Aaaand I only have a week of a break before my summer class starts. BUT, it’s only one class, and it’s only six weeks. I’ll live.

Also, Mishala’s last day at the store for the next three months was on Tuesday. I’m officially in charge of our store for the summer… I’m excited, but I’m still a little nervous. I love the responsibility. But we’re short staffed right now as it is, and another girl just quit… So it’s kind of up to me at the moment to find a replacement. I’ve never even interviewed anyone before. I’m glad they (Josh and Mishala) trust me to do it, though. It means a lot that neither of them are stressing about me managing the store while she’s on maternity leave. It’s a nice feeling knowing that your bosses think you do your job that well.

I took Mishala prestreets when I got off work tonight… We hung out and watched friends until Tom got home from work, and then the three of us ate dinner and played Scene It: Friends Edition. I’m excited that I finally found someone as obsessed as I am! She beat me twice. That’s saying something – it’s pathetic how much I watch that show (yeah, I’m watching it right now).

It was nice just hanging out over there. I’m glad that we’re becoming pretty good friends… Mishala and I are a lot alike, and Tom seems pretty cool. He let me borrow The Power of Six (the sequel to I Am Number Four), so that makes him pretty great in my book. Haha.

I really need a new layout for my blog. Anyone want to volunteer to make one? Meh. Maybe I’ll just try to make a new header image… I have been trying to teach myself how to use Gimp. We’ll see how that goes.

Anyway, it’s my bed time. I have to be at work in 8 hours.

Cheers.

SO MUCH DRAMA.

I can’t take it all anymore. I am an emotional wreck as of late, and I’m pretty sure things are getting to me a teensy bit more than they normally would. Like… Nick’s relationship. None of my business. Where do I draw the line between being the supportive best friend and sharing my true opinion? Like… My friends never having time for me. This is normal. There is absolutely nothing new about this. I’M BUSY, TOO. I guess the difference is I don’t make plans when I know I can’t follow through with them. Like… feeling like I don’t actually have any friends. Except my cousin (who might as well be married, making me the third wheel) and Kristin (who has a full-time job and a child), who understandably aren’t free when I am. Like… this one credit computers class that is REQUIRED before I can graduate, but I missed a week’s worth of assignments because my internet wasn’t hooked up, making me 4% away from a passing score of 75%. FOUR PERCENT. I emailed the professor to see if there was anything I could do to make up the credit (because from the work that I turned in, I OBVIOUSLY KNOW HOW TO USE MICROSOFT FUCKING WORD), and the bitch conveniently never emailed me back. I. Hate. This. School. I want to be done. Like… Mishala’s last day for the next three months is Tuesday, and my staff is all but incapable of keeping the store from burning down while she’s gone.

Breathe, Caitlin.

I hate not being able to talk to Nick about things. He’s one of my closest friends, but he won’t talk. I hate that I don’t have ANY single, childless friends. Not one. I hate that no matter what I do, something is always still wrong: I have to retake this godforsaken computers class. My water softener still isn’t working right. There’s something wrong with my thermostat & the heat randomly shuts off. Everything in the back of my toilet is so incredibly rusted that half the time it won’t stop running (however, replacing it would be pointless since the water softener doesn’t work and it’s just going to rust again). The carpets in this house still smell. I’m still broke. I don’t have a chance in hell at the scholarship I applied for. Oh, and even if I wanted to call one of the few friends that I have that would listen to me bitch and give me a shoulder, I couldn’t because I have absolutely no signal at home.

I’m sure I could go on all night. Even if no one reads this it feels good to get it out in the universe. I’m sick of everything right now.

The people you trust will expect it, your greatest enemies will desire it, and those you treasure the most will, without fail, abuse it.

Revenge is my favorite TV show this season. That’s really saying something, considering how many shows I watch. I’m kind of a television whore. The shows I’m keeping up with this season (mostly thanks to Hulu) are: Revenge, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Grimm, Whitney, The New Girl, and Glee. Not to mention all of the shows I am in the middle of watching on disc (Fringe) or on Netflix (I’m not even going to try to name all of them). Anyway, Revenge is by far my favorite right now. It’s chock full of drama, and I absolutely love the cast. I love Nolan (Gabriel Mann), and I’m loving my old lit professor for making me read The Talented Mr. Ripley last Spring because Tyler is SO very much Tom Ripley. Tonight’s episode was fantastic, and the preview for next week’s episode has me on the edge of my seat!

ANYWAY. It’s been a little while since I blogged last (as usual), and I suppose I should wish everyone a happy New Year! Mine was rather uneventful… We went to the Cactus with Russell and Erin, but I didn’t feel much like going out or drinking, so I was pretty bored for most of the evening. What kind of 22-year-old goes to a club on New Year’s Eve and spends the whole time reading Wuthering Heights and not drinking? I did see a couple of friends that I hadn’t seen since high school though, so that was really nice.

Did anyone make any really great resolutions for the new year? I haven’t really talked to anyone who has. I’ve seen a few good lists on blogs, though. I’m not really going to make a resolution this year – every year it has something to do with losing weight, and while I would LOVE to lose weight, I really just want to start eating better, exercising, and feeling better about myself as a whole. I have felt terrible lately, and I’m not sure if it’s my lack of exercise, what I’ve been eating, or my lady problems (or a combination of everything), but I would really like to start feeling good again. I think I would be a lot happier. I’ll tell you something, though – it’s really hard to eat healthy when you eat 85% of your meals at work or school. I’m trying, though. I’ve been drinking a lot more water for the past few days, and I am going to try to start either the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred or the Insanity work out this weekend. I know I won’t be able to keep up with it every day (I’m way more realistic than that), but I want to try to start doing it 2-3 times a week. I don’t think that goal is too high.

AND, as I mentioned earlier, I’m in the middle of Wuthering Heights right now! I’m really proud of myself for starting it, and I’m actually really surprised at how much I’m enjoying it. It’s not a quick read like I’m used to (I love the ‘look up’ feature on my Nook), but it’s a lot better than I thought it would be. I was having trouble finding something that I wanted to read after I finished re-reading the Mortal Instruments & Infernal Devices series’. I LOVE those books, and the characters are so well-developed that a lot of YA books just don’t compare. If you’ve read anything amazing recently (YA, science fiction, non-fiction, whatever), let me know! I need something that I won’t want to put down. I did make a goal to read 40 books in 2012. I’m hoping I’ll be able surpass that number easily, but I don’t know how classes will be this year. Wish me luck.

Okey doke, I’m going to go back to curling up on the couch and watching Friends reruns. I have to work in the morning, and I have the feeling it’s going to be a long day.