Day 16 (Saturday, Feb. 27): Shutter Island and a Just-in-Time Text

Day Sixteen (Saturday, February 27)

I have been super swamped this whole weekend, so it was difficult to blog. Yesterday was pretty full. I started it off by waking up super early on a day I didn't have to (7:30am?) and then going to see "Shutter Island" with my dad and brother. I totally recommend it by the way. Scorcese (sp?) did a beautiful job, as did all the actors. I really loved DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as an acting team. I'd say my parents are two of the most generous people I know and I felt like giving the first kindness slot to my parents because they are always so loving and generous in general. 

So, on Wednesday or Thursday, I found out my brother is moving to LA next Saturday, and it didn't hit home until Friday night. So, I cancelled my social plans for the weekend and hung out at home on Saturday and Sunday. We had guests (co-worker family of my Dad's) and honestly, I was soooo tired and out of it. My family and I stayed up late after getting back from bowling the night before, watching "Music and Lyrics" so our bedtime was 3am. Therefore, when it was only 8pm, I wanted to go to sleep really badly but obviously couldn't. Then I was kinda bored since I couldn't really connect to what everyone was talking about.

Plus, I was bummed when a friend mass texted people about doing something. I really really wanted to! (I value my weekend social life so much, as does everyone who works. Before, when I wasn't employed, I liked my weekends okay, but I didn't value them, you know?)

So, I put away all the food and cleaned the kitchen up while our 4 guests chatted with my parents and brother. It was a three-fold motive since I wanted to wake up, get out of boring conversation, and beat my mom to cleaning. (She has fiber-mialga so it hurts her wrist to lift heavy things.) And it did wake me up some.

But it wasn't until I got 2 text messages from my friend Andrea that I really woke up and felt a mood lift. I was dead-bored and just wanted to sleep, but when I read her messages, my mood lifted from bored, tired, and restless to charmed, touched, and more awake. She totally encouraged me and made me grateful for friends like her. Plus, she gave me something to look forward to at church. (She told me to ask her about something.)

Laurs, out.