont we?
Work was dead then busy. Made a bunch. That was nice. Today Im back under the work avalance--already bristled at Jeremy. Dont want to share a car anymore. I told him that when we come back we are getting separate cars. I have too much stuff to do and am too inflexible with my schedule to wait that extra 25 minutes while he gets ready and wakes up in the morning.
Too much damn stress. Little stupid things become HUGE issues....I hate it. Its making me CRAZY!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 01, 2002
Busy day. Lots of work. Having lunch with my friend/co-worker before she leaves for THailand. Dentist appointment then market research study. Then I have a date with Jeremy tonight. We are going to an Italian restaurant we went to for an anniversary over a year ago. Then tomorrow its passport day (thank goodness) and I work at Noodle. I hope its busy and I make lots of money so I can afford those plane tickets we are buying this Friday. Yikes!
Sunday, September 29, 2002
The meeting on Friday with Sam went really well. He's a nice guy. Wouldnt let me buy him lunch, in fact he bought mine. I had gotten there early and drove around to kill time before deciding to just sit and wait for him by the door. As I got out of the car, I realized I had left my list of questions at work. Damn! When I entered Applebee's, Sam was already there and eating an appetizer. I sat, started my tape recorder and we talked about the job. By the end of it, he had offered to contact two of his cop friends to see if they would do a ride along with me and when I came back into the country, I should contact him to see about getting a job or internship with the solicitor's office.
Worked both Friday and Saturday. Jeremy picked up my shift for today so i can do my own thing today. Want to write for a while and maybe see either Blue Crush or XXX. Finished another book yesterday. The One that Got Away. Well-written mystery. Bought an out of print early romance by Janet Evanovich. Skimmed through it last night to read Jeremy the sex scenes and there were very few and not very sexy. In fact, we ended up laughing out heads off. The book is so bad....she has really improved her writing style since those early days. Im glad she took off those two years to research the Plum novels and to make them as good as they are.
My grandma is reading the Plum books. She's finished One, Two, Six and Seven. She likes JE as an author, but is totally turned off on the bounty hunter career. It makes me smile to know that she's reading them. She rocks. I wrote some questions to JE on her website, including a request to interview her online for my zine. She agreed to answer up to ten questions. Thats pretty cool.
Hopefully I will drop off my release form to the prescint on MOnday so I can get that drive along done. And maybe I will try to call those female bounty hunters back, although they never call me back.
