...so take me back to constantinople...

[myurbandream]

well, i had a pretty good day yesterday. actually, it's been a pretty good couple of weeks, all told.

there was cait's graduation and then her birthday, and my portfolio to do, yarn harlot visitng bookstop (emergency knitting!), and then akon. and then i came back to houston for my first week of working with surf, uh's summer undergraduate research fellowship - for which i have already been paid $2800, but for which i must also present the results of my work at a conference and in a published journal. (yikes.)

and then friday i went over to jim's parent's house and paid $340 (the total cost was $940, and that was with several hundred in discounts) to get the a/c in my truck fixed. and it's still not working perfectly, so i have to go back tomorrow and get it checked out again. but i had a good time hanging out.

and then yesterday i went to galveston with jenni and we ate lunch on the beach, swam around a bit, and then met up with some of my friends (sara, tara, sara's sister alli, etc) to go see the aia sandcastle competition on east beach. the sandcastles were okay, but i got a little sunburnt and footsore. and earlier in the day when jenni and i were swimming in the shallows, i got stung (right knee, left ankle) by a jellyfish. and it must have been a stealthed ninja jellyfish, because there was a whole crowd of people all around the beach but i was the only one to get stung, and i never even saw the bugger. hurt like the dickens, even with the vinegar i got from the lifeguard, until sara brought some meat tenderizer to put on it. and it already looked like tenderized raw hamburger at that point. yeach.

i got a little sun-sick last night, and didn't get anywhere on the work that i should have done friday and was trying to finish. but jim just got me some robitussin, and i have advil already, so i'm feeling much better now.

on friday night jim got a speeding ticket, his first ever, which will total about $430. *shakes head* i'm not really upset at him, though. plus, he made back a good portion of that in unexpected tips last night at work, which is only ever a good thing.

so all in all, it's been an interesting time.

ETA 10,6,09: jellyfish sting stopped hurting within a day, but still has a pretty bruise pattern on my skin. next time going to beach, will bring vinegar. stupid jellyfish.

Comments

Re: $430!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jen-chan13.livejournal.com]

where are you at? i've gone tubing once before, but i have much more experience with large bodies of water, like lakes and oceans... the only rivers in this area are pretty polluted and not good for swimming in.

and yes, $195 for speeding + $105 for an out-of-date license + $25 for driver's ed + $105 to apply driver's ed to his record... adds up to lots and lots of money. T__T and now i am a poor, sad fiancee.

hahaha, your icon is made of lol and win. *grins*

Re: $430!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pronker]

"Nearby" means a 3 hour drive to Yosemite, not exactly close, I guess. But in the years that we did it, it was great to camp and explore the rivers and forests. I'd love to return.