Post Birthday Post

Not my birthday, Grandpa King's 80th. Quite the bash, as some of you may be able to imagine. He and Carol were here for a few days; we all took in Erin's law school graduation on Sunday and then celebrated the birthday on Monday. The last few days before that were a scramble for me to pull together the genealogy project. I was happy with it though, as always, I thought it could look a bit more professional. But the hardest thing for me was to accept that fact that it can't ever really be done. There's always something to add as the family grows and all the while, one must continue researching all the generations that are long past. I liked it though and will certainly continue with it. Plus Grandpa loved it so that was really, really nice to see. And gratifying.

Updates on Vancouver: I thought I had locked in a deal with a girl to be her roommate and move into the vacancy left be her departing German exchange student friend. She called me and offered the place and we worked out some details. Then an hour later she emailed me and took back the offer because a friend of a friend turned up and wanted the place. That was really disappointing and frustrating. So I have to begin the apartment search all over again and plan another trip out there. I feel like I'm in the same place I was two months ago. No progress has been made at all.

I though I had a job set up at Flynn and O'Hara but that doesn't seem to to be happening either. So now I have to find a job again. Something I realize I could've easily done a year ago and I would be feeling much better now. At least financially. I know I messed up this year and that's terribly frustrating because it's something that can never be fixed. Just saying 'oh well' doesn't make it any better either.

But I guess I should focus on the summer job thing entirely now. Well, that and researching apartments, planning a trip to Vancouver, applying for loans, seeing my friends more, maintaining some sort of stable relationship with John, and enjoying the my last couple months here. Oh and not panicking about school. So that's what I'll be doing this week and probably the rest of the summer.