wahoo, wahoo, wahoo!

so there are many good things today.

1. I got to leave work early and go to lunch at johnny carino’s with kimberlee and kristin. mm good food, and good company. then we ate cheesecake.

2. david is back in the u.s.!! he called me this afternoon and we talked for a bit. I was really, really glad to talk to him. it made my day. better.

3. well, I mentioned to david that he might call jarom, and sort of see how things went. which he did. so later I called and left a message with my number and said if he (jarom) wanted to, he could call me back, otherwise I’d wait until sunday. and he called me back!!!! we talked for maybe 15 minutes, he definitely has an accent. but he invited me to come over tomorrow evening for the barbeque his parents are throwing. it was wonderful. I was very nervous though and felt kinda awkward, like I had tons to say but maybe I should wait and not overwhelm him. but, hopefully we’ll all have a good time tomorrow.

4. ryan is supposed to call me back soon.

5. I got two new pairs of adorable shoes, and summer-ish pajamas, paid for by my mother. huzzah!

6. there are fresh strawberries and cherries in the kitchen. I think they’re even from saechao’s. mmmmm. fruit!

7. I made a new cd this afternoon, with the songs I keep listening to, and it’s very upbeat and sing-along-ish.

8. this one is old but yesterday I went out for a drive, in the rain, with 3eb on as loud as my poor ears could stand it. I was rather hoarse after that.

9. even though it looked completely wrong, I just spelled “hoarse” correctly.

10. I am mika! behold me in all my mikaness.

no updates.

when, annie?

so, all these months of waiting, and it comes down to one word:

tomorrow.

I have a very strong feeling of deja vu right now. of sitting here and typing this. but I don’t think it was so hot how I remember. at 11 o’clock this morning it was an uncomfortable 94 degrees, and went up from there. how I wish I had a friend with a swimming pool! (at this point I’d even take the two separately — a friend, and/or a swimming pool.)

ryan got his the-end package today. the-end in the sense that I can’t afford to send any more, and at some point I won’t send them even if I can afford to. it was a good package though, and I’m glad he enjoyed it.

work, bleh. it’s all nonsense. although apparently lauren did something bad and lied to mick sr about it and was actually let go, she didn’t just decide to leave; we had a meeting this afternoon where mick said that “one of our employees had an indiscretion last week, and was dishonest about it. I just want you all to know that that is grounds for immediate termination.” he went on about how honesty is absolutely crucial to the company, and he will find out if we’ve been doing anything we oughtn’t, and so on. at first I thought he was talking about someone who was in the meeting — and I’m sitting there going, oh crap, what did I do?! but I guess he really was talking about lauren. nobody else left last week so it must have been her. I suppose he would’ve been sure about it before he fired her, but I wonder if lauren really did something as bad as he claims. I remember last wednesday — the day she left — he asked to see a copy of her spreadsheet, and the images she’d been indexing, and her times from the previous day. then he took all of that and had a long meeting with lauren and tim and after that was when lauren said she’d be leaving. it makes me so curious!!

not much else to add. I have passed the custard stage and now my heart feels like a giant cocoon where the (used-to-be) caterpillar is wriggling, squirming all over trying to get out. it’s a nice combination of imagery between a fluttery thing and a nervous anxious can’t-sit-still something-wonderful-is-about-to-happen feeling. yes I’m awesome.