Evil - More importantly, the psychology of evil. I started my Saturday class last weekend. The teacher is great and one of my favorite fellow students from my intro psych class was sitting two seats away. The reading is going to be fascinating, the homework isn't going to be too strenuous, and I'm glad it's a class that's worth spending 7 hours cooped up indoors on a Saturday for.
Study dates - On Sunday, my dear friend, Elise, had a brief she needed to work on. She invited me to bring some homework along and spend the afternoon huddled up in a fantastic coffee shop in Wicker Park called Filter. The tea and the lemon bars were perfect and the company was divine. We may have done a little more chatting than we intended and may have gotten a bit less work done than we would have on our own but it was a perfect afternoon.
Sushi on the floor - Monday night was spent with Tim and Ivy. Sarah is in Japan for the week and I had planned on keeping them company for the evening. Ivy spent a large part of the evening proudly showing off her awesome new walking skills and around 8 we all sat in the middle of the living room floor with large quantities of vegetable maki. Ivy intently devoured many pieces of avocado and sat in my lap feeding me clumps of rice off of her plate. I am always incredibly grateful that I get to be included in their fantastic family.
Long distance phone calls - While we were stuffing our faces with as much sushi as we could eat, Sarah called home to check in. I got to talk to my dear friend while she was in my favorite city in the world (Tokyo) and it was great to hear her voice from so far away.
Much needed text messages - I have a few friends that I don't keep in contact quite as often as I should. I get busy and mentally drained and just kind of don't make the extra effort even though I think of them often. Sunday night, as I sat in my apartment thinking about how I should really get a hold of Aaron because it had been much too long since we'd talked, I got a text message from him. We sat and chatted via text for the next half hour or so while he was at work and I was making salads for lunch this week and made tentative plans to hang out. It was definitely needed.
Season finales - Doctor Who and Once Upon a Time seriously killed it. I have no idea how I'm going to make it until they start up again.
My grandma - Sunday night grandma got taken to the ER with her blood sugar at a ridiculous 490. Luckily, by the time she went home, it was way down and she's feeling a lot better. She's agreed to try and work on her diet and her routine a little better and I'm just glad she's alright. I really don't know what I would do without my weekly chats with gram.
Fighting the system - So last week's performance review was disappointing. When I received the copy that I was supposed to sign, my boss had made no changes from last year and I felt very disheartened. Instead of signing off and resigning myself to my fate, however, I sent him an email giving him a piece of my mind (in the most professional way possible) and telling him that I did not feel comfortable signing off on my performance review because I did not feel that it actually reflected my work and dedication to the office. We have a meeting to talk about it when he gets back from vacation next week so we'll see. At least I said something.
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