Day 47 - Week Four, Tuesday

Another lame day of freezing in my office while working on the newsletter. I went to Publix after work and got some dinner. It was yet again packed with attractive men. I love going to the downtown Publix right after work. My dinner tonight was a turkey sub, raspberry tea, and a tub of raspberries. It was perhaps the most perfect dinner.

Day 46 - Week Four, Monday

Today was work as usual. I kept working on the newsletter and froze to death in my office. The ushe. Tonight Marsha and I went out to dinner to this place right across the street called Samba Room. It was amazing. I had the most delicious skirt steak I have ever had. And that was my day. The End.

Day 45 - Stressful Errand Day

This morning I woke up and went to lunch with Rob. Eh. Yes. Woke up then lunch. I went to his and Clay’s new apartment building in Riverside for the first time. I parked and got out of the car and looked up, and MC was creeping from above. We yelled back and forth for a minute, although I had no idea what he was saying. I can’t understand him even when he is standing right next to me. Too Asian. Rob and Clay’s new place is really nice. I had never been in those building before but I really liked it. I know a few other people that live over there. We went to the Loop for lunch, then his old house where I had a package waiting, because I am dumb and shipped it there instead of my own house. I don’t know how that happened.

This afternoon was ridiculously stressful. Granny had to go to the ER since she has a fever and whatnot and I went to get Liam so he wouldn’t have to stay there. We came home and I put together my new camera and then went to Best Buy to pick up Jenn. Then we went to Jiffy Lube so that I could get my oil changed. That took forever and it was gross there. Jenn was crazy today. Running on only 4 hours of sleep and excitement on top of that. Omg. Hyper. We went to Crispers for lunch then to Target so that I could get film and a case for my new camera then to GameStop. That was an experience. Apparently Jenn has never played a GameBoy in her entire life. So she stood there playing GameBoy and Liam tried to pick out games to exchange. This was at 4:30ish, and I still had to drive back to Fort Lauderdale. I was not pleased. By the time we finally left I had to scurry home and get packed and leave. I did not want t leave. I am exhausted and I don’t want to face another week of work. Thank god I am half way through though.

Day 44 - Ponte Vedra, Inksmith, TSI, Joose Adventure

Today started off amazing. I slept in until 11:30, and when I finally wok up, it was my mom waking me up telling me that she got me French Toast from the Brick. God it was delicious. If I could eat that every meal for the rest of my life, I would be content. Fat, but content. We spent the afternoon in Ponte Vedra at Granny’s house. Her surgery went well, and she is just recovering. We didn’t do much, and just relaxed. I went to Fresh Market and Publix and did some grocery shopping then we made dinner. Granny seems to be doing really well. She didn’t seem tired or anything at all.

When I got home tonight I took a shower and got ready to go to TSI. Jenn picked me up and we began our Adventure of the Evening. We were going to go to Kickbacks for a while since Mike Woods was going to be up there, but we wanted to find someone to get us Joose. We stopped at the 7-11 in Five Points, and tried to see if anyone we knew was in the parking lot. While sitting in the car I heard the most hilarious conversation.

Jenn looked over at the next car, where a girl was sitting with the window down: “Hey, is your name Felicia?”
Felicia: “Yeah….”
Jenn: “Oh we met once at Emily’s house.”
Felicia: “Oh Jenn, right?”
Jenn: “Yeah. What are you doing tonight?”
Felicia: “Going to a five kegger at Cuppy’s house.”
Jenn: “Oh do you know Jmo? She will be there.”
Felicia: “No. Who is she?”
Jenn: “Oh she dates Boots.”
Felicia: “Oh, friends with Titties right?”

What the hell. Do people not have normal names anymore? Cuppy, Jmo, Boots, Titties. From here on out, my name is Unicorn. That fits in much better than “Kate.” Felicia said they don’t card at the gas station, so I sent Jenn in to try her luck. Fail. We went to Kickbacks and sat there for seriously 2 minutes then got bored and left. Then we drove back and went to Inksmith, where Mike Woods was still working. We hung out for a bit and watched Lee finish tattooing this one girl, then Mike bought us our Joose. Hoorah. From there we went to TSI and hung out in the car for a little while. We parked on the side of the road near the river, and we sat and watched everyone walk by. There were some funny looking people. One guy was walking towards the car, and he was waving the whole time. We waved back thinking, “ooohh he’s drunk.” Then he walked right at the car and opened my door. Jenn and I both screamed bloody murder. He just said, “oh” and closed the door. It was scary. But of course two seconds later a homeless man walks past and I rolled down my window to make him come over to the car. He was wearing this awesome shirt, and I told him I liked it. Then he just took it off and said, “Here, it shouldn’t smell too bad” and just gave it to me. We gave him the rest of our drinks and took pictures for a bit then headed towards TSI. We told him to walk with us and right when we got there he flipped. Started making a scene and freaking out because I “stole his short.” Jenn had to run back to her car and get it because both of us were scared that he would just break in and get it. While she was gone he said, “Oh you enjoy that shirt. I am just gonna go home and get another one.” Um? Home? Another shirt? What about him flipping on us? We stood in silence for a minute and he said, out of nowhere, “You know it is true what they say about black men.” And I just pretended not to hear, but then he practically screamed it. I was just like, “Oh really.” And he said, “Yes. It all has to do with SEX!” I had no reaction to that one at all. Jenn came back and dressed him and sent him on his way. We scurried into TSI to get away.





Once we were there, safe and sound, Jenn got a quesadilla. I don’t feel like you should ever get food at a place where everyone is supposed to be drunk. Apparently it wasn’t too delicious. We hung out with Clayto for a bit then went inside. There was no one there at all. The majority of the night was spent outside talking with people or meandering about. All in all, it was a hilarious night. The whole time we were driving home my wine bottle was rolling about underneath my seat and I couldn’t find it. But every so often you could hear CLUMP. CLANK. And for some reason each time Jenn and I just cracked up.



Manly.

Day 43 - Week Three, Friday

Last night was amazing. Right after I left work I went back to the apartment, hanged, and left to go to the museum. I got in free and there was no one there at all. Amazing combination. They had a contemporary art exhibit, which left me in the most amazing mood possible. They had Sally Mann, Barbara Kruger, Banksy, Judd, Hirst, Rauschenberg, and so much more. I was shocked by the Banksy piece. I would never expect to see something like that in a non-major museum. It was half of a phone booth surrounded by rubble. The first time I passed by there, there were about 5 or 6 security guards just loitering and following me around because there was nothing else for them to do. I went into another wing and shook them off, and when I came back, there was no one around the Banksy piece. I wanted to steal a rock from the rubble so bad. It would definitely not be missed, there were thousands. But there were security cameras all over the place. Ugh I want a Banksy rock. I wasn’t even allowed to take pictures. As I was leaving I asked about the Banksy piece, and the woman kept calling him “Banksky.” People tend to do that a lot for some reason and I don’t understand. There is one “K.” Not that hard to pronounce this two syllable word. I left with a few books, of course.

As I was leaving I called Ashley and told her about it, and I got to talk to her for a while, which was nice. I have been trying to call her for weeks and finally she answered her phone. As I was talking to her I drove down Las Olas and drove around the beach area or a bit, then went to Cheesecake Factory and picked up some dinner.

Today at work was boring. I honestly can’t remember what I did. Nothing important, obviously. I did get the majority of the newsletter cleared, and I am happy about that. This afternoon right after I left Good Sam I drove home. The drive was long and boring, and most importantly uneventful. Right when I got home Jenn came over and just sat around while I cleaned my room. It is a wreck. Why is it that when you are cleaning you must first make a much bigger mess than when you started? I hate that.

Day 42 - Week Three, Thursday

This morning started out awesome. I didn’t have to deal with drying my hair or anything this morning and I had nothing to do, AND I didn’t have to be in West Palm until 9:00 so I didn’t even get out of bed until 7:15. Usually I leave well before Marsha but this morning when I heard her yell and tell me that she was leaving, I was still in bed. I went with Denise and Julia to a meeting with an advertising company. They are called the Boner Group, but pronounce it the Bonner Group. The sign on their door looked like it said “Boner Big Group.” Basically I just stood there and laughed until Denise got there.



I obviously have the maturity of a 13 year old boy.

When we got back to Good Sam I had a conference call with a woman in Dallas who is charge of a branch of social media networking out there. I sat on the call for a half hour, and she never came. Then around 12:15 Denise comes in and asked why I hadn’t called in. I didn’t think about the time change. Fail. We are talking tomorrow instead. All afternoon I worked on the newsletter, and Carrie and I found a way to print it. It looks awesome and I am so stoked.

I am going to try to go to the museum today instead. It doesn’t close until 8. Leaving work now.

Day 41 - Week Three, Wednesday

Woke up late this morning for the first time since being here. I usually leave at 7:30 and I woke up at 7:40. I was supposed to go to a meeting with Denise and the CEO and I missed it. That’s just awesome. Today at work was pretty boring. I honestly cant even remember what I did. Oh, I watched a Cath Lab procedure and that was interesting. I had no clue what was going on though so I didn’t get much out of it. I was so tired I fell asleep watching it. Only I could manage to do that.

This afternoon I left work and drove staight to Gardens to go to the mall there. I wondered around, went to Nordstroms, exchanged one of the dresses I bought, and did some shopping. My appointment at the Apple store was for 7:30, so I arrived at 7:15 and checked in. I got a case and whatnot for my phone, and around 7:35, a woman comes up to the Genius bar and is like, “Hi I have an appointment for iPhone at 7:15.” And they guy checked her in. I was so angry. I get there 15 minutes early, she gets there 20 minutes late, and they take her before me. And she took forever. Finally my phone got fixed, and I just got it swapped for a new one, which works awesome. Well, it woks how it is supposed to. I ate dinner at Chickfila and went home.
When I got back Marsha was already back, since her flight was early. We talked for a bit and then she went to bed. I am about to go to bed and it is only 11:00. Awesome.

Day 40 - OR DAY! Slash worst day imaginable

Today was OR day. I woke up early and got to Good Sam at like 7:30. I meandered about and finally found where I was supposed to be going. I met with a woman who paired me up with this nurse, who was really sweet. He was big and fluffy and flamboyant. Basically my favorite kind of person. There was another girl there who I think was about 16 or 17, and she is the daughter of the CEO. Jason took us all around the OR floor and showed us how everything works from the cleaning of the tools to the end where they have to be cleaned again. It was really interesting seeing how the actually hospital runs instead of seeing just the business side. He got us all suited up, with scrubs and masks and hats and everything. I looked quite ridiculous. It is impossible to look thin in scrubs. I ended up looking like a large green whale. With a mask. The first surgery we were going to watch was a knee surgery. I hate knees. Hate. Them. The second Jason said this my knees both felt so uncomfortable and I had goose bumps. I prefer to think that knees don’t actually exist, and I think that the world would be better off if we are all knee-less. Anyways, he took is in the OR and sat us down. He forced me to sit down because I was already feeling faint. The doctor came in and he was so old. I immediately felt uncomfortable on behalf of the patient. She had been crying and nervous. I would be gotten up and left had I seen the surgeon. The actual procedure was really interesting. I was freaked out at first but then got used to it. He inserted a little camera into her knee through one tiny hole, then through another hole on the other side of the kneecap he inserted a long tool. Just with these two little holes he was able to remove the majority of the arthritis from her knee. It was amazing. I have decided that arthritis looks like cotton candy.

After this we planned our afternoons. The other girl was going to watch a cataract surgery and I was going to eat. Jason gave me the option of going to a hernia repair surgery or a rectal tumor exam. Guess which one I chose. Hint: not the rectal tumor exam. On my way downstairs to eat I stopped to find Denise, who wasn’t around. But then I saw Jeremy and I was going down the stairs and he blew right past me. I stopped him and asked where Denise was and he just looked at me for a minute, confused. Then he realized it was me. In scrubs. Looking ridiculous. Then he laughed at me.

After I ate I went back to the OR and met up with Jason for the hernia repair. The other girl and Jason weren’t there this time so I was horribly bored during the prep. I was sitting at the woman’s feet, and I got a crystal clear view of when they inserted the catheter. I will have nightmares. The actual surgery was the same as the knee, with the tool and the scope. Although they had to actually cut into her to repair it. I couldn’t see anything, I could just hear the squishy sound effects. That, combined with boredom, make me just get up and leave.

I came back downastairs and Denise told me to just leave for the day. I decided it was a good time to go and try to get my phone fixed, even though I have an appointment at Apple tomorrow night. I just needed to sync it to make it work. I was stressing because my phone wasn’t working and Granny Franny was in surgery and I had no way for my mom to contact me without a working phone. So I left Good Sam and drove down to the Boca Town center to go to Apple and return some other things. I went straight to Apple, and the jerk at the door just wasn’t letting people into the store. And he gave no reason whatsoever. Just, “no.” that right there set the mood for the rest of my day. I went to go return some shorts and I was a complete bitch to the sales girl and I just didn’t care. I stopped by Nordstrom’s to return something and look for a blouse for work, and I got sucked into the BP department. I left with 3 dresses and that all amazing, and that improved my mood a bit. I headed back to Las Olas, because I wanted to go to the museum and to a movie since Marsha hasn’t been in town for a few days, and I didn’t want to spend the afternoon alone in the apartment. I got back to the building, changed into one of my new dresses, and tried to sync my phone. Didn’t work. It was like 3:15 and the museum closed at 5, so I thought I would make a quick trip to the AT&T store. Three AT&T stores later the guys just tells me that my phone is corrupted, and I just need a new one. I ended up going to Best Buy and bought a crappy AT&T GO Phone so I could at least call my mom to see if Granny was out of surgery. Which she is, and she is doing great. By this time, I was soaked because of the storm, and it was past 5:00 and I had missed the movie. I was in the worst mood imaginable all day long.

So now I am sitting in one of the comfy theater chairs and watching the worst movie I have ever seen on Disney. Dadnapped. Don’t waste your time.

Day 39 - Week Three, Monday

This morning I went to Delray because Denise is out of the office. I did the inventory with this old lady who has volunteered at the hospital for like 20 years. We were in this huge closet with hundreds of random things to count. Each time I said, “Oh this is cool” Carolyn would be like, “You like it? Its yours!” I ended up leaving with a huge bag of loot with shirts, a thermos, a flask, and even a briefcase. It’s awesome. Then I just sat in an office and did pretty much nothing. Later in the afternoon I went to the regional office and sat in on a social media-networking meeting. I am unnecessarily excited about that. They are going to be looking for someone to outsource to upkeep the twitter and facebook accounts for each hospital and they are already talking about hiring me. I pray I get that job, because I can do it from school. I left for the day after the meetings and had nothing to do all night.

Day 38 - Father's Day, Imokalee

Fathers Day. Liam and I took Daddy to the Brick this morning and that was nothing different then normal time with Daddy. Today Liam went to camp for the very first time. We went with the Whelan’s to Camp Immokalee to drop them off. It was cute and they were both so excited. The camp is located waaay out on Blanding, past Orange Park and in the middle of nowhere. There are about 16 kids in their cabin and no AC. Basically they will die.





I am back in Fort Lauderdale now. Not excited for a week of work.

Day 37 - Beach, Evan, Wet Hot American Summer Party 09

Today was amazing. One of my favorite days of summer so far. And it is probably going to stay that way. I woke up early, for me on a Saturday and just hung out for a while with my mom and Liam. Then Evan came and picked me up and we went to the beach. I haven’t been able to have a relaxing day at the beach in a really long time, and today was really nice. We just swam and talked and it was really relaxing. It was supposed to be the hottest day of the year today, so I expected the beach to be packed, but it felt empty. It was really weird. The second that we stepped on to the sand, we felt the need to whisper. The waves were crashing silently and it was eerie. We swam for a little while then had lunch at Ponte Vedra then headed home. We didn’t stay too long but it was still nice to have a relaxing morning at the beach.

This afternoon I took two showers because my hair was ridiculously sticky from the ocean. It still felt weird after the second shower. Then I took a nap and just hung out for a while. For most of the afternoon I was under the impression that I was not going to go to Wet Hot American Summer Party at TSI. But around 10:30 I was bored out of my mind and ended up going. Jenn and Johnathan came and picked me up, and then the hilarity ensued. I have not laughed that hard in a long time. The whole night was hilarious. Right when we left my house Jonathan said something like, “I can’t see.” And immediately Jenn and I both yelled, “I cant see I cant breathe I gotta get the candy!” And that just left poor Jonathan very confused. We stopped at a gas station on the way there, and I had my very first Joose experience. I was concerned because 2 of them made Jared blackout and Adam ridiculously drunk. I had already been drinking for a while and expected to just drop dead if I had even one Joose. So Jenn and I split one and that was perfect. We got to TSI and, as usual, sat round the parking lot for awhile and drank. We got out of the car and we took a bunch of pictures then headed into TSI. Right when we got there we saw Jeremy, Clayto, Hunter and Brian. Hunter and Brian were going to sneak into the Yacht Club a little while later and go swimming and we were supposed to go but we never did. I am actually writing this on Sunday from the airport, and I am still piecing together last night. I do remember, very well, at one point last night Jenn and I had been dancing outside, and we went inside to get some water, but she ended up sitting on the ground while I poured my water all over her. I am not sure why, nor do I really care to know. But we thought nothing of it at the time. And I am pretty sure Liam was standing right there and got lots of pictures. Apparently he took over 800 pictures and I can't wait to see them. There are a good amount of Jenn and I.

TSI was decked out. There were life guard chairs, a slip n slide, a pool, and about a hundred pool floaties everywhere. I honestly don’t remember the majority of the night, but the pictures are hilarious. After looking through them with Jenn today we almost peed ourselves. They are hilarious. It was ten times more fun than Black and White ball, and I thought that was as good as it gets. Today was amazing. Beach, Evan, Jenn, TSI. Awesome combination.

Time for a bazillion pictures.





This one was taken by a random Asian woman in the parking lot behind TSI. She was wearing a fanny pack and Jenn tried to buy it from her.





Clayto, Hunter, Brian



Success.





Slip n Slide in the tunnel.



My favorite picture of the whole night:

Day 36 - Week Two, Friday

Hoorah it is Friday! And I had an alright day at work. I started off at Good Sam, as usual and pretty much did nothing. No one was around so I just worked on designing the template for the newsletter. I went to the regional office around noon for lunch, and I get there and everyone is all sitting in this one huge room in a circle. When you walk off of the elevator you are basically in the doorway of the room, and I scampered down the hall in a panic. I went to Craig's office but he wasn't in there so I called him, and he was in the room with all the people and he was like, "come on in!" And I was like nooo thank you. He came out and got me and brought me inside. Everyone was eating lunch but I passed on that. I drank my tea really fast right before I left Good Sam and it was making me have stabbing pains in my stomach and that was not comfortable. After everyone ate, the secretary passed out googly eyes, which had me really confused, then pieces of paper to everyone. Then I realized what was happening. We were playing Bingo. I was called to come over to go to the regional office to sit in on a meeting, and really we just played Bingo. After I lost miserably with Craig laughing at me the whole time, he let me leave early.

Once Marsha and I got to the airport this afternoon we were cutting it really close. I had to wait in this super long security line, and I was surely going to miss my flight. Marsha got to go ahead in the VIP line. I got to the first woman to whom you show your boarding pass and ID before you get into the hug long line and she looked at me and said, "You know what? You just go on ahead with that group and pretend like you are with them," and pointed to the completely empty line over on the side. I thanked her, then ran on, only to discover the people I was supposed to be "with" were 5 obese black grandmothers in wheelchairs. Awesome.

On the flight we had to sit next to the most annoying child on the planet. She said down and the first thing she said was, "I talk alot!" I knew we were screwed. She went on and on about her vacation, and her family, and her "tuba diving" experience. It was terrible. I pretended to be asleep while she was talking to me then I actually fell asleep.

My mom picked us up at the airport, and we went to dinner then I came home and went out with Jenn. We went to Target, Steamworks, Kickbacks, Casbah and now I am exhausted. It is almost 2:00 and I am normally fast asleep by this point. Tomorrow I am going to the beach with Evan, then TSI. I am so stoked about TSI. I am going to get a Joose for the first time ever. Crunk. I may die, after watching 2 of them make Jared blackout. IT will be a good day.

Day 35 - Week Two, Thursday

The worst thing possible happened to me last night. After work, Marsha and I went to Timpano for dinner. I got a steak and a salad. I was enjoying my meal, then I tasted it. I had just taken a nice large bit out of my Caesar salad when it hit me. The worst thing I have ever tasted. I don;t know ho to describe it, but I was clueless as to what it was. I immediately stopped chewing and just looked at Marsha, my mouth full of food, and my eyes wide with panic. She said, "Oh did you get an anchovy?" Oh my god. It took more willpower than I knew I had to not spit it out into my napkin and vomit at the same time. For a good minute I just sat there with it in my mouth, panicking. I couldn't go spit it out in the bathroom since I did not know where that was, and it's not like I could just ask. So I sucked it up and ate it. It was terrible. I wish I could say that I mam exaggerating, but I am not. I cried.

Today at work was nothing special. At all. After work I went north to the Downtown mall in Palm Beach Gardens to go to Urban to buy some Keds. But they didn't have the color I wanted and I ended up buying the shirt I was wearing at that moment, just in another color. After I felt Gardens I went farther south to the Boca town center. I didn't get there until about 7:30 and the mall closes at 9:00, so I was running around and scrambling to find something to wear to TSI's Wet Hot American Summer Party on Saturday. I ended up getting some awesome socks from American Apparel, and a red sweater vest. And to top it off, white Keds. The salesman at Nordstroms was about my age, and when I said I wanted the Keds, he was just like, "Keds.... You want Keds?" Me: "Yes. White Keds." Him: "White.... Keds...." Me: "Yes. White Keds." Him: "Why?" Me: "Can I just get my shoes?"

By the time I left the mall it was well past my bedtime and I was exhausted driving back. Tomorrow I am going home. Super excited!

Day 34 - Week Two, Wednesday.

I am sitting in my office drinking tea that smells like a horse. I am half way working on a physicians newsletter, and half way watching Running With Scissors. Although I am doing both of these things, this is the only thing on my mind right now:



I am so excited. Originally I wasn't going to install the new OS on my old iPhone and just wait until Friday when I get the new one so that it feels like a whole new phone, but I can't wait. The update was posted about 10 minutes ago and I have already gotten it. I have been sitting with my phone plugged in and obsessively clicking the "Check for Updates" button all day long.

I just loaded Tweet Deck for the first time in a few days. 74 Replies. wtf.

Back to my iPhone update and physician's newsletter.


I just got called into a meeting for the last 2 hours and I was not with my phone as it updating. The whole time I wanted to slip out and come grab it so that I could play with the new OS. I am trying to finish the update right now, but I keep plugging in my phone and an error message pops up. If I can't finish the update I will have no phone since right now it is only "slide for emergency."

10 minutes later: "iPhone is activated" then a flood of texts from Twitter, Lauren, Colton, Evan, Twitter, Liam, and more Twitter.

This was the most random and nerdiest post imaginable. w00t

Day 33 - Week Two, Tuesday

I think I am going to stop labeling my blogs with what I have done and just leave it with the day. Because, honestly, I don't do anything exciting anymore.

Today is Tuesday. I wore my new pants to work and the purple top I wore last week and it was a good outfit. I like wearing pants because I get a break from the panty hose. Ugh. I got a key to my office today, so I no longer am going to get locked out with my phone and computer staring at me from my desk. And I don't have to get up every time someone wants to come in to open the door from the inside. Some IT guys came in earlier and dropped a line for my phone, but I still have no phone. I don't want to give out my cell number anymore. When the guys came in to drop the line I just took my tea and left and got lunch. I have had the same thing for the past week for lunch. Grilled cheese, mandarin oranges, banana and spinach. I honestly don;t think I can get sick of it. All of my favorite things in one meal. It is easy to eat semi healthy here since it is a hospital.

I went to Publix last night right after work. honestly, I need to do this every day. Because it was downtown, right when everyone is getting off work, and there were some of the hottest guys I think I have ever seen, all buying their groceries. All mid 20's, business attire. I may start buying my groceries on a daily basis instead of once a week. For some reason I was craving a turkey sandwhich. I HATE turkey, and i hate whole grain bread. But for some reason, all of could think about all day was a cracked pepper turkey sandwhich on whole grain. So I got a bunch of turkey and a loaf of bread and it was delicious. No clue why I was craving that.

Tonight as I was driving home from work it started to pour. Normally, when it begins to rain like that, people think, "Oh geez I better get inside." Not me. Of course not. So I sped home, changed my clothes, grabbed my phone and credit card and went right back outside. I walked down Las Olas in the downpour, and found Mind's Eye Gallery, a place I want to work. I just stood in the rain and looked at all of the Warhols, Dalis, Matisses, Rothkos, and other amazing artists. I talked to Jenny the whole time I was outside and it was nice. And of course, while I was talking to her I found a Lilly Pulitzer store. It made me just walk past faster but also attempt to use that as a bribe to get Jenny to come down to visit. I sweat, no one wears more Lilly than her. I proudly own absolutely zero items of Lilly Pulitzer clothing, which is shocking for a Sweet Briar girl.

I stopped at Cheesecake Factory ad got myself two meals. One for dinner and one for lunch tomorrow. As I was walking back I sat across from my building and down the street from YOLO. I sat on a bench and talked to Jenny ad watched the valet guys at YOLO park cars. then I realized that those valet guys were MY valet guys from every morning. Then I was confused. they were running back and forth parking cars from YOLO and the 350 building. The two are not connected at all.

This afternoon I sat Denise down and gave her an art lesson. I showed her what I do, and showed her some artists and other forms of art. So thinking about that and YOLO makes me want to post this. When I first messing around with the bleeding technique around February/March I did this. It was one of the first bleeding pieces I did, along with one based on a Jack Bush piece. I saw a painting at YOLO when I was there in January and used the color scheme for this monoprint. I love it. Yet again, I have weird tastes in everything so it is most likely hideous but I just don't see it.



I just watched House and Hawthorne with Marsha, and now I am passing out. It is 10:15. I live a sad, sad life.

Day 32 - Monday

It is Monday. Again. I am sitting at work, and all I have accomplished today is to finish a good amount of the bulletin boards and post pictures on past entries. Si if you feel like creeping, there are pictures buried in random posts. This morning I had the worst time waking up. I was up far to late last night, and I still feel like I am asleep. Today just doesn't feel like a good day. It is a mixture of it being Monday, being sleepy, and this dress I am wearing. I love this dress, but it is more like a frock, and it makes me feel huge. Throw in the required panty hose and cardigan combination, not only only do I feel ginormous, I look like an old lady.

Jessica is here for a bit today, and that is nice to have someone to talk to when I get bored, otherwise it is just a slow Monday. Nothing exciting to share.

Blog Fail. Again. (Sorry John, creep.)

Day 31 - Mom, Liam, Loop, MOSH, I Love Jacksonville

Today was a very good day I slept in, then Mommy, Liam and I went to the Loop for lunch and MOSH. I haven’t been to MOSH in years, I think one of the last time I was there was my first date with James Poindexter in 9th grade. There were the same exhibits, like the whales and the Living Room, JEA, and the Dino skeleton, this time the main exhibit was one I remember seeing a few years back when I was babysitting Carlton and Colter. Okay well maybe that was one of the last times I went, not in 9th grade. Whatever. It was all animatronic dinosaurs, and the planetarium show was the history of the dinosaurs. After we left MOSH we walked around Friendship Fountain, and it was breathtaking. It was such a pretty day. Then I went to the Treaty Oak, which somehow I have never seen before.









I don't know why those are sort of blurry.

Now I am in the airport in Jacksonville, getting ready to fly back to Fort Lauderdale for another wonderful week of work. Whoo.

Day 30 - Colton, Rob, Dad, Ponte Vedra

Today was nice. I slept in until about 10, and woke up planning on doing A Day in My Life since I got my new camera the other day. But that fizzled pretty quickly. Mommy made me my favorite breakfast of Sister Schubert’s rolls, and then I took a shower. I rode my bike over to my dad’s and Colton met me there to mow his lawn. My dad ended up giving Colton more work to do later in the week. Colton and I were supposed to go to the beach today but it rained, of course, s we just hung out in Riverside and at his house. My dad still calls him “Carlton.” I corrected him when Colton was outside, and my dad just said “His parents named him wrong,” then kept calling him Carlton, although he knew it was wrong. It was funny. Colton is hoping to get a job at TCT so today was good all around for him. Afterwards we went back to his house so he could change since it started raining while he was mowing, then we went to see Emma at Smoothie King to grab some free smoothies. We went to Riverside Park and saw some guy on a bike get pegged in the face with a soccer ball. It was hilarious. He flew off his bike and just layed there. Then he stayed at the park, and kept riding around. I would have been so embarrassed and left if that had happened to me.

Colton and I went back to his house and watched TV ad talked to his roommate Reeder then he drove me out to Sawgrass. It was nice hanging out with him again like it was old days again. It was nice. I had dinner at Marsha’s then went out with Rob and his friend James. We went to Biscotti’s and had some cake. I am falling asleep right now really bad so I think I am going to leave this as another really lame entry. No Internet, even though I am at home. I can’t figure out what is wrong with it. And Evan just told me the new Augury CD has leaked and I can’t download it. Not thrilled. Psych time.





I want a wall like this.

Day 29 - Home again, jiggity-jig

Friday! Hoorah! My first week of work passed with no real flaws. Apparently someone already lost their job because of me, which is great. I feel bad about that. Today I started the morning at Palm Beach Gardens. I got there about an hour early and got some breakfast and drove around and explored. When Denise got there we met with a woman and talked about some different events coming up. I saw in this chair for about 3 hours and already my butt hurts. I got a tour of this hospital as well, and thank god no NICU. All afternoon I worked on my bulletin boards and talked to Jessica for a bit. I got back to the apartment and turned right around and went to the airport. We were on a non-stop flight to Jacksonville, but we had to make an emergency stop in Fort Meyers for some reason. Otherwise the flight was uneventful. I just got home and I am excited to be in my own bed.

Day 28 - NICU, Camera, Good Sam

Today I started out at Good Sam, and then Denise and I went out to lunch with Jessica and two other woman that work at Tenet. Afterwards Denise and I went to St. Mary’s for a meeting, and then I got a tour of the hospital. We went to the NICU and that was simply terrifying. I felt so faint the whole time I was there. I saw this one baby who was just under one pound, and it seriously looked like something out of a horror movie. It basically just confirmed that I never want to have children. Other wise work passed by with no more flaws. I went to Target this afternoon and got a new camera, 2 GB SD card, case and batteries for $150. W00t.

Day 27 - Good Sam

Today was my first day of actual work. I woke up super early this morning, and put on my white skirt and purple top, along with some super sexy pantyhose. Not. I am not too excited about this part of the job. Anyways, I went to Good Sam and got my list of duties. I worked on all of that all day and that was pretty much it. Tonight Marsha and I walked to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Yum. And that was my day. My entries are going to get super lame from here on out. Oh well.

Day 26 - Orientation Pt 2

Today was the second day of orientation. Today I was in dress code, although I wore my black skinny jeans in spite of the bitch that was in charge. I was wearing a seersucker blazer though, so it all evened out. Kind of. Anyways, I talked with the other intern, Jessica a bit about the job and everything. Then after orientation, and taking HIPAA tests and getting our email set up, we went to have lunch near the Tenet regional office. From there we went to the office and met Craig, who is going to be our main supervisor. I also met Denise, who I will be working with a lot. Other than that I did nothing. Marsha and I went shopping after I left Tenet because I need some slacks. I almost got the most amazing Ralph Lauren blazer with a huge anchor on the lapel but it made me look like a man. I usually dress like a man, but I don’t want to look like one. That’s no good.

Day 25 - Tenet Orientation

Today was orientation at Tenet. It was interesting. I pretty much just sat in the most uncomfortable chair for 9 hours and learned different policies for the hospital. The majority of it applied to nurses and people that were actually going to be working on the Delray campus, which I am not. I met the other intern, who is really nice. Pretty much all I did today was go to orientation, unpack, and go to Publix.

Right now I am watching “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.” It is the dumbest show I have ever seen. This is precisely the reason that I do not watch television. Although, Heidi and Spencer are both involved. I have decided that I hate them so much, I love them. This whole time I have been watching this show they have done nothing about how the “power of Jesus is washing all over us.” No one else likes them, but they make the show interesting.

Tomorrow I have a half-day of orientation, then over to Coral Springs to go to the office for the first time. Today was almost sent home because I wasn’t dressed appropriately. I received my Employee Handbook from Tenet, not Delray, and I was against the Delray dress code, but not Tenet. This woman was terrible to me and yelled and said I had to leave and come back next week. I went t my car and got my Employee Handbook and showed her what I had received and that I was not violating the Tenet dress code. Although tomorrow I have to wear pants and closed toe shoes, then change before I go to the other offices. It is super early, but I think I am going to pass out. I cant post this until tomorrow morning from Starbucks, along with the last three days. I have been lacking so bad.

Although, new iPhone comes out next week. I can’t wait to get a phone that works.

Day 24 - RIP Summer

RIP summer. You were very short but very fun.

Day 23 - Epic Adventure

Today was the perfect day to end my small little summer with. Jenn and I decided to ride our bikes to the art market. We left around noon, and got there over an hour later. It was beautiful weather, and it was amazing to just ride and listen to music and go through Riverside. The art market was still disappointing, with way more vendors and not very much art. Jenn’s aunt has a stall there selling wheat grass. I didn’t know, but it has a lot of amazing benefits aside from health benefits. We walked around for a while and I got a muffin, and then it started to rain. We decided to just wait it out, but it kept getting worse. I kept checking my phone to find a lull in the rain, but there was nothing, so we went ahead and rode our bikes to Al’s to wait it out. Although in the short ride from the Art Market to Al’s we were completely soaked. At first both of us were completely miserable, but we realized that it was actually a lot of fun riding in he rain. So we kept going and went to Kickback’s. I went inside and just stood in the door until a waiter came over, all worried to see this soaking wet girl in the doorway, an he brought us inside and gave us towel and pretended like it was completely alright for us to be inside, all the whole looking very concerned. We ate there, and got our bikes to ride back to my house. Although in the short time that we were inside Kickback’s, the temperature dropped and it was really windy. We rode only about 2 blocks to Walgreens, and we about froze. So at Walgreen’s we bought flannel PJ pants and huge tee shirts. We changed in the bathroom and looked hilarious trying to scurry out of the bathroom and back to our bikes without being seen. Although that failed, since we saw the whole world. The owner of Violet was in there, which made me immediately ashamed of my purchases. Then once we got past Avondale, Thomas Taylor stopped and talked to us. We were wearing terrible PJs, soaking wet, with make up running down our faces. Once we got back to my house we changed and got under some blanket on the couch with some tea, and Jenn got a tweet from Preston, who also saw us apparently. So that’s just great. It was an epic adventure.

Tonight I hung out with Evan. Went to his house and watched this really surreal anime movie called Mind Game. The plot was interesting and it had a bunch of montages that showed how all of the character’s lives intertwined. It was a weird movie, but very good.

Tomorrow I leave for Miami. Boo. Although today was a good last full day at home.

Day 22 - Shopping, Charlie Bartlett

My mom and I finished shopping for work clothes today. Well, we tried to. We went to the town center and braved the rain and got a few more things. I just have no shoes. I have plenty of sandals, just no flats or anything. But I cant wear flats because my feet are so messed up. So I need to figure out all of that. I went to Express today, and I usually just ignore that the store even exists. But today we went in just to look, and we had possibly the most annoying sales girl ever. I kept telling her I was looking for clothes for a job in a business setting, and she kept pulling out the sluttiest clothes. And her voice… oh my god it hurt to listen to her. Granted, she was very sweet, but it was really annoying.

I went by the gallery today and picked up my very first commission check. $75. Whoo. Not very much, but it is still exciting to be paid for something I love to do. I worked on packing and everything tonight, since I leave on Sunday afternoon. I already have a flight home for next weekend. Thank god. I am excited to start work, but I am not ready to leave Jacksonville. I feel like my summer will be over.

Tonight Rob and I took part in National Doughnut day by going to Krispy Kreme, as always. We weather tonight was amazing. We drove with the windows down and good music playing. The moon was reflecting perfectly on the river. We sat on Robs back porch, listened to music, wrote in The Book and chucked it back and forth. I began the ngiht with it, and somehow I ended the night with it till in my possession. Not sure how the happened. We came back to my house and watched Charlie Bartlett, and I am still watching it. He has work super in the morning and bailed on me for the rest of it and High School throwback time with some Guitar Hero.

Tomorrow is going to be jam packed with packing and riding bikes to the art market and what not. Last full day at home.

(407): in the event that i am dead, my body is laying in the intersection of ... the pearl in springfield. it was my friend's 21st but i think i'm dead. wearing a black top. like i said, probably dead.

Day 21 - School Four, Evan, Delicious Panera Sandwich

Today was a very good day. I woke up early and just hung around my house for a little while. I called Jenn to see if she wanted to get lunch but of course I forgot she was at work. I grabbed my favorite sandwich ever from Panera and went to the UPS store to eat there. But it was lunch time so of course it was jam packed, and I ate in my car like a loser. But I just relaxed and enjoyed my sandwich and enjoyed a CD. Hm. Yes. I am a loser.

I picked up Mikey at his house and went to take pictures at School Four, which we have never done before. It was fun, but kind of disappointing. Most of it was fenced off, but there was one little place that I was able to slip into the yard. My digital cameras are both broken, so I was stuck with film and fish eye. I have to get it all developed to see how it turns out. The majority of the time when I use my fish eye lens the film messes up and doesn’t work. I hope some turn out. The city voted last night on he future of Annie Lytle. Apparently there is a good chance that the school will not be standing by the end of the month. I had a good chance to make a difference a few months ago, but of course my inability to finish anything I start got in the way. We will see how all of this pans out.





Tonight I hung out with Evan, a guy I met at that party I went to the other night with Jenn. That was really fun. We went to starbucks and exchanged music, and it was funny to see how similar our iTunes libraries were. We went to a hookah place in Orange Park, and it was nice to have an intelligent conversation with someone, which sadly enough I don’t get to do very often.

Today was a very good day.

Day 20 - Liam, Art Walk, Casbah

This morning, pretty much right after I woke up, I took Camp and Liam to see UP. I have heard from so many people that it is so amazing, yet sad. I was in tears after the first 10 minutes. It was so sad. But overall, it was an adorable movie. Like other Pixar movies, they had a short movie before hand, and the one this time was so adorable. I would like to have a Kevin of my own.

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When we were leaving the theater, it was raining, and I realized that Liam and Camp are the two slowest people to ever walk the earth. All day long I was saying over and over “Come on guys walk faster!” They never listened. Then I had to get them ready to take them to Rover Rats, and it took Liam about a half our to put on his bathing suit. It was ridiculous. Today was, thank goodness, my last day of babysitting.

Tonight Jenn and I went to Art Walk, which was a huge let down. There really wasn’t very much going on. So we left and went to the Casbah. We ran into Damon, Mark’s friend, and a bunch of his friends there and sat with them. Corbett was there as well, and we had an awkward Tweet War from 3 feet away, which had us cracking up, and the people we were with very confused. Oh well. One of the guys we sat with tonight works for Chacha, which is this company that pretty much just answers questions. You text in your questions and bam, you get an answer. The first thing I asked was “Who is Kate Gorman from Jacksonville, FL?” and they replied with my dad’s home address. It was creepy. Then I decided to be a jerk and asked “What is the hokey pokey really is what it is all about?” And the reply said “Then we live sad, sad, sad lives.” So ChaCha is my new favorite thing.

Tomorrow will be a very good day. I am excited to get out and stay busy throughout the course of the day, since I haven’t done that in a while. I am waking up tomorrow and going to School Four with Mikey to take picture. It may be demolished soon and we want to go. Its funny because we bonded over our common unhealthy love of School Four, yet we have never been together. I am excited about that. Then later I am going swimming with Colton, which will be entertaining with this miserable sunburn I have. I am going to try to run over to the town center at some point to get some work clothes shopping done, but I am not sure if that will work. Then later I am hanging out with Evan, a guy I met at the party last night. So I am thinking that tomorrow will be a good day.

Day 19 - Babysitting, Bikes, Rooftop Party

Today was another Liam and Kate day. I took Liam and Camp to the pool and let them go off on their own for a bit. I was able to enjoy some time to myself, read some Augusten Burroughs, and drown out the terrible Timiquana music with Ghostland Observatory and With Faith or Flames. Julia was up there and we hung out of a little bit. She is going to be a debutante this summer, so that is exciting. I also encountered some of the rudest girls ever today. That is nothing new for Timiquana, but these girls today were a different breed. One soaked my book my shaking her hair off and when I said something, she just looked at me, laid down, and closed her eyes. Bitch. Liam and Camp had been swimming for a long time, and I kept telling Liam to tell me when they were getting lunch since I was starving, and finally I was just going to go order ahead of them, our number gets called. Turns out Liam completely ignored me and went ahead and ordered his lunch. No surprise. So I just planned on getting my lunch then leaving. I waited for about 30 minutes for my lunch until I decided to just leave. I stopped to see if it was just sitting there, but turns out someone just came in and took it. Jerks. So I had to wait for the woman to make me a whole new order. I hate the people at Timiquana sometimes.

This afternoon was pretty boring, didn’t do much of anything. Jenn and I went on a bike ride this evening, and that was nice. It gave us time to just talk and not have our phones buzzing every 30 seconds. We need to do that more often.

Later we went to Kickbacks for dinner then to a birthday party for one of the guys that she works with. On the way to the party we stopped at Walgreens to get some jellybeans, and there was this woman checking put in front of us with the worst hair I have ever seen. She was leaving and the cashier handed her a bag stuffed with candy and said, “Oh wait. Here’s your candy.” Then handed her some beach toys and said “and your toys.” And Jenn and I thought it was the funniest thing ever. Typing this now, I have no idea why, but at the time, it was hilarious. From there we headed to the party. It was on the roof of the new lofts in 5 Pts and it had an amazing view. I felt mega lame at the party since a good amount of the kids that were there were just graduating high school. I met some cool people, and saw some random people from high school. Eric Branholm and David Meyers were both there. When I first got there I thought I recognized David but decided it probably wasn’t him, but turns out it was. It was funny seeing him and Eric there, and it was nice to catch up. I sound so queer for saying that, but its true. At one point last night I went downstairs to use the restroom, but turns out two of the people from the party were having sex in the only bathroom that was available. David and I both got a good laugh out of that one and listened in for a while. They were there for a while so I had to pee on the roof. Great fun. Tonight was really good. Just hung out, talked, drank. It was nice to do that instead of TSI or the Pearl, where you cant really talk and people are swarming. It was a nice change of pace.

Tomorrow is another day of Liam and Camp. Can’t wait… Oh and I have the most hilarious sunburn from today. One side of my body is a tomato, the other is white as a sheet.

This is my life. I am such a pushover.

Day 18 - Liam, Laid back

Liam and I spent the day together. Kind of. Mom had to work so Liam and I hung out, played Uno, and went to the Orthodontist. His front two teeth are both growing completely crooked, so we expected his orthodontia to be super expensive to get it all fixed. The orthodontist said it would only cost $160 total, and that would be for the wire alone. The front brackets will be free, since that is all he needs. Apparently once they get his front teeth straightened out, they wont need to do anymore after that. So I am excited about that.

Jenn and I watched Taken today also. It was so good. Neither of us really like action movies, but this one was amazing. We went to Panera and I got my yummy sandwich and my day was complete. After Jen left I was feeling oddly domestic. I did the dishes and cleaned, drank too much wine then just walked around the house finding little tings to fix up or clean. It was fun, in a really weird way.

Today was obviously just laid back and I didn’t really do much. I am falling asleep now, and it is still early for me. Tomorrow I am babysitting Liam and Camp again and I think I am taking them to the pool. I am getting somewhat of a tan, which is a big deal for me.

Oh and I got my IRS return today. Made my day.

I feel like my first week home was amazing and action packed and now my days and getting more and more laid back. That is a good thing though. I am exhausted.

Day 17 - Bikes, Kickbacks, Colton, Jenn

Last night right after I posted Jenn came over and we hung out for a while and figured out who some people in her phonebook are. That was great fun. This morning my mom and I rode our bikes to the Brick for breakfast, and we sat next to the weird group of people. This girl was wearing a red beret with a bill on it, a white shirt with some sort of image on it with rhinestones, and a red short skirt. It was not very Ortega-ish, to say he least. And they were talking and I was listening of course, and she was saying how recently he got really drunk “at this place downtown. Like TSI? TIS? I don’t know.” She was talking about different forms of transportation when you are drunk, and how when she is drunk, she gets a tow tuck to take her and her car home, and its free. The guys that she was with were both like, “No I don’t think they do that” and she was dead set on it. It was hilarious. And then one of the guys kept saying how he knows one of the guys in Lynyrd Skynyrd and how “Lynryd comes into the store all the time.” No one’s name in that band is actually Lynryd, first off. Yet again they were like, “No, I don’t think you’re right.” It was funny to hear each person at the table do the same thing.

After a nap and a Target run, my mom and Jenn and I went to Timiquana and laid out for a bit. Jenn and I were swimming at one point and talking about apparently strippers at the Dollhouse make around $1000 a night. I don’t think that’s right, and I said, “Well its only $5 for them to get naked.” And Jenn said “Also its like $30 for a 3 minute lap dance.” And then we remembered that we were surrounded by children and there was this mother right next to us and it was very awkward. We just… swam away…

Tonight Jenn and I went to Kickbacks with Colton and Ben. That was fun, since I haven’t hung out with Colton in a really long time. It was nice to catch up and everything. I forgot how hilarious Colton can be. After Kickbacks we were sitting at their house, and it was 11:11 and everyone was like “make a wish!” None of us did, then Ben made us say what we would wish for if we wished on 11:11. Jenn and I both chose not to answer, since our wishes are probably similar. And Colton was like, “I just wish I could always be doing something sweet.” Which is such a Colton thing to say. He went on and described what his perfect life would be, where even flying wouldn’t top the sweetness of his day to day life. After he finished, both Jenn and I wished we had written it down. It was amazing.



I silently stressed about something for the past 2 days, and I think everything was resolved tonight, which I am excited about. Oh and I bought more wine. Woo!

Jenn is sitting next to me in my bed right now, stealing my music from my hard drive. I am falling asleep. There is a beer teetering dangerously on my dresser. Ironically, it is a beer from Colton’s, and it is sitting on top of my Pray for Jax painting. Funny.


“My days begin with a holla, end with a Creamsicle, and if there is time in between: Thunder Cats. Ho!”