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November 08, 2005

Hola, Adios

I'm going to Puerto Rico on Thursday, which means I am about to get on a PLANE and FLY there over WATER. Yes, I know it makes me crazy to be scared, but I am anyway. I try to get over that by imagining myself poolside at the Ritz, asking a beautiful Puerto Rican server to bring me another drink, but that image doesn't always help. It's a work trip, which means my expenses will be small (a good thing as I literally have $13 in my checking account till Friday), and it's a little ungrateful to not want to go, but I sort of don't.

I've just been so stressed lately, with work and volunteering (volunteering should not make you stressed but oh my lord, it does), and my "love" life and missing my family something fierce. My homesickness has somewhat lifted, mostly because my dad called this weekend and told me that he and my stepmother, Ginger, would like to come here for Thanksgiving. I'm estatic about this. We'll probably get premade food and eat at my house, while we watch lots of movies and eat leftovers. There will definitely be a trip to the new Georgia Aquarium and my dad has wanted to see Stone Mountain since I moved here, so I'll relent this year. I'm hoping there will also be shopping and perhaps not-so-subtle-iPod-hints.

My desk looks like a paper monster gave birth and even though I have to put on a bathing suit in 48 hours I haven't worked out since I ran on Saturday. And today was our work "Thanksgiving," so my tight pants aren't helping me to not freak out over my impending bikinidom.

If I can get through today and tomorrow and my 8 a.m. flight across one time zone and one very large sea, I'll be fine. I can do this. Bikini not withstanding.

Posted by hannah at 04:03 PM