Long time no blog.
It’s not that I haven’t had anything to say, it’s that I’ve come into such little time to be bored enough to write – which is both a curse and a blessing.
Happy to report I passed my law final with an 82.7, which I’m fine with…B student all the way. I start my last of 3 terms at Baystate on Monday and I’m getting pretty pumped to be finished. Writing papers has become the bain of my existence but with the start of new classes comes the hope of more apathetic teachers who focus more on testing than writing…we’ll see.
Work is fine, It was pretty crazy with all of our auto transplants coming down the line in Jan/Feb but they’ve all but a few been admitted and/or are outpatient now so the storm is passing. I almost have a complete grasp on all of the facets of the new position, it’s more or less training my mind to retain the details of every case on service at a given moment – which is a skill I’m not so sure I can acquire.
Socially things continue to keep my life constantly teasing the sound barrier. The Montreal crew (sans D woods) went to NYC for a few days to see the Spice Girls and get into trouble. Both vacations we’re equal in terms of the amount of relaxation time I got, but equal in satisfaction as well so I won’t complain.
Thomas has been in and out which has been good, not great, but good. I still look forward to him coming home every time, it’s always a good time.
Niko seems to be flourishing, I’m happy for him.
and the bwpc, well…they’re all still cheats and liars but I keep their company regardless.
Happy Birthday Shelby, btw.
Everything is maintaining a quiet happiness for now, I’m enjoying the company of Brian when he’s around and Jenfo on our wine nights. I miss Tevvy Laufer and the baby but keep a spot for them on the couch when I watch our shows.
Birthday soon, looking forward to topping last years shitmess.
I hope you’re all starting to ideate the perfect gift for my 23rd year, bitches.
xoxo
I’m seriously lacking with this update business!
Up until the middle of December I was still anticipating quite a shitty holiday season, and how wrong was I?
I think having the boys home had a lot to do with it, but also time off from school, work, and mixed with an unusual availability of time between all of the BWPC created this crazy storm of ridiculousness. Today is my first day of rest in nearly a week, by the time Brian and I woke up yesterday my body had fucking had it…I plan on getting as much sleep and drinking as much water as possible in the next few days.
Everything has been really good interpersonally, I’ve managed to not harbor any bitchy feelings over the holidays and kind of fix things for myself with Brian and start a new friendship with Niko’s Brian…who it turns out is a sweet kid with good intentions. I’ve been able to spend a good amount of time with Thomas which has had a lot to do with booting my mood and patience levels with everything.
I have the rest of this week off to rest before another crazy weekend (I’m sure) with the boys. Next week begins the new semester and the boys will pack up and head back to their schools, I’m not sad though…this time spent with them has (if nothing else) re-assured our love for each other and the strength of our bond. State borders haven’t done much in the way of hurting that. I’ll have a full class load when I go back on Monday which I’m not really stoked about but will get through it because there’s only 3 more months of bitter cold left before I can look forward to sleeping with my windows open at night and smelling spring in the morning again.
I think I’m gonna walk to Whole Foods and grab some vanilla cheesecake…I’ve got a craving like Paul and bad decisions.
xo
here’s why:
So I finally broke my camera on Thanksgiving night. I drunkenly dropped it on the ground at Sean’s towards the end of the night with the lens out which produced this lovely glowing white screen instead of pictures. LUCKILY! My sexy little camera was covered by BestBuy’s AMAZING 4 year protection plan that was an additional $90 at time of purchase – Whew! lucky me, now all I have to do is bring it to the store and presto! new camera…right?
So I trek down on Black Friday because I had nothing to do and why not right? Upon arriving I waited 10 minutes for some guy to return the DVD version of “Alien” (seriously?) before I was able to talk to someone at the customer service desk. My new friend Julisia told me that because there was a sale going on and all of the geek squad people were told to “Sell, sell, sell” on this day – they weren’t taking any repair requests so I could go fuck myself.
I almost walked away, really…
I decided that this was unjust, and the plan that good money was spent on didn’t have a greed claus that says I don’t matter on busy days when the shithead populous needs help plugging a fucking flash drive in to their new metal box of cheap shit. So I asked to speak with a manager…
This kid walks up to me, with a puca shell necklace and a tongue ring. Fuck.
Proceeds to tell me I was “silly” for bringing a repair in the day after Thanksgiving, and he “Simply doesn’t have the manpower” to fufill his company’s obligation to fix my broken fucking camera. I got so frustrated at this point, not so much about how he insulted my intelligence, but that he was playing with his fucking tongue ring the whole time!
I said “Fuck you” and walked out.
Brought it to Landmark the next day and voila! My camera is now shipped and waiting to be fixed.
In other news, Thomas was home for a few days and I got to spend time with him which was good for my soul. Brian finally got his hands on pats tickets for the steelers game! aaannd the boys and I are planning our Spice Girls New York Vacation 2008.
shazam!
Fuckkk!
So I went to my much feared math course last night, and it wasn’t so bad but it was pretty scary. It’s like everything you learned in middle school (all of which I forget) and 
I’m pretty sure I did horribly on the assessment test…but whatever hopefully I can google how to do long division again. no jokes. Either way I’m behind in both classes for skipping the first week but have a handle on what I need to do, what I should be doing right now instead of enjoying a glass of wine and relaxing but whatever I’ve been stressed since Sunday night and need to relax before I choke someone at work to death. Work is no help, I’m finding my days go quicker because of how busy it is but I still feel pretty incompetent while I’m learning and I hate that, especially because my co-worker who’s dumb north shore trash has dominion over me whilst I get the hang of things…
Bitch tried to sass me today! I went to a hematology lunch conference and she told me it was a “three patient day and maybe you can hold off on lunch next time” bitch please! you come in at 7 AM and sit around until clinic opens so you can bail at 3 when there are still kids being seen! UGH fucking wench. It’s fine though, she neither intimidates me or leaves any impression at all…I just wish she would mind her damn business or raise on up out of that job.
3-day weekend coming up and BOY am I excited that most people have to work on Monday so I can hope to get things for school done.
I kind of want someone to break my knee caps so I can just sit at home for a few months and gather motivation.
Anyhoot – Richard’s birthday weekend was pretty fantastic, we got a VIP table at the Roxy and I had a personal waitress the whole night! CAN YOU IMAGINE!? She like stood there and waited for me to finish every drink, it was truly amazing. Sunday I took tons of naps and ate KFC which cured any hangover I might have had instantly…oh and did you see the game? Brilliant. Suck it, Indiana!
I’m off to find something sugary to eat…a macarooooon perhaps.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!!!!!!
aha! here I am!
Boston is in slipping into a gross freeze and it’s making me a cranky bitch (and late for work) almost every day.
I finished my law class and while I don’t know what my grade is exactly I’m confident I did well enough, hopefully B+ ish??? Gotta keep padding that GPA bitches!
I should mention that my chances of staying in Boston after graduation have increased like 20% due to the opportunities now being afforded to me by this new position, but I’m still very much needing the California sun. Also, I think SF might be out…I mean my whole thing was I want some fucking lovely climate that’s easy to live in so I’ve been poking around the web doing some research on San Diego and the programs out there…not so bad? We shall see.
I start new classes this week but plan on going to none of them, I’ve been fighting this ugly cold for weeks now and need a mental/physical health week – not to mention one of my new classes is that fucking awful mathematics course I put off in July. I’m fucked big time on that one. Gahhhh
Halloween’s been great so far, I’m heading up to Nashua to meet Brian’s friends on Wednesday and I took Thursday off so that will be my finale as next week is Richard’s birthday and it’s back to the business of getting drunk in normal clothes. The boys are well, I’m looking forward to next week because we finally get Ture back from the evil (and filthy) clutches of north shore politics.
Egh, Nicole’s birthday is next Tuesday and I have to go see her and the baby because I’m a terrible person – so the next time you call me remind me (of either.)
I continue to miss Thomas and Niko – I want them to meet Brian and get my jokes and make me enjoy fall in Boston again 
and that’s where I’m at right now, pretty content and SUPER excited to watch the great muppet caper in after this cigarette.
xo
jeeeeez….
Apologies for the lack of updates but I had a pretty crazy September. It seems I last posted with any substance on the 10th, and in that time quite a bit has happened but in modern seano fashion I’m just going to give you the briefest rundown possible (and it’s 12:34 and I needz mah beauty rest).
I had made it a pretty regular routine to spend my Fri-Sun with the boys and going to the usual places doing the usual things…nothing spectacular on that front. Paul lost his goddamn mind and the ‘BWPC’ has dwindled in numbers since, but I can’t say I’m sorry for it because the people who are relevant I still find time for. Avalon finally shut its doors for the last time at the end of the month and I missed it because…
I planned to surprise Niko in San Francisco before we got into our spat before he left, I’m glad we cleared it up when he actually did leave cause otherwise it would have made for one weird vacation. On the 24th I left for SFO for a week to visit with Mr. Arty and obviously to surprise my baby boy. All in all it was a success on my end, I called him up
outside his dorm and told him I was downstairs…it was pretty neat…It’s one of those things that you imagine but never consider and I’m glad I could make it happen. The rest of my time spent in SF was amazing, I attending the Folsom Street Fair (pics to the left), went to many fabulous eateries, spent a shitload of money on some new junk, and met some new friends. During my stay I did find time to be solo and take a last (well maybe not last) glance at a city I could be moving to in less than a year. I found that while I absolutely adore the city and the western lifestyle…I’m not as headstrong as I was before I came on this second trip. San Francisco is an extremely competitive city full of young adults with talent and the resources necessary to get the jobs they want, not to say I’m afraid…but some extra time padding my resume or taking on more education couldn’t hurt before jumping to the left coast.
We’ll see…
I got home with just enough time to catch up on sleep that I had lost from my terrifying plane ride (nothing abnormal about the trip itself I’m just a basket case on flying metal tubes of death). When I got back to work I immediately hit one of those ‘I’m overwhelmed with work so I’m going to shut down’ moods and had the worst time digging out from emails for the 2 fucking positions I’m working right now. Hopefully the end is near for the job I’m supposed to be done with, but not before I build an 8,000 reference library for a nathan-oski chapter that was due in February. Fuck! I’m not happy about going to work tomorrow knowing I was supposed to get some of it done last week and got none of it…gahhhh
No work rant! No!
The only piece I’m reluctant to type about is the boy sitch. By whichever means people will tell you it was by, I did meet a boy that I’ve been spending time with for about a month. Initially I treated it with the same skepticism I always do, but he’s a smart guy and pretty genuine so we’ll see how this goes…i’m currently enjoying myself quite a bit with it so I’ll stick with that and not put any expectations or goals for it and see how that plan works out for me.
See? A happy note ending!!
xo
ps – really missing my Thomas.
I’ve been enjoying the days assigned to rest for my vacation thus-far, so I figured I’d catch a moment and update.
Some of the crew and I went camping in the green mountains this weekend, it felt short lived compared to last October when we went to NH. The grounds were gorgeous, we were on a river and our site was a lot bigger than before. There were lots of trails and hiking to do, one of which led to a waterfall we swam in…fucking cold as hell but a ton of fun. Of course there was drinking, and card games and flashlight hikes. I put the pictures on my flickr.
Since getting back I’ve been preparing for Montreal and sitting on the couch with Tevvy getting LOST. I was hesitant at first when I heard about it, but having all of the seasons at my fingertips makes it like crack…we can’t stop watching it. I made more progress in Zelda, did some laundry, cooked dinner and sat around – just what I needed.
I’m a little less excited about MTL than I was before, I really need to be focusing on saving money rather than spending it. However, I’m committed to the trip and when you’ve told people you’re going to do something you follow through. I would never back out at the last minute plus I know I’ll be fine, It’s just at an undesirable time.
and there you have it.
My Thomas is finally 21!
His celebration was a sweeping success – he
had the biggest turnout of a port party this year. *golf clap* The pictures have been uploaded to my Flickr, they’re pretty good.
Saturday evening I had a pretty high profile night for Matty’s birthday festivities. It involved all of my favorite things: 
matty, whisk
ey, cigarettes, crazy asians, free beer and madonna. Forgot my camera.Tomorrow a few of us took off to go to Six Flags for the day, I’m pretty stoked.
The next big thing to be excited for is Montreal Pride. Patrick, Richard, D, Niko and I are heading north for 4 days to party it up. I haven’t been since the FSB went in ‘05 and I’ve been dying to go back. I figure that will be my little summer vacation as a trip to SF right now is looking mighty expensive – plus I’m partial to road trips anyway.
That’s about it for right now, I’m at work and just figured i’d give a quick update and share the pics.
xxxooooo
Sorry for the delay, I haven’t really had any motivation to write. Plus it’s been super fucking nice out.
I got the “inside” word today that come August, I’ll be moving up the clinical ladder at work. They’ve been conditioning me since I started to be the SCT (Stem Cell Transplant) Clinical Coordinator from day one. I took the admin assist job because I was afraid I would fuck up, and I definitely would have so I’m glad I’ve spent this last year getting a handle on our program. I’m really excited to be getting back to the patient side of business…It’s my passion to be out there having a hands-on approach to helping people. It’s not quite clinical social work but it’s as close as I can get without my MSW. Needless to say I’m fucking blinded with excitement about the upcoming change…and also a little nervous. It’s 
going to require much more effort than I’m giving now (not because I’m lazy, the job isn’t very needy) but I’m willing and eager to take it on. Not to mention the raise…
I’ll keep you posted.
Thomas has been back and I’ve been happily getting as much time with him as possible. It’s refreshing to have him back, he’s my shoulder to lean on and the slap in the back of the head when I’m being stupid – which is more often these days. We had a boys night in the other night and just drank wine, smoked cigarettes and watched Shortbus (amazing, btw.) and I had the most fun I’ve had in a long time. Not to discredit the wild nights with the BWPC, it’s just different when T-Money is around…it’s like being home. Alternatively, I’ve been seeing less of Niko, which is what it is…he’s busy graduating…I really don’t have much to say about that anymore…outloud anyway.
May and June are filling up with a ton of events, namely Thomas’ 21st and my sisters baby shower. The fucking invitation I got in the mail had an asterisk at the bottom that read “*Nicole HATES the color yellow, keep this in mind when shopping”
Hahahaha you frigid bitch!
Someone, anyone:
So I can upload more crazy shots like these:
I’m doing fine as far as everything else is concerned. It will take a while, but time heals.
xo
