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Jan. 14th, 2003 09:15 pmI think yesterday's events were quite a bit more emotionally draining than I'd thought or even been prepared for. I was thoroughly worn out after the whole thing, and indeed burst into tears in the middle of 30th Street Station after Mom and Dad dropped me off. I'm sure that my reactions weren't helped by the serious lack of sleep I'd gotten-sharing a hotel room with my parents is always an adventure; the metronome snoring isn't relaxing in the least.
Bottom line though, Dad is okay...the tumor in his eye is benign. This is more than good; the type of tumor he has AFAIK is treated by removing the eye. *relief*
I'm lucky that I have a girlfriend who does things like find me diet coke in a bottle in Union Station before I head out to Philly on the train. And looks at me when I return and after she kisses me hello, she says "You need chocolate" and steers me into Godiva where I got some truffles and some carmels. Wow. That's the kind of thing it's all about...even if I did think of Harry Potter and the Dementors, with the whole chocolate thing.
Sunday night, Dad and I spent some time reviewing math for GREs. My sister is getting ready to take GMATs as well, so she and I spent some time comiserating about how much we've forgotten. And I'm firmly convinced that I will never need a trignometric function to do my job. I was in fact correct when I said that back in jr. high and high school. Graphs? Sure...I use them. I use statistics, and basic math and fractions and percents and even sometimes algebra. But Geometry? Trig? No way. Not useful. HA!
We spent a lot of time talking about my younger brother...he's in Alberquerque now, and wasn't with us. And he's happy, but I think he's also lonely out there. I'm much happier with him there than close to me. At the same time, it's important to me that he's happy and successful...I think he's mostly getting his life together, and getting things started, but we'll see what happens.
Oh. And my catty post from the other day is hereby revoked. I'm leaving it up because I want the reminder of the mood I was in, but I'm revoking the post, if not the sentiment. :)
On that same note, one of my site contacts and I have become friends...she's the person I got Betakitty from. So she called and asked about my date today. "So did anything happen, she asked? I gave her an appropriately vague answer, as I was in my office with the door open, and while a great deal of life is public knowledge (like the conversation in the kitchen about my boss's sex life this morning) I'm reluctant to make this event TOO public at work. Not sure why, just something says "Take it easy." But I said to the woman on the phone, "Well, yes, stuff happened, like something but not everything..." She responded, telling me I sounded like the kids we work with. (She's a nurse at a detention center I do a program at.) Either way, things are copacetic at the moment.
Bottom line though, Dad is okay...the tumor in his eye is benign. This is more than good; the type of tumor he has AFAIK is treated by removing the eye. *relief*
I'm lucky that I have a girlfriend who does things like find me diet coke in a bottle in Union Station before I head out to Philly on the train. And looks at me when I return and after she kisses me hello, she says "You need chocolate" and steers me into Godiva where I got some truffles and some carmels. Wow. That's the kind of thing it's all about...even if I did think of Harry Potter and the Dementors, with the whole chocolate thing.
Sunday night, Dad and I spent some time reviewing math for GREs. My sister is getting ready to take GMATs as well, so she and I spent some time comiserating about how much we've forgotten. And I'm firmly convinced that I will never need a trignometric function to do my job. I was in fact correct when I said that back in jr. high and high school. Graphs? Sure...I use them. I use statistics, and basic math and fractions and percents and even sometimes algebra. But Geometry? Trig? No way. Not useful. HA!
We spent a lot of time talking about my younger brother...he's in Alberquerque now, and wasn't with us. And he's happy, but I think he's also lonely out there. I'm much happier with him there than close to me. At the same time, it's important to me that he's happy and successful...I think he's mostly getting his life together, and getting things started, but we'll see what happens.
Oh. And my catty post from the other day is hereby revoked. I'm leaving it up because I want the reminder of the mood I was in, but I'm revoking the post, if not the sentiment. :)
On that same note, one of my site contacts and I have become friends...she's the person I got Betakitty from. So she called and asked about my date today. "So did anything happen, she asked? I gave her an appropriately vague answer, as I was in my office with the door open, and while a great deal of life is public knowledge (like the conversation in the kitchen about my boss's sex life this morning) I'm reluctant to make this event TOO public at work. Not sure why, just something says "Take it easy." But I said to the woman on the phone, "Well, yes, stuff happened, like something but not everything..." She responded, telling me I sounded like the kids we work with. (She's a nurse at a detention center I do a program at.) Either way, things are copacetic at the moment.
