Hi everyone... so I figured I should post on the day before I start the "sort of" next phase in my life. :) So last Friday was my last day in lab... YAY!!! As I said before... while I'll miss some of the people I worked with, I won't miss the lab experience. It has been a weight off of my shoulders to be gone from there. I am wondering if I'll accidentally drive to the train station tomorrow morning. I will have to consciously tell myself to turn rather than go straight. :) Anyway... the most interesting thing to report of my last day in lab was that Mary out right cried when I went in to say goodbye to her. She said some very nice things to me... basically that she was proud of me... that I had done a lot of work and I did it all on my own... and because of that she knew that I would "make it." And then she started crying... I was NOT prepared for that. I told Ange and Lynne the next day and they were both shocked and amazed that Mary showed so much emotion since none of us have ever seen it. The thing is... when she started crying, while it moved me a bit... I never did cry. I think part of me just didn't have anything left to give for that lab. I've cried my tears time and time again... many of you have been there to see it and have been the shoulders that I have cried on. I wasn't going to cry anymore... I was out. There was a part of me that just thought that it was too little too late. If she really felt that way, then why didn't she say something in the 4 years I was there? Why didn't she make one slight effort to do something for me in that entire time? But oh well... that is the way it happened. And it has helped to guide my life path and really show me the type of person I am and what I need in my life to be happy. So yeah... that was interesting.
So Saturday was my actual day of activity this weekend... so Mark came over in the morning and we went to see the house. He really likes it and was able to take pictures of it and show them to his p's (who hadn't seen anything yet). So that was good. And we were able to start planning out where we want furniture to go, etc. So yeah... that was very good. It's especially nice that now Mark is able to understand what I'm talking about and it seems a bit more real... if that makes sense. So I was happy.
After that, we went our separate ways for a bit so that he could hang out with the boys and I stamped with the girls. I had a ton of fun and made a bunch of cards that I'll be able to use for all sorts of occasions... so that was really good. And I just love hanging out with that group. Ange made a comment about how she didn't know when she'd see me again and I told her we'd have to do lunch or dinner sometime. And it was just such a foreign concept for anyone in the lab to actually do something outside of the lab just for the heck of it... it's really sad that it is like that too. But I'm going to work on changing that. :)
Anyway, after I finished stamping, Mark and I went to see X-Men 3... and let me tell you... it was good. I won't say much since many of my readers haven't seen it yet... but it was good. Just make sure that you stay for the final scene after the credits!! It's important!!
Anyway... other than that, not too much to report. I've pretty much been a bum all day long today. I went to church and then out to Panera with a much smaller group than normal. But it was fun. And then I ran a few errands and have been home for the rest of the day. I was supposed to get myself really organized and such... and yeah, that never happened. :P Oh well... what can you do? That's what the afternoons are for, right?? Now that I have free time...
My plan for the night is to get all of my stuff ready for class tomorrow. Just have my bag all packed and ready to go. And then I'll have my evening chat with Mark once he gets back to Arizona. Speaking of which... I am definitely learning that I hate long distance relationships. Not that I ever thought I'd be a fan of them... but yeah, I really hate them. I keep thinking that it should be getting easier to get used to this since it's now been 4 weeks... but it's not. Every weekend it is harder to say goodbye. And I tell myself that normally we wouldn't see each other much more than this... but yeah, it sucks. I just remind myself that it's 3 more weekends to go and then he'll be home again. And I hope that he doesn't have to do another trip like this for a LONG time... never again would be ideal. I think Mark has also realized that maybe his boring monotonous client in Arlington Heights wasn't as bad as he thought... at least compared to flying to Arizona all the time!
Anyway, I am off for now... I hope you all had lovely weekends and are ready to go back to work on Monday (although is anyone ever REALLY ready to go back to work on Mondays??). Stay out of trouble, kids... :)
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