thoughts on this week

in one week, i will be flying the red-eye to minneapolis. i hate flying, but i like the thought of being home and spending some time with the bro in minneapolis.

last night i made chex mix. i brought half to work and will bring half of it home. i have so much cereal i think i'll make another batch for work/home. get ready, family. we'll be eating lots of chex!

i finished (i think) my christmas shopping this weekend. that feels good. dad's are hard to shop for. so are brothers. but i figured it out and all is well.

last week i decided i don't LOVE my job. i don't hate it, but i have realized i am basically just another leasing agent (the person who sells, i mean, rents apartments and does the apt administrative work) and don't get to spend a lot of time doing programming and working with the RMs, except reminding them to do things and talking to them if they forget (which is a lot). that's not the most fun. tonight i did talk to a girl whose roommate isn't paying the rent, which is stressing her out because they are both on the lease and will both go to court if they don't pay. that i can do, and i enjoy. tomorrow i have to talk to a woman about her dirty dog. it is smelly and people have complained a ton and she is very odd and her dog is some sort of ADA requirement for her to have it, but she is not keeping it clean. that will be a less-than-fun conversation. so, the community development stuff i am doing right now isn't the stuff i'm good at. i do enjoy leasing apartments, though. and i'm good at that and the customer service. but it's tiring, stressful, and not what i want to do with my life. but there's a reason i'm here at this time and place and i like the people i work with, so i am making the most of it. :)

ok, gotta get some sleep!