Jots and Tittles

Lame. It's been a long day, and I haven't even done anything! I mean... okay, I was in Brighton this morning, so I had to pack everything up and get out of there, which wasn't bad. It's always hard to leave when I have to say goodbye to Dad because I can just tell that he really, really misses me and that he so wishes I could stay just a little bit longer. Mom probably misses me, too, but I can't feel it radiating off her like I can from Dad. Anyway, the drive back was nice. If you have to drive anywhere, the best time to do it is always at like 10 or 11 in the morning, because nobody else is on the road. And I listened to Christmas music and sang along real loud because there wasn't anyone in the car to hear me.

Then I got back here and... well, Latonya and I watched "The Trouble with Tribbles." Yes, the Star Trek episode. It was just random fun, and mostly we looked for it just to see if we could find it. We could. So we watched that, and I took a shower (apparently my shampoo smells good... DJ liked it, anywho ^_^). After that, it was the Source Christmas shinding, for which I helped set up and cook and whatnot. We had a white elephant gift exchange; that was great fun. I brought a shot glass that lights up when you pour liquid in it ($1 at Target, baby, YEAH!) and wound up with a Halloween pumpkin carving kit. Beyond that, there was some effort to make the Source video work so we could watch the Jesus-licious Christmas thing but it didn't happen.

Oh, and Troy showed up for a few minutes while he was "getting gas." Poor Troy, he works himself to death and barely manages to squeek by. He can't even enjoy the college thing, and go to stuff like the Source party, because he's got to work. And it never seems like it's quite enough. I wish there was something I could do to help him out but I don't know what to say. He's right, there isn't much outside of teaching that can be done with a history degree. I mean, he could always go into publishing (and THEN I'd have my foot in the door to get my book published, wouldn't I!) but that's totally not his thing. It's too bad they don't pay you for being nice, cause he'd be all kinds of rich. Le sigh. But unfortunately, that's not how this place rolls. And it's not like you can be saved by being an awesome friend, so it isn't even getting him brownie points for heaven... Gah. I sound like my mother. Next time I do that, hurt me!

Still, it's too bad Latonya isn't more like Troy. I bet it'd be much easier to room with her if she was. No more conversations about how she won't date a guy unless he's never cussed (um, GOOD FRIKKEN LUCK finding one of those!) or about how WOW is teh 1337-ness and she's going to play it 24-7 when she goes home for break. Like my mom would EVER let me sit around and play video games for a month? Yeah right! I think I'd die of boredom after a week! x.x No more complaints about how I'm keeping her awake when I come home at odd hours of the night (she'd be coming home with me...). It could be good.

Le sigh. Okay, I'm done being a debby downer. I think I'm just tired, not really bummed or anything. Let me sleep, and I should be okay.

If I'm not better by tomorrow morning, hurt me. Or, you know, like, cheer me up or something. I'm going to bed now.

-Jaya-