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Tuesday 16 August, 2005London continues on. I feel like I am working a lot without getting much in terms of reward. Although the job is not particularly taxing, my boss and manager are clean-a-holics and treat us like we keep the shop a pit. Which we in fact do not. I have decided that if we clean they tell us it looks like a disaster and if we don't clean they tell us it looks like a disaster, so why bust my butt if it isn't appreciated. I think all of our staff is about at this point. I know yesterday at one of the other shops a girl walked out, quit, just like that. I can't say I necessarily blame her. So my manager asked me to pick up a shift for her there, but then she cut back my hours at my shop. I will tell you what, I'm not picking up any more shifts just to get my hours cut back somewhere else. I could have had that day off, but now I am working to help out and don't even have the opportunity to pick up more hours! This is really frustrating. I am still on the eternal search for a better job or another part time job and then I would cut back hours at the shop. I am so sick of worrying about money and whether I will have enough to pay my rent and then live off of. I guess it doesn't matter because I don't actually have a social life, working weekends and all. But in September I am purposely taking off a couple of weekend to go to Paris with Mom and Dad and to an Ultimate Frisbee (oh yeah!) tournament in Italy (where? that's right, it's a beach tournament in Pisa!). But each of those are a good month away, but still something to look forward to. So, not this past week but the Thursday before we had a frisbee summer league game. I got this weird bug bite on my ankle and I can remember thinking, "ow, that hurt!" Well Saturday my ankle swelled up to unusual proportions, I mean really fat, and it was sore! Thankfully, one of my flat mates is a nurse and we kept and eye on it. After a couple of days the swelling went down, but I have never in my life had such a weird bug bite. Now my foot and ankle are back to normal proportions, but you can still see where that bugger bit me! A week ago Monday I saw David Schwimmer (yes, better known as Ross from the popular TV show Friends! hehe). He is playing in a performance of Some Girls in London's West End. Very strange little drama, but pretty good. Ross, however, I feel, can only ever play that one type of character. Also, not quite as tall as I had imagined. But it was pretty cool. Also saw Charlie and the Cholocate Factory last weekend. For those of you who haven't seen it, I won't give away the ending, but it is a bit different than the origional. Johnny Depp is of course very weird, but very good. Just as trippy as the origional with a modern twist of course. A personal favorite, and this isn't giving away too much, the puppet burn unit. Although not for everyone, I would recommend for most adults, not necessarily for children. Ok, I love you all, write me more emails! Also thank you so much to Kate, G, Hallie and Linsay W who have sent me letters, notes and pictures in the mail! It is such a treat to come home to a letter as a surprise. Makes my day! And also thanks to Caitlin who sent me a lot of digital photos. I pretty much sat looking at them and cracked up thinking about all our shenanigans from college last year! frisbee soreness foot swelling up to unusual proportions David Schwimmer and Some Girls Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 5:42 AM - 8/11/2005 - post comment
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