do ya ever have those days where like the littlest thing can make you happy? i'm having one of those today. my dad woke me up waaaay early so that i could take my sister's car in to get fixed so my day didn't start out on a positive note, but...i got an email from a friend that i haven't talked to in FOR-EVVVV-VERR! and it just made my day to hear from her.

also i'm in a fairly good mood b/c last night at work we got soooo busy that i had to waitress to some tables and i made sweet cash all night! all the girls i work w/ keep saying how much they're gonna miss me and how they don't want me to leave. that's prolly b/c i do some of their job for them and i don't complain or cause problems. i guess ppl should always leave a job where the ppl are wanting you to stay...otherwise if they can't wait until you get outta there, then there's a definite problem. but even customers have been saying they're sad to see me go...kinda weird...oh well good for the self-esteem

so august 6 is my last day at work. but i'm trying to convince my boss that the 3rd is better. either way i'd still have a week or so to get everything together to go to school. now that summer is almost over, i feel like it flew by when i know that it sure didn't! but either way i have 7-8 more days or work and then i'll get to see ppl that i haven't seen since may 10. that's 3 months....3 months w/o seeing some of your best friends and just sporadic phone calls. tear tear sniffle sniffle

oooh i forgot to mention that my sister got a job. she starts aug 5th in chicago...we're hoping they want her to stay in the city and that she won't drive back and forth everyday. but you know what that means.....

i will have my parents all to myself again for the next 3 years...well when i'm not at school. but all the money my parents spent on her college is twice what they pay for me a year. not to mention that i'm paying for my whole first semester myself! snaps to me!! so now i won't feel bad about asking for money...even tho i'm gonna try to get a job at school, just to pick up a few hours a week, like 10-15, nothing major, just some extra cash that i can save towards living in an apartment next summer instead of coming home and being soooo far away from my friends.

i miss the freedom to come and go and rule the roost on my own terms...even tho my parents have been really lenient. but no curfew is better than 3am!!