Overdue.

Wow, I'm so cool: I sit around in my robe w/ sunnies on.

Library fines, I swear, are the death of me. I always have library fees. Even when I was in high school, there were different stations that you'd have to go through in order to register for the next school year. One of them was the library fines list and every year, I would find my name on that list. I regularly pay overdue fines or I stay classy by accruing a balance and never going back to that library. Or, better yet, I borrow one of my brothers' cards.

Sorry blogosphere, I've been overdue on this thing too.

What's been going on?

Well, I have about 3 weeks left of school. Congratulations to me!

I have been working loads at the Bobo. Jessica Biel came the other night but no, I wasn't there and no, Justin wasn't there either. I think there was more hooplah made out of the fact that the owner of Pink's Hot Dogs came to eat. I work a lot and eat a lot. The breads and pastries are amazing and motivate me to keep exercising because I do not want to give up food.

I'm well on my way in fortifying some good friendships.

One of which is a fellow coworker whom I got to talking with last week and learned that he founded a non-profit with his friend and one of their primary projects is in serving orphans in - wait for it - Cambodia. Oh, do I need to mention that he's totally cute and age appropriate (26)? All he has to say is that he loves Jesus too and we could well be on our way to Cambodia together (forever)! Hey, it's a deadly combo. Cute boy + volunteer service + Cambodia. Way to make a girl weak.

Oh but didn't I make some self-commitment to be intentionally single for the whole year? So I can really learn to not be dependent on another person and the importance of sexual discipline? Well, I still believe in those things but now it's made infinitely harder by this fellow. Life is always challenging, that's why I like it! Do I also need to mention the other dozens of good-looking people at my work?

I went to a Peace Corps info meeting Tuesday night and straight up grilled the recruiter on all my questions. It was incredibly informative and really gave me a concrete picture of what this federal program is really about. I feel like I've now comfortably seated myself on the fence about the whole thing. I think I want to do this at some point but if they can't assign me to Cam and I still have such a strong desire to return there, I might have to do that first.

Learning boundaries at work and when to say no has been hard. I can't give them all my energy while I'm still in school full-time and being on my feet all day with little to no lunch break (because I always work morning & lunch and those are our busiest times). I'm glad we're busy and that I hope we'll continue to generate a daily crowd but I'm exhausted. My room's a mess, my grades are suffering and I don't get enough sleep. It kind of sucks but I'm operating on the notions that this will only be for a few more weeks and that I'm still so young and vital that I can handle all of this.

Coffee helps. And moments with friends. And cute fellows from work.

For now, I return to not paying attention to this wretched elective I'm in.

Peace & love,

Wen