notes&snapshots

i just have to complain for one minute about this ongoing annoyance in my life.

there are a subset of people that are our friends. and obviously we like doing things for our friends. and as i am good at planning - i often take the responsibility of making reservations. and putting deposits on things. or buying advance tickets. etc.

but repeatedly this subset of our friends waits until the last minute, typically 2 or 3 days before an event, to let us know that oh - they can’t make it. and i’m left with non-refundable tickets to something like a movie or a camping reservation that i have to #1 call and cancel and #2 not get a full refund on. and it’s SO ANNOYING. because they very rarely offer to reimburse me for this. and i feel like i’m always the losing party. and it’s usually small money, like $20 here or $30 there and out of this group of friends, i do have a larger income than most of them. but i really don’t think that means that i should have to pay for their poor planning. especially since this is a repeat occurrence. and i try to brush it off as whatever, but when it keeps happening it’s increasingly annoying and it’s harder to just ignore.

basically. as of now i’m done making plans and putting down deposits for this group of people. because it’s ridiculous and i don’t want to be continually disappointed and hold grudges over these small dumb things.

blah. life!

jogging. game 7 on thursday night. camping in nh all weekend long. kayaks and smores and ribsribsribs. fireworks. pre-birthday/civil anniversary maine lobster rolls and mountain hikes. THIRTY. manic work activities. the 4th. fireworks. packing. TOKYO. MT.FUJI. KAWAII DREAMS. traveling. work panic. MOMMA. whew.

this summer hasn’t officially started yet and already it’s moving so fast.

i should have been working instead of not breathing and silently fistpumping and biting my fist.

:(

pop and tony and manu and timmy and danny and the whole team did such great stuff but. :(

stupid lebron and stupid miami and dumb refs. h8 u.

My years of “wandering through my twenties” are about to come to a close in two weeks. I’ll hit the big three-oh with a short but sweet list of accomplishments and a long and lofty list of goals. Lets hope I have another 30 or 60 years to accomplish them all.

Have: hubs, fam, kitties and puppies, amigos, fun, adventure, employment, transportation, a moldy roof over our heads, general security, a mortgage, too much takeout, approx 100 pairs of shoes spread out across 2 states and 4 closets.

Next: mini-mes and un rancho, a career, a song for smoggy, a better passport photo, stronger lungs and fewer pimples, 20/20 vision, a desk with a view, a gallery, a classroom, moar hugs, all the kisses, a weeks vacation with my girls on the beach, an extended campout with my dad in big bend, a week at Disney with my ma, 2 weeks straight in texas with ALL my family, endless facetime with my brother, time to wander in south america with my adventure partner, spanish fluency, and basically- lots more free time!