Won't be around forever, girl

So. I went to Europe. Again.

( Barcelona, Cannes, Florence, Rome, Vatican City )

March 19th I got the blood test pertaining to the medical saga. Right? Right. A week later I still haven't heard the results from my doctor. From that time to now, I have called my doctor's office many many times, all with varying answers, ranging from "it takes 7 to 9 business days for the lab to get it to us, so call again in a few days, " to "oh, due to HIPPAA regulations, YOU'RE supposed to be the one to get the results from the lab and have them sent to us." Uhh, since when? But, okay, whatever. Called the lab. And called. And left messages. And more messages. So yesterday I finally drove over to the lab to see what the hell was up.

Long story short: "Oh, what's the fax number to your doctor's office? Okay, the results are on their way."

OKAY

OH

KAY

So I won't be going there again. Hopefully, at least, my results should be given to me by my doctor on Monday or Tuesday.

Relatives came over today and we had an Easter feast/birthday get together, complete with a homemade dulce de leche cake, which I requested, a combination of three different cake recipes and omfg it is DIVINE. I will eat the rest of it with the reverence it deserves.

I had taken off work for my birthday but due to scheduling weirdness, I'm going to have to open, ugh. At least I get off at 9:30am. Buuut the next two days after that I have to work 1-10:30pm ughhhhh. I'd rather work a 9.5 open shift. But if I can just get through those, then I'm off to Chicago on Thursday to hang out with my sister! YAY. I need to get out of here for a bit.

Speaking of needing to get out of here... I think I may have another idea for a non-permanent living situation. My cousin lives in Minneapolis and is getting married soon, but her and her fiance have stated many times that they would love for me to come and visit and stay in their guest room. When I go up for their wedding in September, I'm gonna ask if it might be possible to stay with them for six months or so. It's weird, especially since they'll be married and I'd be living with them, but my cousin and I have always been pretty close, I adore her fiance, and we're all a big bunch of nerds. Plus it would just be so nice to see pretty flowers. And seasons. Like autumn. And SNOOOOWWW.

And if that doesn't work out, I'm gonna send resume after resume to every job listed on bookjobs.com. A lot of which reside in NYC. So. Yes.

Ugh. Bedtime. Opening tomorrow.

My new shooooes. :3

Unfortunately my skinny jeans aren't, well, skinny enough; they still bunch around the ankles when tucked into the boot. I cannot believe I'm going to do this, but I'm gonna have to go shopping for jeggings. Jeggings. I know. Though, I have seen a few places that sell actual jean jeggings that aren't just cotton. More like really REALLY skinny jeans. So fingers crossed, 'cause I really want to wear these shoes omg.

Today was day 8 of 8 in a row at work (as a 4:30am open shift to boot) and I'm so relieved to have a couple days off now. Though honestly? It feels really good to be working somewhere again where I'm actually useful, know what the hell I'm doing and am good at it, and can order people around delegate, lulz.

And now that this week is over, fun times abound. Tomorrow night it's $1.75 beer and $3 sushi with friends, Wednesday is a Pink Floyd tribute concert with a laser light show and all, the week after that is Disney and Epcot aww yeaaaaah, and the week after THAT, Thanksgiving week, my parents and I are driving 11 hours up to Greenville, South Carolina to pick up my sister from the airport, and then driving to an upscale cabin in north Georgia for a whole week. Omg so much yays.

Finally finally saw Harry Potter 7 part 2 today, and well, this basically sums it up:



( Oh how I am not joking. )

Leaving early (eaaaaarly, ugh) Saturday morning to go see my sister in Chicago! Haven't seen her since March, so I'm pretty damn excited. Looks like the weather will only be a little less hot (but much less humid, thank God) than it is here, so that's good, at least.

First off, thank you so much to those who have given me LJ gifts recently. I so appreciate the thoughtfulness! ♥

In about five hours my parents and I are hitting the road for north Georgia for a mini-family reunion of sorts. It'll be good to get away for a little bit. BUT that also means that I'm going to wait to see Harry Potter with my friends until after I return, which will likely be no earlier than Tuesday of next week. And I wanted to write a heartfelt post about everything that Harry Potter means and has meant to me in the past, but really, all you need to do is watch this video (and yeah, I dare you to get through it without crying):



Thank you, Jo, for the Boy Who Lived. ♥

DISNEEEYY. It was so much fun. And Reg and Stef are still pretty much the awesomest ever, in case you were wondering. ( SEE I HAVE PHOTO EVIDENCE. )

Coincidentally, while I was seeing the in real life Tinkerbell at Disney World, ( the Winchesters were trying to kill her. )

And then yesterday we all went to see Harry Potter together. ( ONE MORE CUT TEXT IF YOU PLEASE. )

I should be packing and getting ready to leave for Georgia, but lol internets. I'm pretty freaking excited to not have to step into work once this coming week. And YAY MOUNTAINS and stuffing my face for Thanksgiving, and my Mom's birthday, which falls on Thanksgiving this year. And COMIC CON TICKETS TOMORROW. Omg so much excitement, yay!

YEAAAAHHHH

Okay, so that forecast isn't actually for where I am. But it's for where I will be this weekend! My sister and I are taking a roadtrip to Atlanta (and Canton, where my aunt and uncle are), Georgia to see Sufjan Stevens in concert at this beautiful venue called the Tabernacle. I get off work at 12pm tomorrow, and we'll drive 8 and a half hours north to our aunt and uncle's place and stay there for the weekend where it'll be COLD and the leaves will have COLORS and AHHH I'M SO EXCITED.

We'll also try to hit one of my favorite restaurants ever, the OK Cafe in the middle of Atlanta (unghhhh baked macaroni and cheese and chicken fried steak with gravy and southern style green beans you will be mahn) and also a Trader Joe's nearby, because when you type in "nearest Trader Joe's to Tampa, Florida" you get... Atlanta. SADFACE.

And oh maaaan, I am so excited for the venue where Sufjan will be playing, it was a 100 year old church now converted into a small, intimate concert setting with apparently amazing acoustics. There might be tears, because some of his songs punch me in the grief bone and seeing and hearing him play them only feet away from me, laksjdf;laskj I can't even make words. I really hope everything goes according to plan!

Alsooooo I hope my aunt and uncle have wifi 'cause I'd really like to watch these guys and their kewl pet snake. Or is it their metaphorical albino peen? Idk idk. One way or another I my next update will be filled with capslock.

So I promised the wonderful magikalrhiannon I'd compile and put together a Vancouver set tour locations post for her trip, and I figured, why not make it all PRETTY with maps and pictures and STUFF. So I did!

( So you want to be a Canadian stalker... )

As I was drifting off during my just-got-off-of-work-at-10am nap, I thought to myself, WHY is everyone on House only referred to by their last names? And I tried for the life of me to remember Cuddy's first name, but no dice.

And speaking of which, I'm soooo behind on House and The Office, but I'm slowly catching up. I just watched the episode of House where the guy can't control what he says, and OH MY GAWWWWD HOUSE AND WILSON, SHUT UP I MAY HAVE DIED OF ADORABLE. So much hearts for eyes, you guys. AW.

Also, there is this:



Please let me find a new job soon. Pleasepleasepleaseplease. This is the fourth day in a row that I've had to get up 5:30 or earlier. Tomorrow I get to sleep in until 6am! SO EXCITING.

BUT, I got my $700 tax return check yesterday! AHHHH YESSS. I figured it would be soon, so I got a haircut on Sunday. I had about an inch and a half of split ends, WHUPS. So now it's that much shorter, and a nice long flippy layer in the back. AND I got a deep conditioning, so now it's really soft. Heee, every time I go in somewhere to get my hair cut, I pull down my hair and the lady always goes, "YOUR HAIR IS SO PRETTY OMG." That's always nice. :D

SO, if someone wanted to, say, visit New York, how long should that someone stay there to see everything that she truly needed to see? And what time of year would be best? I say this because, haha, my manager, who is awesome, despite the truly awful schedules and me wanting to leave, goes to Seattle ALL THE TIME for just a weekend trip, or something. She JUST went last weekend and this weekend she's going again. So I was like, "HEY UH, if I wanted to take a long weekend trip to New York, maybe, would you be cool with that?" And she was like, "I'd be upset if you DIDN'T go." Heh. We geek out about traveling together often. SO YEAH. New York. Adding that to my long list. :>

Tonight is Mexican and margarities, I hope! But for now, laundry.