know what sucks?

Job hunting.  Have been at it nonstop for two days (I know, I know “only two days!” but two days as in, I have been filling out applications and digging through search engines for almost fourteen hours now with only a break to go get dinner).  No luck thus far.  No one is hiring, or at least not for my limited qualifications, or for the amount of time I’ll be in Texas.

pictures

The rest of my Ireland pictures are up on webshots.  I’ll get posts put up on Thursday — getting sick this week in conjunction with spending as much time with Frank as possible has meant I haven’t really had time to get everything caught up like I thought.  But for now, pictures are done for webshots — I’ll get my photo portfolio (flickr) updated with the best of the best (some of which aren’t on webshots) within the next couple days, at least within the next week.

Also, so one thing about having a really really really busy life, is that you blink you’re eyes and suddenly you and your boyfriend have been together for two months.

Oops

So yes, I am back in the states, and I have been really really bad about updating.  I’ll get all caught up with Ireland stuff maybe Tuesday or Wednesday.  In the meantime, I actually came home to Boston two days early.  After seven straight days of pouring rain, all my clothes were drenched, I was getting sick, and I was exhausted and homesick — and broke!  Took 22 hours to get from Dublin to Boston via Chicago, but I am here and have been spending most of my time with Frank, his brother (who is here for the summer), and his roomies.  It’s very, very strange to be in Boston when most of my friends are not, but I’m enjoying the week and a half of having NOTHING that I have to do.  I’ve started knitting again, working on learning more advanced stitches.  Have cooked a bit, too (made fiesta chicken for Frank and Richard last night and they loved it, which is aways a GREAT response.  Came over a few minutes ago to find them arguing over leftovers in the kitchen.  Success!)  Today we are making quiche and tomorrow blueberry pie, and possible going to the beach if it’s warm and sunny.  Anyway, just having a fun time running around Boston, doing whatever I want, whenever I want.  Though I will admit, I’m homesick for the south, and were it not for Frank being here, I would already happily be home (and working, making some money!)

Anyway, am actually at Frank’s right now, just chilling.  I’ll try to be better about posting; I’m not at my laptop hardly at all lately, hence the lag in updates.  I’ll get everything caught up Tuesday or Wednesday, though, and finish posting pictures (if I remember correctly, through Belfast are posted on my webshots, but I still need to put up my three days in Galway-area, as well as update my photography portfolio with the best of the best.)

sorry I haven’t writte

had my 21st birthday, was great.

spring time is beautiful but my allergies are destroying my soul.

classes are kicking my butt; final papers and projects can DIE.

went home for 21 hours for Easter.  Am actually currently in the airport in Dallas because my flight just got delayed an hour.  uggggh.

I’ll write more at a later date.  As always, the busier I am, the less time I have to write.

oops

btw, I’m on spring break right now.  Blogging will recommence next week.

Photo project

has me too busy and stressed to think.  Cross your fingers that I don’t screw this up, because I still never mastered medium format, and now I’m moving onto large format, which is even more difficult.

LATER:
Prayers seem to be working like crazy, because it was supposed to be in the 30s-40s and rainy today and instead it is 56 and sunny.  Is this a sign from God that I can do this?  Geez, I hope so.  Just spnt $80 on photo supplies, which means so far this class has cost me over $400.  Guh.

Proof of God

I woke up ten minutes before I needed to leave this morning to make it to class on time.  I have yet to sleep through class this semester, which is amazing given my penchance for NOT waking up in time.  Having not showered or finished my reading, I thought about skipping.  But the fact is that I *will* sleep through class eventually.

Still.  That I could just so happen to wake up exactly ten minutes before I needed to leave, just enough time to throw clothes on and grab a Slimfast for lunch, proves that there is a God.  And that he wants me to go to class.

Well all right, God.  We’ll play by your rules.

I have impressed myself

My jambalaya is AMAZING.  You should be jealous that you are not eating it for lunch.

It has chicken. And shrimp.  And sausage.  Three meats.  That’s pretty classy.  I also chopped up vegetables.

Although, jambalaya has been added to the list of foods that give me hiccups.  The others are carrots and cornbread.

Oh, and when I was washing dishes last night, I almost dropped the knife on my foot.  I am a walking disaster.

Photo site

Hurrah, I finally have something to use as an online portfolio.  I decided to just go ahead and use flickr.com.  It’s just easier to upload and organize.  I’ve already gotten TONS uploaded, and I’ll continue to get those up — which is where my work is focused right now, instead of blogging.  I also need to get some plays written while I’m home . . . so I’m keeping busy.

Hope every one had an excellent Christmas and has fun and safe plans ready for New Years.

http://flickr.com/people/jessbrez/

Looooong entry

Got up at 5am this morning -read: yucky- to make it to my 7am flight.  I knew I was cutting it close with the weight on my bag: it wound up being 49.5 pounds, and the cut off is 50lbs.  I believe that officially makes me the world’s best packer (no, I didn’t use a scale beforehand).  I should give seminars.

Slept through almost the whole flight.  Landed in Boston to discover the airline broke the wheel off my HUGE bag, and so I had to DRAG this 50lb. bag to the taxi stand, and then down a block from where the taxi dropped me off.  I discovered the carbon monoxide detector was beeping in the Loft and had to go tell the office (low battery), and then made a mad dash to my noon class.  Got there at 12:27 to find . . . an empty classroom.  Turns out my professor e-mailed everyone because she’s stuck in the midwest.  Go figure.  I also had an e-mail from the teacher for my class after that in which he made it *sound* like class was cancelled, and I knew my friend wasn’t going to be there, and I knew I had a LOT to do.  So I skipped. 

On my way home, hit up Border’s to get the extended Prince Caspian DVD which came out TODAY and BOOYAH: I got the very last one in the store.  I went and asked at information because I could only see the regular version, and she called around the store.  An employee grabbed the last one and waited for me at the bottom of the escalator to hand it to me, and the employee I had asked led me down to meet him.  I felt sort of like VIP, and the lady at checkout gushed how jealous she was that I got the last one. 

Came back and slept like a fiend, then set in to doing all the cleaning that I didn’t get to do before I went home.  Bright spot: discovered Grandma had copied down her cornbread and chili recipe for me and I apparently tucked it in a bag and I found it today!  Downspot: did you know coffee molds?  I guess I had assumed it didn’t.  Fortunately it’s rather friendly moldy and washed out of the caraffe very easily.  Unfortunately, there’s an AWFUL smell coming from the bathroom sink and it only gets worse when i run the water.  Seeing as I visited the office twice and called once today, I’m almost scared to call again, haha.  But it’s awful smelling.

On a further bright spot, I decorated the Loft for Christmas!!  Here are pictures!:

Those have flour, sugar, rice, coffee, and the other one will be brown sugar.  I also got a sugar pourer thing for splenda, and a cute little shaker for my cinnamon.  The organization is good for my heart.

Forthcoming: a video blog showing the coolest part of the decorations, AND a post about laundry like I promised.