Furiousity

I'm really mad at my roommate right now. This morning she invited me out for drinks tonight, after she and a friend had dinner. I had plans to go out to my parents, but jumped at the rare invitation as I currently have no social life, so called my mom and cancelled - she totally understood.

I went to the Polish Hill pool, thinking I might meet up with Jennifer and her family, and ran into Meredith on my way there. She suggested seeing a movie that night, and I agreed, thinking I would have time to see the movie and do drinks. J and her fam arrived at the same time I did and we hung out for a while, then they invited me to dinner. M had suggested seeing Inception at 8. I could have done dinner and the movie, but the movie was so long I would have been very late for the drinks, and I hadn't gotten the impression that Joc would be out late. So I took a rain check on the movie, went to dinner, biked back, showered and then texted Joc at 9:30 to confirm. She said they'd be another half hour, which was perfect. Then a half hour later she texts "I think I might just wanna go home. They want to eat dessert. Boring"

I am just so mad. I turned down the movie because of our plans and she blows them off at LITERALLY the last second. It's even worse because I have no one else to go out with - if the situation were reversed and she wanted to go out, there's lots of people she could call. Her decision to go home effectively means I can't go out. It's just rude and insensitive and selfish.

She has totally sucked as a friend since I moved in. I would be nicer to a random stranger than she has been to me. She is constantly going out and not inviting me. Even this situation, she invited me for drinks, not for the dinner, even though I obviously won't have dinner plans. I'm not a crazy needy person, but I am really alone right night and it's difficult. I've gone from a situation where I was living with my partner and always had someone to do things with to one where I'm alone all the time and it's difficult to meet new people. I thought Joc would be understanding and this morning I kind of thought she was, but this sort of behavior makes me not want to hang out with her ever.

She made a comment about how I need to stop spending so much time out in Wexford. Well, I tried... but her crappy actions make my hanging out with my parents a lot more attractive.

I really hope she moves to a city where she knows no one and gets treated the way she's treating me.

Paul McCartney and Air Conditioning

Today was quite a day... I slept over at my parents', in the guest bedroom - I'm bed-hopping quite a bit, trying to find the one that smells the least like cat pee. Success! After a good night's sleep, I spent the morning with my mom and aunt as they prepared for their trip to Erie.

I was tasked with trying to buy Paul McCartney tickets (for my parents) during a second sale at 10am, but managed to screw it up buy trying to see if I could get better seats the second time around. Whereupon they sold out. I felt horrible! I started looking on Craigslist and managed to find tickets for the same price as on Ticketmaster (amazing!). I had to drive to the city to get money from my dad and then to Moon to pick up the tickets, but it was worth it to relieve my guilt. And they are better seats than what I lost online! Plus I got to meet the guy at the Ground Round :) Kids used to be able to pay what they weighed there.. it was fun times.

I cleaned out a corner of my parents' room. It was horrific and now looks amazing but I knew my dad would freak so I told him as I was in the midst of getting him tickets so he couldn't be too mad. But they should really appreciate me and my organizational skills more damnit.

Also - my car a/c was fixed today! $700 freaking dollars but it's practically priceless. Just regret that I didn't get it done by the Polish guy in NYC... I think the life lesson I'm taking from that one is talk to your neighbors, even if they don't seem friendly! Costly lesson.

So then I drove back to the North Side a way I had never gone before - through Avalon, which sounds like Avonlea a bit and looked like it had loads of neat old houses... came home and then Meredith came over and we had wine and caught up - it was very nice. After she left I cooked tofu for the first time - tofu curry w/ peas. Delish! Plus cherries for dessert, so am feeling healthy for the first time in days.

My back is still hurting but I really want to practice golf and go swimming. Maybe tomorrow - hopefully this bed isn't causing me problems. Might need to get another egg crate or a pillow top. Woohoo crazy times :)

My New City

In the past four days i have gone swimming three times and played golf once... i love the relaxed yet active lifestyle and i love how easy it is to do things!

Went to an arts fest and the Polish Hill pool w Jocelyn yesterday... met a nice fam that I'm hoping to go to Sandcastle with. Just got an iffy email from the mom so we'll see... I'm a little desperate for friends, I guess!