Many Adventures, So Little Time

Good morning, everyone! I'm contemplating what to tell you about the last few days of my life and the theme that comes to mind is a whole lot of driving! Allow me to explain...

This weekend was quite adventurous. I had two good friends who were celebrating birthdays and so a multitude of other friends also present in Yankton for the festivities. I also had the pleasure of spending some time with a friend who was home from Minnesota. So, if all of these wonderful people were in Yankton, why the heck was I driving? Very good question. You see, in addition to wanting to celebrate the homecoming and birthdays of all of my good friends, a close family friend from home got married on Saturday. This is a girl who I grew up with and I couldn't find it in me to skip witnessing her big day. SO, I stayed in Yankton on Friday night to spend some quality time with friends, that time lasting until approximately 3:30 a.m. Beings I had whittled nearly the entire night away without any sleep, my mind thought it would be wise to keep me awake for another hour or so after returning home and crawling up in my loft. I finally fell asleep only to awake at 8:00 (I slept approximately 3 hours in case you were wondering) and frantically pack a bag for the wedding and home. I then proceeded to drive the nearly 2 hours home in a state of exhausted delirium. After attending the wedding ceremony, I deemed that it would be unwise to drive the extra 30 minutes to the reception locale, so instead I hopped in my brother's car (I left my malfunctiong one home for my parents to fix) and headed right on back to Yankton (a mere 6 hours after returning home). I once again had a great evening with friends, this one lasting until approximately 4:20 a.m.

Now, let's take a breath and think about this. A normal person probably would have spent much of Sunday sleeping to make up for those lost hours over the weekend. I, on the other hand, got up at about 8:00 a.m., went to church, and then hopped in my brother's sweet car to drive one and a half hours to Humphrey, NE for a TEC meeting. After 3 hours of planning and bonding with wonderful people, I drove back to Yankton once again. Now, I shamefully admit that the ride back was quite a few shades less than enjoyable. I found that I had to fidget something fierce, turn the air to uncomfortable settings, and sing loudly to songs I wasn't even feeling just to stay awake. I am gratefully sitting here now though to tell you that despite the danger, I made it back to my apartment safely - with every intention of cleaning and going for a loooooong run. I had a lot of things pressing on my mind and a run would have been ever so calming - yeah, umm, that never happened. I somehow managed to find my way to our unfashionable, though wonderfully comfortable, yellow couch where I fell into a deep sleep somewhere around the time of 7:30 p.m. I did not awake for either of 2 missed calls and 2 text messages on my phone. I did not even awake to the noise of my roommate opening our squeaky apartment door and returning from a long day of work. No, I finally awoke at 10:39 p.m. to some clatter in the kitchen. No wait, I flew up off the couch is a better visual. I found that I was completely disoriented, had a pounding headache, and felt depressed. I got up and ate 2 pieces of ice cream cake with Briana before crawling into bed fully clothed and passing out for the evening - and to think my original plan was to clean and run.... good grief.

And then Monday rolled around. I worked for 2 hours in the morning on the tobacco awareness projects - still tired and frantic and stressed - before Lindsay, another of my very good friends here in Yankton, called to ask if I wanted to go to Sioux Falls to see the movie, My Sister's Keeper, and have dinner with another friend. Feeling wild at hear, I opted that despite my weekend travels, I needed to get away. I joined her and her sister on the journey to Sioux Falls, this time from a back seat rather than a driver's seat position and proceeded to cry (sob might be a more fitting word...) for the entire two hours of the movie. It was a great movie, but incredibly sad. I was however mildly upset that a major part of the book was altered in the movie. The nerve of those producers! :P

Today looks to hold a few more hours of work, working out, and some business at the Yankton Medical Clinic Pharmacy to prepare myself for my new job there, starting next Monday.

Until next time, drive wherever your heart desires and Enjoy this last day of June!