still alive

Hey all, sorry about the radio silence. As you know, Tim and I spent the last week of June in NY. We got back on the 2nd of July so I've been around but it's taken me these last two weeks to really start readjusting to being home. One week out east was not enough for me and I knew that going in but the level of trauma experienced when we flew home was much more intense than I had expected. I told Tim to give me two days and I'd be fine, bless his heart he's been having to put up with my weirdness for two weeks instead.

Ah well, life rolls on. I came back to some pretty major imminent changes at work which has actually been helpful in getting me back into the swing of things and focused on something other than my crippling homesickness. 

Also helpful has been the writing streak I'm on this week. I brought my notebook to NY but I didn't work on anything because, frankly, I had more important things to spend that limited time on. I've been mulling this scene over in my head ever since we got back, though, and on Tuesday I finally picked up a pen and man am I having fun. Last night I tried to explain to Tim why I was enjoying writing this scene so much but I don't think he found it as amusing. I suppose I should feel bad for Kamdon that Percy is currently just laughing at him but he doesn't understand yet that laughter is one of the most approving things you can get from Percy - if she was actually upset with him she'd be yelling, more so than usual anyway. Sorry, that probably doesn't mean anything to you guys either, I'm just enjoying this too much.

In other news, I'm renewing my previously non-existent efforts to prepare for the GRE [guys, studying is like eighty-trillion times harder when you're not actively in school anymore] so I've downloaded some vocabulary practice apps to my phone. They're super handy because I can review words on my way to and from work and during any little down time I have during the day. There are three levels, each with about 6 "decks" of 51 flashcards each. The sad thing is that the first level is called Common Words, I'm on the third deck, and the majority of the words I'm reviewing I've never heard before. So now I have to wonder if my vocabulary is really that limited or if they just have a different definition of "common." I think I might hang onto these apps after I've taken the test, though. It's a handy thing to learn new words and work out your brain.