Homeward Bound

I really need to learn to sleep past 5.30 in the morning. I could use the time to aquire more, you know, sleep? I didn't accomplish much of anything yesterday. It's hard to have the energy to do much after working 8 hours! How do those real adult types manage? I hope it is something people just get used to. I've worked 8 hours or more in a day lots of times, but it has always been things like working at the bar or working at the lake. Stuff that doesn't require as much concentration. The lake work was easy, I sat in my car and interviewed people if they happened to show up at the boat ramp. "Field research in economics," it was called. Surveying at eight bucks an hour would have been equally descriptive. I also like to think of it as a way for Fish and Game to waste money creatively. I guess the 5 surveys I collected a day or so were very useful to someone. My professor told me he did have to throw out the one that I wrote "They would come to this lake more often if they were given more beer." The people I interviewed were drunk... I mean, he fell out of his boat when trying to put it up next to the dock...

Thanksgiving will be interesting this year. It will be the first major get together with my family since I started seriously having a bf. Somehow I think I will get lots of questions. When will we meet him? will probably be the least intrustive. Somehow I think I will get all sorts of annoying questions like 'Is he cute?' Well of course! 'Does he want kids?' well how the heck should I know, and it isn't like it matters right now! This is what the magic pills are for that I faithfully take each day! 'When is the wedding?' Like it is any of their business? Relatives! I will be polite and smile and give them distractions from questions. Instead I'll try to find out what they want for Christmas. I wonder how other people deal with nosy relatives without going crazy? And my mom wonders why I never told her about any of my boyfriends before this until after we broke up....

On a completely different note.... I wish I had a working heater. *shiver* I know this is California and stuff, but it is around 62 INSIDE in the mornings when I wake up. It makes it hard to get out of bed in the mornings. Apparently not hard enough though since I did wake up early this morning. I need gloves to wear while typing too. My fingers are cold!