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@ 5:02 pm on 09.04.03
Growing up, things always dramatically slowed down once Labor Day was passed, but I always attributed that to our being a tourist area and even the richest of tourists� children need to go back to school. Here, though, I�ve noticed the same thing. Everything is quieter, not just in terms of noise, but in terms of movement. Thanks to school�s start, the neighbor kids don�t start hollering until well after three o�clock, the landscapers have seemingly given up mowing on Monday mornings, and the temperatures have mellowed beyond my best hopes after last week�s 90s. As a result of all this, Luke and I seem to be going to bed earlier. I do wish that I weren�t noticing this slowing so acutely; I�d much rather have a job and be helping to bring in money than sit here day after day.As for the job market, it�s just as bleak as usual. I combed the papers today and found nothing of even the remotest interest. I�ve not heard back from the woman who interviewed me last week, so I don�t know what is going on there. I would call, but I don�t know which location she�s at and I don�t like being rejected over the phone. I think I�d far rather hear nothing as my rejection than being dismissed over the phone.
Luke got home far earlier than I expected him to yesterday. Ordinarily, he doesn�t get home before 6 because traffic is such a nightmare during rush hour, but he was home at 5:45ish and he had even gone to the grocery store before coming home. When I was so surprised at his early arrival, he said that he had found a new, quicker route home. We had a pretty slow night last night and spent it mostly playing Age of Empires 2. We showered late, but went to bed about � an hour earlier than normal. I don�t know why we were each so tired, but I know I was out by 12:15. I wasn�t plagued by any more nightmares, so I slept soundly, if a little coldly since Luke kind of stole the blankets for most of the night.
I have been really mellow lately and nothing really seems to bother me. Sure, I was irked when I discovered that even after putting it through the wash, the stuff that Luke spilled on my favorite t-shirt had left a stain, but I wasn�t completely bent out of shape by it. Luke seemed to think that I was at the time, but I think he was exaggerating. He knows what it�s like when I am truly angry. I think that the weather has a lot to do with my calmness. Fall and winter are my favorite seasons and knowing that the heat and humidity are over helps to ease my irritability quite a bit. It�s also a lot easier to pay the bills in these months because the complex pays for our heat, while a/c is our responsibility. I am pretty surprised at myself, though. It�s not like there haven�t been things that I could get aggravated about; it�s just that I have been looking over them and not letting them bother me which is a feat in itself considering that this is the week when I would be getting a period were I to actually take my placebos. Sadly, skipping placebos doesn�t stop the PMS symptoms, but this time around it just seems different. Sure, my back has been hurting and I�ve had a couple of headaches lately, but that�s par for the PMS course. I mean I�m usually a pretty cranky person and have a hard time dealing with the idiocy I witness around me, but I think I may be moving into another, calmer period of my life. I suppose time will tell on that front, as all of it could go to shit tomorrow.
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