Just drifting through the sea of life...

it seems like the less actual work i do at my job, the more they talk about sponsoring me to work here indefinitely. i don't get it. this week, for example, i took off two days to frolic about ireland with mr. rufus wainwright, and i come back and am taken out to lunch to discuss my long-term plans. "do you have a job waiting for you in DC?" "Um, not exactly." "Well that's good to know!"

whatever. so i get back from the most amazing trip ever wednesday night and immediately run to the computer lab to see if our antics are the talk of the (virtual) town... only to be immediately buzz-killed by an email from my mom. tuesday morning my aunt passed away from ALS (lou gerhig's disease). if you don't know anything about the disease try to read up on it, it's horrible. my aunt makes the fifth person in my family to have ALS in the last 2 generations, even though ALS isn't necessarily hereditary. my aunt was only diagnosed just before i left to come here, so the disease took its toll very quickly. typically people with ALS live for several years after being diagnosed. anyway, the whole affar really enforces how far away from my family i am right now. spent most of wednesday night and thursday night on the phone calling family and friends back home. :(

there's a big hairy story about the irish rufus experience, but that will have to wait for another day. i'm exhausted! need a quiet weekend i believe... perhaps with the new DMB cd that just arrived from the states.... ;)

~courtney


"Suddenly the sky is falling
Could it be it's too late for me
If I never said I'm sorry, then I'm wrong, yes, I'm wrong"
~I. H., T. H., Z. H.