I never realized how hard it is to make friends without something like school to help. I usually have a pretty easy time finding friends, but now that I'm not in school or any sort of classes, it is SO hard to meet people to hang out with. I would say that I have a lot of friends, but moving 2000 miles across the country makes it really hard to stay in touch. Thank goodness for Facebook, but that's only helpful to a point. I'm the youngest person at my office, and since I don't have kids, I feel the age gap so much more. And I definitely get along with the people I work with, but since it's such a small office, I don't know that after spending 5 hours with me, they'd really want to go hang out. I was noticing this morning at church how few people our age there are there, at least without kids. Not that I wouldn't want to be friends with someone with kids, it just seems like it makes their lives so much busier, and they have other friends. Since we're so far from family and our other friends, it'd be awesome to have someone to see on the weekends and go places with. So, I guess I'll just continue the search....

I am however, attracting attention that I DON'T want. The apartments we live in have a pond in the north half of our courtyard, so a few months ago, I thought I'd go for a walk around it. The whole courtyard is lined with buildings, so I got about 3/4 of the way around, and a guy came out on his 2nd floor porch. He said hi, so, trying to be neighborly, I said hi back. Then he goes, "Hey girl, I've got some new movies up here, you wanna come up and watch some?". CREEPER!!!!! Who does that?! Yeah, sure, I'd love to come to the apartment of someone I've NEVER MET and watch a movie! How dumb does he think I am!?!?! Unfortunately, that's not the end. I saw him two weeks ago, right after the blizzard, and he ask me AGAIN!! I was just minding my own business, taking my garbage out! This time he's asking if I want to BUY some DVDs or CDs from him. I said no and kept walking, threw my trash out, and then had to walk behind him to get back to my building. And he turns around and says "Hey girl, it's just like Blockbuster..." HA! No, sir, it is not just like Blockbuster. Blockbuster does not come to my sidewalk and ask me if I want to "buy some of dem new CDs".

There is going to be a big change at work coming up. The other office manager just sold her house. She got the offer last Sunday and found out yesterday that they'll be closing this coming weekend! Apparently, a house deal going through that fast is practically unheard of, so we all thought she'd have a few weeks left. But no, her last day is Thursday... So, we're going to be getting someone new to cover her office shifts. I hope Dr Joe and Dr Sarah are able to find someone that will work well! I'm really sad to see Kathi go, but we'll still get to be around her because she's probably going to still do our billing. We got a TON of applications for the position, and it's SUCH a good place to work, so we shouldn't have a problem getting someone good in, it's just hard to think about someone new coming in.

Speaking of the office, I was sitting at my desk on Saturday, Dr Joe was with a patient, and all of a sudden I heard this loud bang, like a gunshot. One of the screws on his table had snapped in half! I'm not entirely sure what the screw actually does (there are so many levers and buttons and knobson them that I can hardly figure out how to raise it up and down!), but Dr Joe figured out how to fix it! I'm glad it wasn't something bad, those tables are SO expensive! They're like $5000!

My cat is so weird.... She's laying next to me on the bed, chewing on a pen and rubbing her face on one of Jefe's textbooks... She's so crazy. Her name is Maverick and she thinks she's human and should get all the privileges that come along with it. She sits on a chair at the table during dinner and eyes our food. And if she tries to get on the table and "loses her chair privileges", she sits in the corner and pouts. Lately, her best friend is a plastic bag. She lays on it all day long. And she's developed a bad habit of trying to be my alarm clock. Not like a normal cat, by sitting on my chest or batting my face, she sits next to me and meows, for hours if she feels it's necessary. Not my favorite way to wake up...