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| Ups and downs at work.So, now that summer is here, work is getting an overhaul for me, or so it seems. The good news: I'm finally getting moved into the camping department. I've been wanting to get back in there since I moved to this store and found out I was going to be working in footwear instead. It will take a bit of time to adjust to the different layout of the department, changes in prices since I was last dealing with the items, and differences in product carried. However, none of that should be too bad. There is a downside, however. It seems that, for at least about a month, I'll be having to get to work by 5 AM, starting Wednesday. Now, if you know me at all, you know I'm not a morning person. I generally go to sleep at about 2 in the morning. Shifting my sleep cycle enough to pull off 5 AM shifts that quickly is going to be tough. I know I can do it for a day or two without too much problem, but having to do it consistently, especially when a lot of the things I like to do happen late evening or at night, is going to be tricky. Hopefully I'll make it, and if not, that's what caffine is for, right?  There is an upside to working that early: I'll be getting off at two in the afternoon, so I'll have more time to actually do stuff in the day. Anyway, that's the big news in the world of Aaron right now, but stay tuned for more and I'll try to keep those interested up to date.
PS: I meant to write this up the other day, but I forgot about it at the time. I was helping a lady and her daughter find some baseball/softball cleats. Now, the girl had to have been something about 8 or so, I would guess (I can never tell an age by looking at someone, even a kid). So, we're back there and the mom asks the girl if she knows what shoes her girlfriends are wearing. Now, most of you would assume that's a totally innocent question. However, the daughter turns to her mom with almost a shocked look on her face and say, "Mom, I'm not a lesbian! I don't have girlfriends!" I was stunned, and the mom looks at me completely bewildered. At that point, I just had to walk away so I didn't start laughing right in front of her. But, man did I feel bad for that mom. Anyway, that is the one and only noteworthy thing I can think of that a customer did while I was working footwear, so I decided to share it all with you. Enjoy! 
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| Where to go from here.I've never really been all that sure as to what to write here. Sometimes I think I'll just use it to let people know what's going on with my life, but it always seems to be just the same things all the time, at least to me. I never seem to have the interesting stories everyone else I know of has from day to day. So then I think I'll write things a bit more thoughtful, but I can never seem to bring myself to really sit down and write it. I'll think of these things, thoughts that could have so many meanings, but they come to me when I'm not in a position to write them down or record them in any way. When I finally manage to sit down and write (or type as the case may be) either nothing feels right to say or I've forgotten what it was I was going to put. There are so many things that I want...that I need to get out. Things that i should tell people, should have told long ago, but I could never bring myself to do it. I want to tell people how much I care about them, how much they mean to me, but I can never bring myself to pick up the phone or whatever and just say it. Maybe I'm shy, maybe I'm just scared. I don't know. I just feel bad that I fall out of touch with people so easily because I can't seem to stay in touch. Yes, sometimes there are things going on where I'm just not around. Lately work and school have had been keeping me really busy. I mean, I just realized that it's been months, months since I talked to some people that I would talk to at least once a week, if not almost every day. I feel terrible about it. I'm going to try to make up for it, but knowing me, I'll just sit around and not be able to bring myself to do it.
But I digress. I've gotten off the original thought process, which seems to happen all to often. What this was about is hopefully an attempt to try to start writing more. Maybe not about what goes on in my life, but what goes on in my head. If you know me at all, you know I read, a lot, be it books or comics or whatever. Within the past month, I've gone through at least 6 books, novel type, as well as probably close to 20 comics of the compiled, trade paper back type, which usually collect at least 5 or so of the standard issue at a time (about the size of a short novel). Both of those figures are probably considerably lower than the actual number, and aren't giving you a clear idea of just how much reading that really is. To put it simply, it's probably more than I read in the entirety of last year, and that's just this past month. I've been doing about the same every month since I moved back up to Dallas. Because of this, I've done a lot of thinking about a variety of things, with a fair bit of influence from these books and all. Many of these things cause me to question things about my own life: what I believe, where I am going with my life, what I want to do after school, if I'll even make it through school, who I am at all. Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm going down the right path for me. But I know about what I want to do later, and I know I'm where I should be in terms of place and school. It just doesn't seem to be clicking for me. I'm having a hard time getting my head into the stuff they are teaching. It's like I'm at the right place, but I just can't get my brain to take in what they are throwing at me. But I guess I'll just keep pushing and see what I can do.
I'm going to stop here for now, because if I don't, I won't get any sleep tonight and this might end up being several pages longer than it should just yet. Also the fact that I'm probably not quite ready to totally spill my guts to everyone right now. I know some of you want to know how I am, and may even want to know more about what's going on, but for that it's going to have to be talking one on one. You all know how to reach me, and like I said, I will try to talk to the ones that have been trying to keep track, despite my lack of availability. I apologize for those of you who tried to contact me on IM or whatnot. Sometimes I forget to put up away messages, other times the internet shuts off and comes back on, leaving me showing online when I'm really not there (which also sometimes makes me miss whatever messages you may have sent). Mostly I apologize for not responding, if not on IM then on some other medium. I have just been so caught up in things here that I just...I don't know. I lost track, or put it off, or forgot. I'm an idiot and a jerk because of it. If I can make it up to you, let me know. I'm sorry. I'll be in touch.
PS: You should all read this series. It is a very interesting, very thought provoking set of books. There are seven in the series. Click on the link and you can find out more about this book and the series. The first book is called On a Pale Horse. I suggest everyone take the time to read it through, at least once.
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| OopsThis is to let everyone know that, yes, I'm still alive. Sometimes I forget to put an away message up when I'm off doing something else, so it seems like I'm online and ignoring people. That's not so. However, due to the fact that this is finals week for me, I probably won't be able to talk much even if I am there. Starting after Thursday (my last final) I should be around more. I'm sorry if it seemed like I was avoiding you. I'll talk to everyone that wants me to talk to them again soon. I promise. Now, back to studying...
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| Yuck.I'm sick and too tired to make a real update. Maybe when I'm feeling better? *coughs and passes out*
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| I keep stealing things from Whitney, but that's because she's awesome.
The first slogan I got:
And one to go with Whitney's:
| The Aaron That Eats Like A Meal. |
So, yeah, today I had to go into work for about 2 hours because someone else couldn't make it. Now I should be doing homework for the rest of the week, since I'm no longer on Spring Break, and I have my class at 5:30 that I don't really want to go to but probably should since I missed the last four. I know, I'm a bad kid. I just can't really stand the class, the professor puts me to sleep, and I'm just not being able to understand the concepts that we're supposed to learn. The problem is, I really need to pass my classes so I'm not wasting money and so I can move on with my education. I'm far enough behind as it is.
Anyway, I'll try to keep updating if people keep commenting. Otherwise, this Xanga may die and then you would actually have to talk to me to figure out what is going on in my life.
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