Memorial Day Memorium (part uno)
Heading up to Toledo/Ann Arbor for the long weekend! Last time of glorious freedom until graduation station (t-2weeks!) Going to see Kev mom/pop/sis/old friends and have some much needed relaxation and visiting time. Making pumpkin muffins with a berry glaze as an offering for housing and feeding me. Hoping to get some help with bicycle maintenance, cooking instructions, and spending time in Ann Arbor thrifting/antiquing and seeing the sights unseen. Also, going to have a movie day watching Angels. I love that you want me to experience those things that take up so much room in your heart. More to come post-adventure!
Until then. Good things. Busy things. Stressful things.
Pinching pennies these days, and trying to save for Europe to no avail. I’m hoping my relatives/loved ones are generous, so we don’t end up sleeping on benches for the entirety of the trip (although that would be an interesting social experiment). My sartorial desires are getting the better of me, too, because I desperately want a breezy dress to adorn me underneath my cap n gown and a classy old-timey bathing suit for the beachtime vacation at the end of the month. Also, almost died when I saw the lineup for this festival. Being able to go with the gang and my boy for just one day would make the summer infinitely more epic.
Alas. Coming up with new ways to save/give back. Dumpster diving. Selling my things. Must acquire a daytime job (other than baking/reading/crafting/running) come August.
To do in the next 12 days:
-2 major group projects
-major single project
-3 papers 10 pages or more
-purchase cap n gown (or borrow and hem??)
-haircut so I don’t look gross upon seeing my ‘rents
-fly home for 24 hours to see my baby brother graduate
-senior crawl (if I can stomach it)
-finalize work trades for all of these events
-find the time to continue exercise/friendship/girlfriendship over the next two weeks
Phew. I may not survive.
last year a friend and west-sider told me there was a carnival in the parking lot of the old Westland Mall (est. 1969). Indeed. After just missing operating hours at the W. Broad DMV one Saturday, I decided to drive a bit further thataway and have a looksie. I shit you not, I parked right next to this Westland carnival, walked into the mall…and there was an extended hours DMV (now relocated) right inside. Kismet! If you want a taste of the real-life zombie apocolypse, check it out. There are a few stores and meeting spaces still open, some walkers, security guards keeping things in check and If you need a blood sugar boost to fight off some zombies, there are vending machines at about every 50 feet. And we’re not talking your standard here…we’re talking ICE CREAM vending machines, pop vending machines, machines dedicated to chip bags only…claw machines filled with stuffed animals. The planters scattered throughout are surprisingly lush, while buckets sitting atop crumbling floor tiles, catching leaky ceiling water tell the other part of the story. This place is still breathing, but it isn’t quite alive.
Auckland, New Zealand; The Library Bar
If only this was what the library bar in the bus was like. I would set up a cot and live there.
