Day o' Frustration

Welcome to Night of Boredom, part II.

Don’t get me wrong, today was good. Though last night I didn’t sleep that well. I was actually too hot. Flannel pajamas + flannel sheets + hardcore sleeping bag + thermostat on high + going to bed way too early = poor sleep. I convinced myself that it was ok to go to bed at 9:30 because of the time change. It was that same time change that woke me up at 5:30…100% rested and awake.

Woke up to another morning of lovely fresh snow, got dressed for the nine degree weather and headed to the bus stop where I then realized that I had 45 minutes until the next bus. Stood around, got a face tan and eventually caught the 10 minute bus ride to Vail Village. I met my boss, filled out some paperwork and walked around a bit….well, I wanted to walk for a bit, but it turned into 40 minutes of back roads; all the while searching for a bathroom because I’ve been drinking so much water to avoid altitude sickness. You see, I really was very resourceful today, asking all sorts of people for directions, figuring out bus schedules, etc, which is why I just pretended that my 40 minutes of wandering was on purpose. I had done such a good job of not getting lost or confused that I was not going to start now.

It was then that I got a little grumpy. You see, my last 4 meals have consisted of a mixture of beef jerky, dark chocolate and balance bars…and lots of water. So I decided it was due time to go to a familiar place for some retail-therapy: Super Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart was lovely and I bought all sorts of groceries and my very first coffee maker. What an adult purchase, right? Hi my name is Katy, I’m new in town and, well, I own my own coffee maker.

This was all great until I had to stuff all my new purchases into three reusable bags and take the bus home. I broke out into the most ridiculous sweat climbing up the mountain to my apartment. I fear that I’m going to wake up tomorrow and feel like I did a hardcore workout just from that stupid hill. So right now I’m a little stiff and my stomach hurts – I’m pretty sure this is because it shrunk from my day and a half of tiny meals, and was not ready for my humongous dinner of rice cake + peanut butter.

Anyway, it is yet again that time when I have nothing else to do. My internet probably won’t be up and running until Wednesday, so until I have friends/roommates/a job…I have these evenings to look forward to. I can hear that I have upstairs neighbors and I almost went and knocked on their door and said “Hi I’m Katy, I need friends”. After all, I want someone to do that to me. We’ll see, maybe tomorrow.