Awkward and Awesome Thursday!

Enjoy my "golly gee I don't know what picture to put here so I'll put this random one of

me" face.  Yeah, I was going to put some nice pictures of my cute outfit today but alas I

never got around to taking them.  Still: cardigan (H&M), shirt (Target), necklace (a store in

Cedarburg), shorts you can't see (NY&Co.), sandals you can't see (American Eagle).  And since

you can't enjoy my whole outfit, enjoy the snapshot of gorgeous Matthew and Dominic in the background.  You're welcome.

Awkward

• Asking the worker at Snap Fitness to show me the equipment.  And instead of showing me how to use it, she literally shows me the equipment.  “These are free weights.  This is a treadmill.  This is a Stairmaster.  A lot of guests like it.”  Okay, lady, the room is about fifty feet by fifty feet and I have working eyeballs.  I can see the equipment for myself.  I wanted to know how all those newfangled buttons work.  Sheesh.
• When I have to split a bill with someone, with one doing cash and one doing credit, and they’re doing fancy things with tax and tip, etc.  And I just don’t get it.  Like, it’s simple math and they’re speaking English, but apparently it’s just too much for my brain to handle.  And then the more they explain it and I don’t get it, the more I look like an idiot.  And they’re probably thinking, “This girl got into Cambrige? Yikes.”
• Must I say it again? My bangs.  Especially when they’re sweaty.  Gross, right?  Yes.  And (okay, I’m not being egotistical here) I think I look pretty cute with bangs when they’re behaving.  But when they’re not, I look like a drowned rat.  It’s hard to enjoy your Saturday night out on the town when you know you look like a drowned rat.
• Paying money to get into a festival only to realize that you missed almost EVERY SINGLE event that was supposed to take place at the festival.  “So…basically I just paid $10 to walk around a field and stare at empty tents?  Fantastic.”  Even worse, bringing people along to this event, promising them a good time.  Uhhh…oops?

Awesome

• Catching up with an old professor of mine (this is bit of a lie since he is neither old age-wise or old time wise; he was my professor only last semester).  Anyway…we had a long lovely chat about Cambridge, literature, pet cats, sabbaticals, etc. 
• Having a day to simple lounge around the house in my pajamas.  Oh my, it was glorious!  I read, I wrote, I watched movies, I ate good food, I cleaned my room.  And no one bothered me.  I didn’t have to put on makeup.  I didn’t have to put on shoes.  Fantastic. 
• The cool weather we’ve been having.  I know that two months from now I’ll be dying for the hot sun, but I love being able to wear cardigans and capris instead of tank tops and shorts.  It’s absolutely lovely now curling up on my front porch bench with a blanket and book. 
• FINALLY GETTING MY VISA!  YOU MAY NOTICE I’M WRITING IN ALL CAPS BUT THAT’S JUST BECAUSE I’M SO SUPER DUPER EXCITED!  I WAS HAVING RECURRING NIGHTMARES THAT IT WOULDN’T COME IN THE MAIL AND I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO LEAVE FOR ENGLAND AND I’D BE BEHIND IN MY SCHOOLWORK AND THEY’D TAKE AWAY MY SCHOLARSHIP AND I’D DIE A MISERABLE, SAD, UN-CAMBRIDGE-EDUCATED DEATH.  (Okay, that was way exaggerating, but I’m still excited.)