the past few days have been wonderful and relaxing!!!  i got to see a lot of friends who i hadn't seen in a month or so. i've really missed you UCLA kiddos, especially you (you know who you are =)).

all i know is that next week is gonna be INTENSE. i'm heading off to work tonight at 7 til god knows what time...12am? 1am? i'll be lucky if i'm out by 1am. my auntie called me today to check up on me and my brother and to see if we wanted to eat dinner with her and her family. i think she thinks we've been starving for the past week since my mom and dad are in hawaii. lol. she kept nagging on the phone that i'm working too much when i don't need to but i explained to her that i need to work to save up money for my future and she goes on and on that i don't need to if i have my daddy. then she goes on about how i just neeeeed to go eat with her and her family but i kept telling her that i couldn't eat with her tonight and then she asks if i can eat with them tomorrow night but i said i was working til 10 tomorrow night. keeping in mind that she's a very hospitable cantonese lady, she doesn't give up until i compromise with her.

so the compromise?

...that she's dropping off plentiful boxes of takeout for me tonight. sigh...*shaking head* that's my auntie gloria, folks! oh how i love this chinese culture. =)

i'm still a little nervous about this coming week. my manager's becoming more strict about cutting people after the anniversary sale. what if i don't sell enough? what if i get customer complaints? what if the new assistant managers don't like me? all this anxiety running through my mind is making me lose hours of sleep. oh i worry way too much for my own good!! i wish it weren't an annoying weakness of mine.

okay this is random, but what is up with the US postal service and UPS? if i'm not getting my neighbors' magazines, i'm getting their ice cream maker.

surprises are reminders that you still care. =)