2005-07-01

so I'm back in san diego

So I'm back in San Diego; it is a bit wierd to be here. I don't quite know what to do with myself. I went to the county fair with my mother yesterday, and today she is having our make-up done by chanel. I forgot to give my key to the landlord, so I should probably mail it to him. Reading Di's diary, it seems like I may not even have to. (sorry to hear about the trouble.)

Our apartment was filled with endless piles of crap, but I did what I could before I had to leave. I ended up losing a key day of cleaning because I got some kind of strange infection in my arm from a bug that bit me at a friend's cocktail party. I spent the better portion of the Monday before I was supposed to leave at the emergency room. They now have me on some kind of crazy antibiotics. The day before I was supposed to leave, Tuesday, I spent at the department in meetings with the department secretary and my supervisor, to see to pratical matters and paperwork about my thesis. My cat did surprizingly well on the flight over, so at least there is that.

But anyway, as I mentioned, now I'm here, and I feel a bit wierd. My mother at least is excited that I am here. She got me an expensive watch and an expensive ring as graduation presents (the watch is from undergrad, because she says she never really got me a proper gift). It is a little frustrating, because I can't afford rent to live somewhere else, and she buys me hundreds of dollars worth of baubles that apparently I'm supposed to wear around the house. I mean, it is very nice, and I'm grateful, but I don't even wear a watch. I'd rather take a vacation.

xanthium at 9:47 a.m.

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