#26: My day

I've had the WORST week at work. After patient complaints, the heat, having a horrible back spasm early in the week and then dealing with residual pain over the past few days, accidentally emailing my entire building about cupcakes not meant for them then promising another batch of cupcakes today to make it up to them, and being generally exhausted from lack of sleep, I've had just about enough. Thank God its Friday has never been truer than today.

(Speaking of TGIF, if you haven't watched this video yet, its quite amusing. I love when random stars are in people's music videos.)


Anyway, today I was bored out of my mind so that didn't help the fact that this week has just been dragging on and on and on. One highlight of my work day was the fact that I left half an hour early because we closed the clinic. I love Fridays in summer (the doctors hate doing clinic late so I typically leave a 10-15 minutes early) as well as Fridays before a holiday.

Then I went shopping for my new obsession- Ball glass jars. I'm not sure what triggered the desire to buy every Ball jar I see but I did at Unique in Burnsville and Treasures in Savage. Tomorrow I plan to stop by Savers in Bloomington and the Salvation Army in Burnsville after work on Tuesday/Wednesday. I got 8 today to add to the 2 I already have in my possession. I want more. They will make perfect vases to put EVERYWHERE in my future home. I'm just very excited about them.

When I finally made it home after my thrifting, I had a card from Tyler. When I finally opened it after settling in at home, I literally laughed out loud. The entire card is written in Spanish. On the top, he suggested I use Google Translate if I can't speak Spanish. I can't, so I did and it worked mostly well. Tyler Treptow is adorable and one of the best friends I think I've ever had, even though I've only known him for such a short period of time. We have a special connection, I'd say.

Highlights from the Spanish translations:
"I thought it was going to make this interesting letter."
"Today made ​​me laugh a multitude of repeating myself when suggesting that students keep their doors open as much as possible to meet new people. I think it can be fun."
"Winona still is not the same without you. I can not believe I have lasted over a year without you in the hall from me. one year was definitely not enough."

So true, Tyler, so true.

Then my family toiled over what to do for dinner and as soon as we decided to go out, my dad (who is never wary of weather) decided we should stay in (I think more for our sake than his own- personally, I don't mind storms but I think he didn't want us to get stuck in pouring rain someplace). So then we bickered over what to order from Domino's and I got to use the Domino's Pizza Tracker, one of my favorite things from college. After dinner, I started organizing my scrapbook (I have MANY pages to work on) and working on reunion stuff.

My 5-year high school reunion is officially 28 days away and I'm anxious. I'm excited because I have a bunch of great ideas but I'm nervous about the turnout (or lack thereof, at this point). I don't understand why people can't just RSVP yes/no/maybe on Facebook instead of keeping their invitation out in limbo as "not replied". I'm annoyed. And exhausted.

Off to the Como Zoo in the morning to spend some time with the amazing Andrew and exceptional Eric before they move to Decorah. The zoo should be lovely tomorrow assuming the weather stays pleasant (unlike today's heat index of 105). Gotta love Minnesota's unpredictable weather (not).