Day two of week three. 16 more days to go

Lets see, what is new and exciting in the life o Sara? Not much. It's a Tuesday. Tuesdays are one of my favorite days of the week although I have no idea why. I think it is simply because I like the way the word sounds and it is generally not that stressful of a day. You don't have to deal with the issue of returning to work like you do on Monday and you aren't watching the seconds tick slowly by like you do on a Friday. This week has been fairly productive considering I am only two days in. I have scheduled a couple of apartment tours for Mr. Pink and I. I have given thousands of dollars away to CU and promised even more with the repayment of student/parent plus loans and I managed to bribe my roommate into replacing the light in the kitchen so that I did not risk the chance that I might short circuit my brain. As entertaining as that might have been. :) I think my brain might have short circuited anyways though due to the heat in my bedroom. My room is above the garage, and since heat rises this makes my room the hottest one in the house. It is like a sauna. I think the heat makes me slightly delusional. You might ask why it is that I continue to spend time in my room if this is the case and the only answer I have is I have no idea. Maybe I am practicing for the off chance that I might be moving to CA. Ha ha... okay, not really. I am here because the computer is here and since I am old fashioned I still have desk top. They lack in the portability feature.

Work was entertaining today. I went in at 8:30 am to meet my boss so that I could get the right type of elemental sulfur for a plant I am trying to bring back to the land of the living. He did not show up till noon. :) I found plenty of things to do as always but it still made me laugh. My boss is a very unusual man. He comes off as very gruff and displeased about everything, if you forget one little thing he rants and raves at you. His favorite line is " you think this is just some small thing, but when you are a nurse if you forget some small thing people will die!"( he was talking about re-labeling a drawer that had pencils in it). He also uses a similar line when trying to make me remember the Latin names of plants that I will never see again. "Sara, you have to remember how to spell this --insert three long Latin names, followed by a 6 digit number.. which is of course just for one of the ten plants he has handed to me---. When you are a nurse you'll have to be able to spell these things." I have to bite my tongue or I might remind him that I doubt I will be using the Latin names of plants in my nursing career. Don't get me wrong I understand the gist of his goal but the whole thing still makes me smile. I think it is sweet in sort of a crazy way that he is trying to help me with my career goals. He is also giving me a self help book as a going away present. It is about relationships. I let it slip one day that I was dating Joey. I'll let you know if it rocks my world. Don't get me wrong I really like my boss. I think I have a bit of a soft spot for him and all of his intense emotions and quirky sense of humor. He gives me a tough time in front of everyone and then he smiles a little and winks. For example we are going out to lunch on my last day and this is the email he sent out to everyone.

"Dear All, We are having a going away lunch for Sara next Monday, 21 July. Meet at 12:30 at the 30^th St greenhouse. Since Sara and Max are college students and “not picky” (Sara’s words), we will be having hogshead “cheese” sandwiches and Durian-flavored Gatorade. Mmm mmm good. Looking forward to a fun lunch.

Tom"

Later he called me and told me that unless the Ramy greenhouse floors sparkled I would not be getting any desert. I replied with a threat never to touch those floors again and an offer to make fried tadpoles with ice cream. Yeah, I'll miss him a little when I leave. Speaking of leaving I am going to go start making dinner like the good little house wife I am. Fire up the grill, we gonna have us some BBQ chicken tonight!