(I told Arnie at the beginning of May when my last final was and the exact date I'd be available to work full time, and that I would love as many hours as he can give me. He asked me to work full days Monday-Wednesday and mornings Thursday and Friday, and not on Saturday mornings starting after Memorial Day. So it's still not full time. It equals four full days a week. I always only get paid for the hours I work, unless like, sometimes on Fridays I get to leave an hour early. In that case I get paid for the 4-5pm even though I got sent home at 4. This week is supposed to be a favor to me from Arnie - like he meant for me to have a little break after finals, is what Laurie thought.)
Josh's parents have taken him on a two-week trip out of the country. He told me he wished I could come, and I know he wanted me to tell him I wished that too. The truth is though I'm not sure it would be as fun as it was supposed to be. Being in New York feels right to me. I feel close to my mother being here. I would miss her more if I left. Plus it would be weird having somebody give me something so huge as a trip out of the country. What is that, like fifty thousand dollars or something? How do you ever even begin to pay that back?
We have had a lot of talks about vacations and traveling. I think of a vacation as taking a day off from work. Josh thinks he's not on vacation if he's not off somewhere that is not at home. All he does all summer, every summer, is to go on trips and hang out with friends. Sometimes he goes on trips with friends to hang out with them in other countries. I asked once what Josh does on these trips he takes. Apparently he plays a lot of basketball, spends time at beaches or pools checking out girls, exploring wherever he's staying, and eating. I tried to imagine this (except with watching boys instead of girls) and think it would be fun for two days. After that I'd be antsy and want to get back to life. Josh swears that I would love a full week at least. It seems like after a certain point you'd feel weird about all the indulging.
Despite the fact that Josh always jokes about feeling out-numbered in a home full of girls, he's equally loud and a big presence here. Danielle is sleeping with me tonight, and she said it's nice to have a girly home even though at the same time she misses Josh. It makes me happy, really happy that she misses him because Dani didn't want to move in with him last summer.
We decided that since Dani gets to sleep with me tonight, we are going to get up a little early and make Alex breakfast in bed tomorrow before school. This will work out to mean I will wake up when Dani's alarm goes off and go start breakfast while she sleeps until it's her regular time to get up which I bet will coincide right with when I am ready to bring food to Alex and Dani will walk in with me like she did half the work.
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