She work hard for the money

My life must not be interesting enough to blog about or something! I keep reading my friends' blogs from abroad and feel a longing for something more exotic.

But then again, what's more exotic than Delaware OH?

This summer has been...well, full. But not of too much out of the ordinary, I s'pose. Interning at the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute at IU was interesting, enlightening and wonderful. It gave me a good sense of the state of Greek affairs today and made me seriously rethink this whole future thing. I mean, after another week with other bright young people who want to change our system, I felt compelled to continue my work with Greek life. I talked to some of the Greek advisers there and really was inspired by what they do.

So there's that. But right now, I can't think too much about grad school because I need to be thinking about money. Ain't that the story of everyone's life? Between feeding cats, the car, and myself, not to mention paying all the bills and buying groceries, life gets kind of pricey.

I'm working around 30-40 hours a week at Burger King, the same one Leah is at, to bring in a steady cash flow. Sometimes it gets boring, and the customers can be difficult, but I generally like it there. I've been there a month, so I know how to do everything but make sandwiches. I think I'm a little too ditzy for the job sometimes because I make stupid mistakes (like spilling shake mix and pushing the wrong buttons and forgetting to give people change) but I'm learning.

Most of the kitchen guys are from Mexico, and they speak relatively good English. They're fascinated by my bumbling Spanglish and love to talk to me. They're all very nice, even if they tease me about why I like girls and are constantly asking me if there are "yummy yummy mamacitas" at the drive-thru window. I haven't taken Spanish in four years, so I can't remember every word or tense conjugation. But I can hold a convo with them, and we like joking around during the day.

I've been writing baseball Tweets and press releases for the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League and working for the circus as well. Not too many circus gigs around here, though, so my time there has been limited.

Oh yeah, and there have been a lot of cats in and around our house. Still have six indoors, and now a mama and five kittens outdoors. The outside kitties are feral and very wary of us. I'm scared for them. What will we do with them if we can't catch them??

All in all, it's been a good summer. But I miss my old friends and my family and playing soccer and being richer than I am now. Leah and I are some of the only souls here in town. When's August again??