Do I have it in me for a proper entry?

[apple_pathways]

Not quite, so here are some random entry-ideas that I couldn't quite flesh out into a coherent narrative:

Job-related

• I never know what to say to parents who are unwilling to accept Bs from their children. Especially when the child is working their ass off to get that B.
  
• An unofficial part of my job appears to be giving people the brush off over the phone. It isn't really surprising that the task often falls to me: Howard is bad at saying 'no', and Kathy is...crazy. I'm still trying to figure out how I can list this very important job skill on my resume.
  
• It's May, which means that it's time for all the parents whose children are about to fail their math class to call us in a desperate attempt to save their child's grade. They had the entire year to fail, and you're giving us 4 weeks to fix it? Yeah, no pressure.

Family-related

• Uncles are weird. (Or at least all of mine are...)
  
• We had my only living grandparent, my father's mother, over on Sunday for a Mother's Day BBQ. Several members of my dad's family came to visit. My cousin Scott invited me to "shotgun" a beer with him. I used to change his diapers.

Gardening-related

• I've been scouring the net for plans to build trellises for my pumpkins and melons. EXCITING!
  
• This Sunday is Flower Day at Eastern Market in Detroit, so my mom and I will be going up Saturday. I ♥ Eastern Market, and I can't wait to see what fun herb varieties I can find this year.
  
• Friday we'll be making a trip to Block's, a flower nursery with the cheapest prices and best selection on flats of annuals and vegetables. Again: I AM EXCITE!
  
• I've spent the last few mornings weeding and getting the perennial beds cleaned up. God, I missed dirt!

Life-related

• MUST PLAN GRADUATION BBQ FOR FRIEND! *slaps wrist* GET ON IT, AMY!
  
• Bell X1 in June!
  
• Also in June: Shakespeare in the Arb! They're doing 'A Winter's Tale'. I can't wait!
  
• Still have no Meaningful Job. ARRGHGHHH! *fist shake of existential life-angst*

Ok. So. What's new with everybody else?

Comments

[jobey-in-error.livejournal.com]

I like thoughts in bulletin form instead of paragraph-narrative form! Makes it much easier to comprehend pre-coffee.

Okay, now I have got to ask: what have your uncles been doing?

P.S. Congrats on the whole running the Sherlockmas and writing thing. I haven't been following too carefully, because I am seriously unSherlocked, but all that work impresses me mightily. Planning your friend's party sounds easy by comparison, for sure!

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I have got to ask: what have your uncles been doing?

Nothing especially weird lately, actually: they've been up to much odder antics in the past.

My (nominally) uncle, Steve, is a douchebag, and on Sunday, when we had the family over, I found myself in the rather uncomfortable position of having him agree with me. Um, blech!

My Uncle Dave was over the night I wrote the entry, and he is incredibly sarcastic and loves to tease me. So there was a lot of that going on, followed by him acting all shocked when I used the 'F' word, which I found amusing/irritating.

Thanks for the kudos! It was a really fun fest to run. Now I find myself in the curious position of having absolutely zero fic commitments for the first time in a long, long time! Meaning I can write whatever I want! ...as soon as I decide what that is!