The End is Upon Us

...of summer vacation, anyway lol. Only one more week of work (and the Monday after that)... I can honestly say I've enjoyed working this summer as a tutor. It's definitely become part of who I am as a person, and I'd like to think it's made me a better individual. :)

The boss and I had some bonding time one evening as I was closing; we talked about what the Center has become over the years she's worked there. It was a cool boss/employee moment, I must say; I feel like she's seen how hard I work and has come to appreciate me on a higher level than the other tutors (especially in contrast to Karla and Jacob's unreliability lol).

It's been a good week at home, as well. Brian and I have been making better and better food each day; and I've definitely become more creative in the kitchen. Cleaning is still a bother, but oh well lol. In any case, I'm going back home tomorrow, which will be nice. Talia and I have scheduled bowling on Saturday; and I keep trying to invite Amber to the movies tomorrow, but she's not answering my texts, so to heck with her! I'll ask T if she wants to go instead. Jonathan's been rather distant lately, I can invite him too, I guess.

No other news really. No drama, thankfully;

Louie

Skippable Months

I've decided that life needs to skip the month of August so that I can have KH: Birth by Sleep on Sept. 7th, then we can jump all the way to my birthday and then to November, so that Harry Potter 7 can come out in theaters. And then, why not skip to Christmas? Ha! if only!

Was alone at work yesterday; had about fifteen students in the span of four hours, so it was definitely within my capabilities. :) Karla is no longer working with us, she's on vacation after Dr. G suggested she take the rest of hte summer off lol. Jacob was at a funeral, which made me a little sad for it; it was for one of my friends... I which I knew what to say to things like that... but he seemed well enough on Thursday.

Brian and I ordered pizza yesterday, and I had a monter-size 64oz. thing of Dr. Pepper. COULD NOT sleep to save my life, stayed up 'till 3 and I woke up at 7, still wired. I'll probably crash around midday to take a nap. He downloaded this old game, which I'd honestly hadn't heard of before, but still pretended to amuse him; we played till the better part of the night. Star Wars: Battle Grounds, I believe.

Called mum yesterday as well. She's happy and also has her teaching job lined up, I'm so excited for her! I'll keep her in my prayers.

For now,

Louie

Good Night

Had a good night yesterday; Brian came home finally lol. We went swimming 'cause it got ridiculously hot during the day. Allison came over later when she got out of work and I made chocolate pancakes and quesadillas for everyone :) I love to cook and make stuff. He left WTO her again lol. (they better be having earth shattering sex, 'cause I'm getting seriously lonely lol. They hinted at getting married as they were leaving, and they probaly should (they've only been dating 7 years now lol.

It was a good day at work too, for the most part anyway. I had an altercation with one of the tutors, but I'm past it, and i reall don't wanna get into it here.

I'm actually blogging from my iPod at work :) it hoes rwLly well and smoothly, which I like. It's probably 'cause it feels like a phone, and i have speedy fingers ;)

Well, I should be working, so I'll post at home later today.

Louie

A Stressful Day

It was a rather hectic morning today. Karla decided to call in (sick, I assume; I really didn't care to ask) and Jacob's car wasn't running, so I was the only math tutor yet again for an entire four hours. To top it all, I had an entire classroom of confused students fretting over their looming mid-term exam. I kept doing the same problems over and over again in random order. If it had been a smaller group, say 7 or 8, I would have grouped them at the whiteboard, but I had at least 20 students in there! Utterly mind blowing!

By the end of it, I don't know how many times I heard, "gosh, you're good at this you know?" Well, of course I'm good at it, it's my flippin' job. I honestly think people overestimate my patience sometimes. It's just, I hate when people think I'm good at something, because the next line is always, "Gosh, I'm no good at this, I'm no good at anything." And frankly, I don't want people's burdens on my shoulders, specially when they're at least two or three times my age. I hate it when people put themselves down in front of people they don't know. I mean, I know that I've had my own downs, but I always turn to my friends or people that I know. I don't go around telling the world about my insecurities... but maybe that's just me.

And then Karla has the audacity to say, "I was only feeling a little sick, you could have called me and said you need me." What a bitch! I didn't say anything, but I well wanted to say "Well, you know what: I felt a little sick this morning too (my throat is still a bit itchy actually), but I took some aspirin and came to work, on-time." In the end, it really doesn't matter, but I really want her fired...

In other news, Brian still isn't home. I know he's with his girlfriend and all, but I'm lonely too you know? I don't take well to being alone, I feel drained and there's a certain silence in my head that can't be filled with music or tv. But who knows, maybe he'll come home tonight around 10? or bedtime. It's only 8:40 as I type this, so it's all up in the air really.

Speaking of things in the air: airplanes.  Elsie invited me to Chicago for my spring break; she said that if I loved St. Louis (which I totally did) then I definitely needed to visit Chicago. She probably knows the entire history of it by now lol. I can't wait :) Specially after our failed attempt for a spring break trip with my friends; everyone backed out in the end...

Alright, that's enough of sad news. It's time for some Rookie Blue (new series on ABC, check it out) to rest my fingers. And then gonna work on NB; then I'll hit the shower, 'cause I feel icky in my skin, and then 6 solid hours of beauty sleep. :)

For now,
Happy blogging,

Louie

Chicago

I had an overall good weekend; played pool with Talia at the bowling alley. The guy at the desk knows us by now and he had the balls ready for us to take lol. He's cute :) Anyway, I kept up pretty well this time around and I had an overall lead until I sunk in the 8-ball in the wrong pocket the last two games. I lost 6-5. :( but oh well.

We made plans to hang out yesterday, but her deranged father took the family to Ruidoso, up state, randomly for the day (he does that sometimes). So: nothing yesterday, expect for the fact that I bought LEGO Harry Potter, which was wicked fun. Lil' brother and I have gotten and beaten every single LEGO game to date. :)

Today, Elsie, my cousin who now lives in Chicago, came into town to visit. We all had a good time, and then I made the drive back here to my place. Brian's still at Allison's, 'cause she couldn't catch a plane back from wherever she went. So I yet again find myself alone, which is nice, 'cause it's probably the first time I can hear myself think.

Should be a good day at work tomorrow, I hope.

Signing off,

Louie

The answer lies in...

My creative-ness was on fire today. Got a boat-load of re-writting done today. I also got some editing done at work, when we weren't busy and during my lunch break. I added this really cool scene towards the beginnings; to be honest, I'm still not sure what is really going on or who the characters are (they're wearing cloaks), but I'm sure I'll reveal that to myself this weekend? haha, it's kinda funny how the mind works sometimes.

Work was rather fun today, I must say. Kept pretty busy for the most part; our more annoying students didn't show up today, so I super glad about that. Boss-lady was interviewing this new writing tutor in the afternoon, but he'll be working at another campus (I was like, rats!).

I didn't actually say "rats."

In any case, I find myself alone tonight. Brian's spending the night at Allison's place 'cause she needs him to drive her to the airport early (really really early) tomorrow morning. It's kinda nice, 'cause I can blog without having to click away really fast when he walks around lol.

I broke a personal rule of mine and went on YouTube today to look up cutscene of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep... normally, I don't like knowing anything about a game before I buy it (other than what it's about) and I saw a good amount of spoilers... still gonna buy and now I'm super stoked for it!! Ah!

I'm going back home to my parents for the weekend, but I'll still make a post before I leave and then again on Sunday night when I get back.

For now,

Goodnight,

Louie

First Post in a Long Time

Haven't posted in a long, long time. I must honestly say that I don't exactly miss posting on blogger? Tonight is different somehow... still not sure how, really.

"Half of my Heart" by John Mayer is playing on my iPod at the moment; perhaps it's put me in a moody-mood :) A lot has happened in the last few months, and i hope to cover all the major events today, just to get it all off my head.

Obviously, school is over. I got all A's again and made the Dean's List. Mom was ecstatic; this makes 4 Lists in a row! To be fair though, school comes rather easily to me. I've continued working at the tutoring center this summer, and have actually started renting an apartment in LC with my freshman-year-roommate, Brian. It's been rather fun so far; paying rent is definitely painful, in all sense of the word. But hey! it beats living at home all the time? My family's all come and seen in; mom liked it (she was the really the only one's opinion I really cared about).

Brian's mom and brother, Steven, came into town a couple of weeks ago. Their main purpose was to come to Steven's orientation; he's going to College with us! Yay! They also took the chance to stay a few nights and admire our new apartment. Brian's mom went to nmsu as well; she must have appreciated all the changes the town and univ. have undergone. It should be noted that I found Steven to be remarkably handsome. (That's all I can say for now, lol).

Work's been rather interesting. The two Summer Sessions last 5 weeks each; we're in the 2nd week of the 2nd session now. Very 1st week was a total pain; absolutely no students! Ugh! But it slowly picked up; the climatic 5th week - packed! It was kinda nice. 2nd session is shaping up to be a replica of the 1st.

Jacob is the other guy math tutor. I used to like him when he was cute and shy back in Spring, but now he's a little comfortable with the place and the other tutors... now he just cute lol. He tells funny stories of his hometown, some little no-man's-land in the middle of the state, I think.

I took a particular interest on one of my Calculus students, which is regrettably against the rules. I could have sworn he was gay (I think people are pretty good at recognizing their own kind?), but perhaps the feeling wasn't mutual. I tried not to advance too much, lest I get in trouble; so on the last day, I suggested that they all come back and tell me how they did in the class. I was going to take the opportunity to ask him out (seeing as he would no longer be our student), but that hasn't happened. In any case, no hard feelings. :)

Let's see: what else?

Oh! I had made excellent progress on my story: New Beginnings... Unfortunately, I lost the USB that had the files. Fortunately, I had a back-up that went back two months :( Needless to say, I was distraught. I've been putting it off until now. In fact, today, I downloaded all the files back to my computer and have begun proofreading again. Surely, it will take months to go back to where I once was, but I'm sure I'll get there. I've decided that I want my story to be a movie script, and I've also begun formatting thusly.

I believe that to be all for now. I should hopefully be back here tomorrow. :)

For now,

Truly yours,

Louie