I've just bought my ticket home for next weekend, so I'll be heading to the Faire on Saturday the 15th. (Fi, I love you, and I'll bring you back something fun for missing your birthday celebrations. And we can make pizza for dinner sometime, in case you don't end up doing that for your birthday.) Since the Faire only runs through the end of March, and the mother of one of our former German exchange students is visiting my mother for three weeks starting the 20th, the 13th to 16th is really the best time for me to go. I'll actually be flying back the morning of the 17th (I didn't want to pay $750 to fly in Sunday night, and I didn't want to leave Sunday morning), and just going straight to work.

Friday the 14th I'll be pretty much free to play with any of you Zonies who want me, so let's make some plans! XD

(Dang, I need to decide what costume I'm going to wear to the Faire.. I don't know if my early medieval will be done by then. Maybe I'll have to fix the shoulders and go with the Ever After one..)

Also, my mom agreed to pick me up from/drive me back to the airport, with my suitcase, but I'm told that my backpack is not included in the transportation deal, nor are my shoes. I guess I'll have to pay her extra for those.

We just finished watching "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," which I rented because I thought my mom would enjoy it. It left me feeling pretty frustrated. I feel so bad for people who live their entire lives trapped like housewives used to be back then (50's/60's). I hate feeling trapped. I refuse to be that kind of wife. REFUSE!! But what a sour taste it left in my mouth.. Like I need reminders that life is hard, and it's only going to get harder from here!!

Hayley and I went to a job fair today, sponsored by the newspaper. It was not very helpful. In fact, most of the jobs there were of the low-paying, low-education variety, including sales/calling centers, school bus driving, armed forces, and airline baggage handling. We did get some free pens, though.

We also went to our little sister's regional track meet. She made 9'6" in pole vaulting and qualified for state, and met her personal record in high jump at 5', but messed up on 5'2", which would take her to state in that. It was pretty cool watching her, but she's seriously THE athlete in the family.. It's somewhat frustrating to watch her because none of the rest of us have much athletic ability/opportunity. I suppose I should stop whining and just get off my duff, but it's hard. And I don't really know how to go about doing it myself. (I'd like to run (always *despised* running in school, btw).. I figure it would be a nice addiction to form, but does anybody know how to go about getting into it when the shape I'm in resembles a marshmallow? Sort of?)

It's hard to work here. I finally got my computer set up, because I had to update my resume for the job fair, but somehow my wireless antenna broke, and Calliope still needs a real home. There's *no* way I can work out in the play/computer-room with the kind of traffic it sees. It would be impossible for me to get anything done, instead of just extremely difficult.

And besides all that, have I ever mentioned how much I ABHOR Arizona weather?

I need to read something to cheer me up. Maybe KotOR.