honey, honey, come and dance with me

i had an urge to write, but now that i am here, i don't know what i was planning on writing.

it has been a long 7 weeks. only one left and this stage of my summer will be over. it hasn't been as good or as bad as i had expected. what matters is that it hasn't been painful. 7 more days and i'll be home (for a few hours). five more days of work at the lab. three more days of class. one more day working at the golf course.

its a shame that brian never got a chance to come out here for a day or two. maybe he never really intended to, but it just sounded like a good idea. who knows. no regrets though.

i am ready to go home. i talked to ben last night. it was a short conversation, but it still increased my desire to be home by quite a bit. he's got me on the schedule, so that is a relief. and i will get to see both him and paul next friday. it will be a good time. i can't wait to see them, despite how much they drive me crazy sometimes.

i am excited for my trip with jay. i wish brian could be there with us because that would be such a blast to just be the three of us. i can only hope that one day the three of us will go somewhere together and perhaps by that time we'll all be able to get along for the most part.

my tickets to the concert on friday night aren't doing so well on ebay right now. that scares me a lot, especially since we won't even be in boston to scalp them before the show. i had never guessed that i wouldn't have been able to sell them. i don't even care about making money on them anymore - i just don't want to be out $140. i guess that means i need to lower my reserve price....later. keep your fingers crossed for me.

i am glad to have an iPod that works again. i just don't know how long that will last. i can only assume that one day i will have to buy a brand new one...and when that happens, i'll make sure to get the extended warranty. i'm tired of fighting with apple about fixing their crappy products...yet, i continue buying them. oh well.

yesterday, i got to get back out on the lake in a four. joy called me on tuesday and asked me if i could cox, and there was no way i could turn down the opportunity, even though i am already out of the habit of waking up at 5am and had a bit of trouble with it. it was a good time though. the sunrise was gorgeous, i can't remember seeing a more beautiful sunrise at carter than yesterday's. plus, not having to correct technique all the time, but instead let the rowers feel it themselves was an added bonus. and i got to look at jill one last time. we might go out again this week before i leave for home, but i'll have to wait and see if joy calls me again. i had almost forgotten how much i enjoy being out there. i can't wait for spring break (fall is just not as much fun as spring sprints) even though i am already nervous about who will be coxing the top eight. we shall see, but perhaps ultimately it doesn't matter that much. what matters is that there's a connection between a boat. i think that was the reason i was so attached to my boat this year, not necessarily entirely because it was the top boat. it was by far the best boat i've ever gotten to cox and i will miss them a lot.

time to go relax some more.

"never doubt. never look back."