I have learned a lot about myself this past weekend. I had the house to myself as well as having to look after another person's house and I realized what levels my laziness and loneliness can reach. The problem is I hate being alone and I am completely unable to function well as a human being when I am completely alone. My laziness, already a strong force, tends to take over all control.
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting on my bed, catching up on the Tudors, dreading having to drive the two minute drive to the house I am watching in order to water their plants and generally watch over the house. First of all, I was already getting into this paranoid crazy state of mind because when I had gone the other day, someone had taken in their trash barrells, so I knew that someone else was keeping on eye on their house.
So as I sat on my bed, stuffing my face with Cheerios, I started coming up with these insane ways to make it seem like I was doing a great job housesitting without having to actually go spend all my time there. I began to make plans to go in the afternoon to water, and then, on my way home from babysitting, stop off at the house to check on it, but not actually stay and come home and sleep in my own bed. I realized that I was coming up with this overly complicated plan in order to come off as responsible to some unknown person who may or may not be watching the house, and in fact, going and staying there would be simpler and actually doing my job.
Interestingly enough, even after realizing that my plan was completely crazy, I ultimately decided to just make one stop there and sleep in my own bed...laziness prevails again.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Past month
I have been home a month now and this is the first weekend that I actually have multiple things to do. I am FREAKIN OUT!
But seriously, I have found myself with a house sitting job for family friends as well as having to watch my own house and the zoo of animals that lives in it this weekend. That means feeding three cats and taking care of two dogs. This all would not be that big a deal if I wasn't having to also sleep at the family friends house beginning at about the same time. So, starting tonight I have to sleep away from home. My family will be taking off Friday morning, and I will then be in charge of my own house as well.
This seems simple enough but for some reason my social life has decided to make a brief cameo this weekend as well. I am heading out to a friends apartment somewhere in LA for her birthday which will take up Friday evening, and I am assuming most of the morning as well. That means, good luck lil doggies, you will be going to bed vurrrry early and sleeping in vurrry late. I also will already be neglecting my first paying job of house sitting on the second day of the job.
Sadly, Saturday is not going to be any simpler. I am babysitting from 6:30 until probably around 11PM, so that will be another early night for the dogs. And poor lil baby Kingsley is going to be totally neglected and starving for attention by the time the weekend is out.
BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING. Despite this being a hectic weekend I will finally be making some money which is a huge relief and probably the first productive thing I will have done in the past month.
Since being home I have mastered the art of chilling (as if I hadn't already mastered it, but somehow you always reach new levels you didn't know you could get to). Each night, I go to sleep thinking that the next day is going to be the day that I am productive, and it is amazing how you can repeat that same thought process for about a month now.
However, I have had my brief moments of productivity. I have made TWO dresses. Real dresses, that people would wear out in public. I even wore one of them out in public. Unfortunately I misjudged the crowd. It is a bright flowery dress and I found myself at some weird Goth club with girl dressed in pajamas wearing antlers dancing on stage. I still wore my dress proudly, although the attention I recieved was less than satisfactory. I did manage to find myself stuck in a lovely conversation with a guy named "Mo" telling me about how crazy girls are when they PMS, that guy really knew how to win over a lady.
The dress is still waiting for its day in the spotlight where it can truly be appreciated.
I have also made some jewelry. My friend, Ereeni, has been making earrings so we all decided to try and make jewerly. I pulled out all of the beads and crafty things I had piling up from my childhood and I managed to make a somewhat decent looking bracelet and barret clip.
Other than that, I spend a lot of time sitting on bed where I can pretty much do anything I would ever need to do: sleep, computer, eat. tv etc. If you look closely below you can see the breakfast drink, lunch drink and dinner drink all sitting together on my shelf.
But seriously, I have found myself with a house sitting job for family friends as well as having to watch my own house and the zoo of animals that lives in it this weekend. That means feeding three cats and taking care of two dogs. This all would not be that big a deal if I wasn't having to also sleep at the family friends house beginning at about the same time. So, starting tonight I have to sleep away from home. My family will be taking off Friday morning, and I will then be in charge of my own house as well.
This seems simple enough but for some reason my social life has decided to make a brief cameo this weekend as well. I am heading out to a friends apartment somewhere in LA for her birthday which will take up Friday evening, and I am assuming most of the morning as well. That means, good luck lil doggies, you will be going to bed vurrrry early and sleeping in vurrry late. I also will already be neglecting my first paying job of house sitting on the second day of the job.
Sadly, Saturday is not going to be any simpler. I am babysitting from 6:30 until probably around 11PM, so that will be another early night for the dogs. And poor lil baby Kingsley is going to be totally neglected and starving for attention by the time the weekend is out.
BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING. Despite this being a hectic weekend I will finally be making some money which is a huge relief and probably the first productive thing I will have done in the past month.
Since being home I have mastered the art of chilling (as if I hadn't already mastered it, but somehow you always reach new levels you didn't know you could get to). Each night, I go to sleep thinking that the next day is going to be the day that I am productive, and it is amazing how you can repeat that same thought process for about a month now.
However, I have had my brief moments of productivity. I have made TWO dresses. Real dresses, that people would wear out in public. I even wore one of them out in public. Unfortunately I misjudged the crowd. It is a bright flowery dress and I found myself at some weird Goth club with girl dressed in pajamas wearing antlers dancing on stage. I still wore my dress proudly, although the attention I recieved was less than satisfactory. I did manage to find myself stuck in a lovely conversation with a guy named "Mo" telling me about how crazy girls are when they PMS, that guy really knew how to win over a lady.
The dress is still waiting for its day in the spotlight where it can truly be appreciated.
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| this is the one I wore out |
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| This is what it looks like on |
I have also made some jewelry. My friend, Ereeni, has been making earrings so we all decided to try and make jewerly. I pulled out all of the beads and crafty things I had piling up from my childhood and I managed to make a somewhat decent looking bracelet and barret clip.
Other than that, I spend a lot of time sitting on bed where I can pretty much do anything I would ever need to do: sleep, computer, eat. tv etc. If you look closely below you can see the breakfast drink, lunch drink and dinner drink all sitting together on my shelf.
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| Wine glass, mug and diet coke can |
Friday, September 3, 2010
procrASStination
I am going to keep writing in this blog, I am going to keep writing in this blog, I am going to keep writing in this blog.
But seriously. I am. I have just moved home and I am finding my groove and as a result I am feeling uncreative, not witty and especially lazy. But it will happen. After I unpack all of the stuff (cat included) that I had to send back to the west coast:
But seriously. I am. I have just moved home and I am finding my groove and as a result I am feeling uncreative, not witty and especially lazy. But it will happen. After I unpack all of the stuff (cat included) that I had to send back to the west coast:
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