Salem, Oregon. ODS. And Laaaameness.

Okay,
I am sitting alone in my apartment that Josh and I got this year. He has decided that he is going to stay for the year, which makes me happy in a sense, and terribly sad in another. He won't be as lonely, and we will be able to save money... but he will be giving up what he thought was his dream for the school year. Is it really that possible to be sad for getting what I wanted? So we are settling in.

I got an internship for Outdoor School (ODS), as a waste-management curriculum enforcer/eco-happy hippy staff member. Pretty much my job is to enforce the waste-reduction curriculum and try to get these sixth graders to a) have fun and b) get the message so that hopefully they will go home and teach it to others.

I get only $9/hr, and only 40hrs a week, but it is okay, since room, food, electric at site, etc. is included on top of the 40 hours. So, in short, no overtime but bonuses on food and a warm room.

I will be starting a job at WU for the summer, only 20 hrs a week, but that is okay for me. I will be needing to get a secondary job for the rest of the summer, but it will be going to pay off the bills that I owe, especially for my education and for the outstanding loans that I have aquired.

The lame part of this post is that I hate that when I am home (Sat-Sun), Josh decides he is gonna go North and spend his weekend playing games at a family LAN party, and telling stories. This while I am staying at home and trying to recuperate from a trying week at ODS. I am terribly lonely. On top of that, I tried to cooperate and come to some compromise that made us both happy. Lame enough to say, no matter what the compromise it wasn't good enough. He'd have to leave the family party (that starts at noon thirty) at about 9pm to get back to Salem at a decent time. And he doesn't want to. Makes me feel both annoyed at his childishness and like I get what I deserve for leaving him alone in the apartment all week while I am out making money at ODS. *sigh*

Enough complaining, though... hopefully you are having a great summer and relaxing like I am attempting to do on my weekend off.

Much love.
~N