Sam's Blog

Link: http://www.illagain.com

I am tired. I have been all week. I think that going from 8-10 hours of sleep while I was recovering, to 4-6 hours really took a toll on me. At least it’s Friday and Andrea is in town. For those of you who don’t know Andrea, she comes into town with tornado speed and has every single moment of her visit planned precisely and organized with complete accuracy. She is getting her PhD in Denver and visits a few times throughout the year. She was born and raised in LA and I think that she misses it dearly. Suffice it to say, my weekend is totally planned as well because of her visit. It’s nice to have concrete, unchanging plans. It’s very adult of us, especially considering the fact that most of my friends (and me included) are the most indecisive people in the world.

Well, I am tired mainly due to the fact that I’ve been staying up late every day. On Wednesday night, I went to the Temple Bar to see Ill Again perform. It was their 3rd year anniversary as a band and they played a lot of old songs that I haven’t heard in a long time. I can't believe that it's been 3 years. I am glad that we went with some new people as well and help the Ill Again family grow. Josh, Angela, Nate, James, and Bob and I all went and after the show, we went to Swingers and grabbed some food. I didn’t get to sleep until 2am, which is why I am still tired. It’s all self imposed and all my fault, but I know that I can recover this weekend, hopefully.

Yesterday was fun. We had a huge luncheon for my boss because her last day is today. It was nice and there was cake! I am going to miss her. She was such a great boss. It will probably take a long time for the department to find a replacement. I saw my oral surgeon for a post-op and he says that I am healing fine. He gave me a syringe to clean out the holes and I used it last night and the results were gross, but it was refreshing to know that I am cleaning them. It tickled a bit too, so that was fun.

After work, I volunteered at the UCLA Alumni sponsored Senior Sendoff. It was nice to see Eva, Dre, Christy, Kent, Angela, Giacosa, Rob and Darling. But the whole event was weird to me. The seniors this year are so…young. I wonder if I looked that young in 2002. So weird to me. It’s like a whole different generation. I ran into one of my students and I felt old. She was graduating early. But then I realized that this time next year, a majority of the students that I counseled will be graduating. Eek! I am old. I saw a lot of old friends there from O-staff and SAA and such. It was very enjoyable and I was finally able to hang out with Eva.

I pretty much crashed when I got home. I talked to a few people on the phone, including the ever-elusive Roni. She’s been crazy busy with school and it was awesome to talk to her and catch up. Josh and I will be visiting her in July, so I am way excited.

Today is the start of Andrea’s crazy weekend. It should be entertaining, to say the least.