UPDATES
March 22- Justin and I went to a village full of shops and found one called Tiger Lily where we bought organic loose leaf teas from actual China and tea steeping mugs. It all smells very good. I also discovered the joys of fragrant jasmine rice. Currently in heaven.
March 21- DUNKACCINOS SMELL SO GOOD
March 20- The friend we had visiting left, honestly it was a generally uncomfortable four days for me. It was very strange to have someone invite themselves to my house, and from across the country no less. It felt as if we were told: I am visiting these days, make time for me. Though I know that's not what was intended. Maybe old friends are just too afraid to let go a little bit. It felt very clingy and needy all weekend, unfortunately. Justin tried to be romantic the other night by "lighting" a bunch of led candles around the house and turning all the lights off when I got out of the shower, but I was laughing too hard at how spooky it all looked. The romance died for a bit, but we did go to Olive Garden. I'm currently sewing together and 8ft long stuffed squid to sit on our couch, because our house isn't weird enough yet.
Part 2- It's after work now and I must say it's the first time working at the jewelery store didn't suck. A girl from a bigger store transferred, and I just met her. She's a year older than me, married to a girl, acts 30, and has her shit so together it' not even funny. She introduced herself and immediately said "Where's your training book" and sat me down and got me completely caught up (to put it in perspective: I've been asking the Assistant Manager to do that for a week, our store doesn't have a manager? So...) Work was so smooth and I didn't hate it. Right on.
March 12- It's finally come to the day I have to surrender my dog. Don't think of me as a bad person, it's for the right reason. He needs a backyard and someone to be home with him, and with Justin and I both working and living in a small apartment, well he's just not thriving here. Of course I've been bawling all day. The shelter is making it no easier on me either, saying because he has anxiety that they might not take him, making me wait days to hear back from the Behaviorist, when we adopted him from this exact shelter not 4 months ago, the anxiety is not a new thing. It's very heartbreaking and tormenting, because your mind tells you the dog knows. He knows your talking on the phone to the shelter, he knows you want to give him up, he knows. And so I try to hide from him, tuck into the other room on the phone, I haven't been playing with him as much, nor letting him on my lap in the slightest. I hate myself for being the type of person who can't pull through for an animal, but he's going mad locked up all day. The shelter even suggested I crate him while I'm gone. He pees on himself when he's crated for more than a few hours (excusing over-night) He'd be in a crate for almost 8 hours a day, only to be let out for a few and crated again when it's time for bed. That, to me, just isn't fair. I of course called my mother and wailed to her on the phone, she reminded me that I'm not giving up on the dog, I'm just giving him a better chance. I wrote a three page letter about all the quirks the dog has, even leaving my email and personal phone number in case they have any questions. If the shelter will even take him, that is. Today isn't all bad, I bought some cute pants yesterday and Mis made an absolutely LOVELY picture of Toir that I am so fond of. I spent some time flicking through the new gen of pictos, some are very beautiful, before eating an entire bag of chips and crying into a bowl of ice cream. Self control is not something I'm good at when I'm stressed.
March 8- Third day at the jewelers and I fixed two watches, cleaned 80,000 rings and only almost murdered everyone I work with. I think I'm allergic to my dog which sucks and my insurance still hasn't told me if I can see a doctor or not. I got my breakfast at Dunkin' free today though, which is nice. Granted it was a chai and a muffin so it was like, three dollars, but I'll take it. (Side story: It was free because the lady in front of my made the Dunkin' guys remake her iced coffee THREE times and then after paying ade them void the transaction to have a different receipt printed. She held up the line so long they were just throwing food out the window trying to catch up an told me I didn't have to pay because I sat in line for over 15 minutes listening to this lady bitch.)
March 6- Ugh. I started my second job (working crappy sales at a jeweler in the mall. Gross). It wasn't so bad. I much prefer the aquarium. The girls at the jewelers are so petty and dramatic and insistent that they're laid-back and cool and don't take things personally. I was there for four hours and can safely say hat's false. Oh god, so petty. At least at the aquarium I can show up with bed-head and yesterdays eyeliner still on and still blend in. The perks of being behind the scenes.
In other news, they hay fever I've been battling since moving to Connecticut is at its worst today. I seriously need my stupid insurance to get back to me so I can go to the damn doctor-
ABOUT ME
As a player: I do not actively check blogs or bios when I'm running around or playing in-forest, if my character is asleep or sitting I'll probably be off doing other things. Since I don't check bio's for every single deer I run into, don't expect me to acknowledge that your character is three stories tall, or the size of a cat. It's just something that I don't look up until later. If my character is just standing or staring off somewhere I've probably tabbed out of the game.
Hi, my name is Erin and I live in Connecticut. I'm 19 years old and am a student at UConn working toward my Bachelors in Animal Science. I work at an aquarium as a Pinniped trainer in training. I basically clean up sea lion shit and spend half my day elbow-deep in squid. It's actually really cool and I like everyone I work with. I also work a crappy part time job as a sales associate at a jeweler in the nearby mall. It's not as fun, and I have to wear dress clothes. Yuck.
The five months of hay fever miraculously disappeared in the three days after having the dog gone. While giving him up was very sad I feel much better, a silver lining I guess.
My favorite food is jasmine rice. My favorite color is one of three: a dusty rose-pink, a dark teal, or a rich maroon (usually accented with gold!) My favorite animal is a deer or bird, either really. My favorite drink is an obscure mocha-ccino-latte hybrid from a local place, or a dunkaccino.
