I Will Love You When You're Blue

Well, I have certainly neglected my blog this summer, so I'll give a quick overview of the month of July.

THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN JULY

1. 4th of July at A and T's lake cabin. Swimming spiders, fireworks, apples to apples, croquet.
2. Road trip through wine country. Three middle-aged women, two college women, lots of wine, meth jokes, and good food.
3. Zoobilee! A 19-hour day, pretty dresses, and driving a cart around the zoo!
4. New boy on the horizon! Full sail ahead!
5. A long-distance non-relationship relationship. What?

IN MORE DETAIL

The road trip was a lot more fun than I had anticipated. Sometimes I feel like I'm a middle-aged woman myself, so hanging out with three of them wasn't too painful at all. Mom, Aunt K, their friend L, Sistadre, and I left on the 9th for our trip, and we definitely had some moments that felt like they were straight out of a movie. L, a single mom, was on the verge of leaving her fiancee, so we ended up talking a lot about relationships, love, and life. We also amused ourselves sometimes by deciding which houses in the boonies were probably meth labs. We also ate a lot of good food and blatantly ogled our servers. My favorite night was probably our last night, when we sat outside for dinner and split appetizers and dessert. Our waitress fascinated me; she had moved out to the west coast from the east coast, and she hinted that it was because of a failed relationship. I've always wondered what kind of problems would drive someone to pick up their life and completely start over again in a new place.

Zoobilee was crazy. I spent the day driving a cart around, loading and unloading big trucks full of food and alcohol. Then, I got a two hour break to shower and put on a pretty dress. After that, it was back to the zoo to work will call and the auction until 1:30 am, when I was on clean-up duty until 3:30 am. It was a lot of fun; I love working events!

New boy prospects! One of the guys at the zoo (we'll call him ZB for Zoo Boy), invited me to attend a wedding with him, but I'll be back at school by then (which is a shame because I love weddings). So, I suggested hanging out sometime, and we're going to see The Ugly Truth on Monday! ZB reminds me of S in some ways; he's funny and a little nerdy, but very sweet. I'm excited to get to know him outside of the context of the zoo.

TM is still texting me. I freaked out a little earlier in July because it was suddenly way too involved. I felt like we were in a relationship already; he would text me to say goodnight or ask how work was going or to tell me that I'm hot. Relationshippy things. Which, to be honest, I would be ecstatic about if it were someone other than TM, but I'm not sure I want something serious with TM. Actually, I'm not sure I want anything serious with ANYONE right now. I've been thinking a lot about love lately, and I'm not sure any of the guys in my life are really right for me. But we shall see.

So, that was the month of July, and I guess we'll see what August has in store!