so stupid

so, as some may or may not know. my supervisors at work realized that the person i replaced didn't, you know, actually work. and that i should probably go part time and lose my benefits. or lose my job.

so, now i work part time. mondays wednesdays and fridays. it fucking blows. but, on the good side, i have tuesdays and thursdays off, and a few unemployed friends. tuesday my bestie david came down from the burbs and i showed him around lincoln square and we went to a sushi buffet, which sounds fairly harmless but let me tell you, it is no joke!

wednesday evening sat and i drank beerz (i broke my no beer until summer pledge, dammit...) and i started to convince him to give me his extra wii. apparently, he's not cool with giving me something he spent $300 on, but i'm pretty persuasive...

now, thursday, i missed my train and stole sat's car and drove to zion to go to the freaking JELLY BELLY FACTORY. but the line was too long for the tour, and david just gave me a grand tour of his hometown and we farted around for 10 or so hours. but! we did go to the giant jellybelly store and scored tons of delicious jelly beans. so delicious. i'm a little bummed we missed the tour, but i will likely go back within the week because i am dying to wear a silly paper hat.. or because david is rad and doesn't mind me making fun of him or not being able to pump my own gas or things like that.

ugh

IMG_5611, originally uploaded by yenna.

oh, it's still winter.

i'm still fully annoyed at this fact. my weekend was boring, mostly due to the big ole snowstorm we had. i decided to stay home and do nothing. like i always do. i got a case of the cabin fever on sunday, though. so i made my way to the lincoln park conservatory because i've heard good things. and it's free. and i figured it being easter - it'd be empty.

no, it was crowded, but that didn't matter. i stayed for over an hour, taking in all the green and purple and pink and yellow. and! the zoo is right next door. and! both are free. that was seriously the best unplanned day of shenanigans i've had in a while. i fully recommend anyone in the area go. it's amazing, and will force you to love life. also, polar bears.

today, though, is a pretty awful day. but orchids sure are pretty...

in a nutshell

gena, originally uploaded by yenna.

i was drunk last night and thought this was the most brilliant thing ive ever done.

i guess i am not good at photoshop when i am drunk.

home.

i am happy to say that chicago is my home. i mean, it always has been, but a few of my friends know i am not originally from here and assume that maybe i'm just "staying" here for a bit, or being the silly 20-something who moves around for fun. no, i am home in chicago. i moved and i live here now. so, there shouldnt be a debate about it.

not that there really is, though. its just a nice feeling to have a home. sat moved here last week and we went to ikea on friday so that he could make his apartment more like a home. i bought this lampshade i've been COVETING for three years. and now that i have it and its sitting on my old ikea lampbase, on my credenza... i finally LOVE my apartment. IT IS PERFECT. no need to change anything... except maybe frame some prints... but the soft light and couch and and and. !!! it makes me happy to come home and sit on my couch with my cats, turn on a lamp and be peaceful. shrug!

saturday afternoon some friends and i went to kuma's for delicious burger sand even more delicious bloody marys'. then afterwards, CUPCAKES. pancakes and bacon cupcake. and, omg. it was really the best thin give ever eaten. i probs say that a lot., BUT I MEAN IT THIS TIME. anyway, my tooth hurts.

R.I.P.

my glasses are dead, originally uploaded by yenna.

not me, my glasses. they've been "broken" for six months or so, put i just needed to superglue them or something (coming apart at the bridge). but last night i lost the little metal piece that IS the actual bridge of the glasses.

so i cant glue them back or tape them like a nerd. fucking titanium pieces of shit (they were actually REALLY expensive and not at all pieces of shit).

i'm having a hard time with this, you guys. for reasons i cant really say. i dont like losing things! and i dont know if i should replace them or go sans glasses. i dont think i am ready to go without glasses because today i am cranky and feel naked. so i am going to foreyes post work to scope out what i can get/ afford/ like.

man. those glasses were a part of me.... i shouldnt be all broken up about it but i am. very much so. LAME