summarizing big to small

i'd like to summarize a few things i've learned throughout my entire summer, my time with my family this past week and a half, and my day today.

Summer

1. my internship may have bored me to death intellectually, but it spanked me socially/professionally in a variety of ways. for example, at the start of my internship, i could not speak like a normal functioning person in our professional office. for some reason i'd stutter, word things really really awkwardly, or take an unusually long time trying to figure out how i want to articulate something as easy as an email. giving tours was especially difficult. i'm not a very articulate speaker. i like writing things instead...anyway--now i'm a people-talking-tour-giving-phone-answering PRO. yup. the other important lesson was learning how to handle myself when i dislike people in the office, (which was, by the way, nearly everyone in the office, save one other woman who was on staff but she worked in a different building...) i disliked my boss oh so very much. every word coming out of that man's mouth gave me the shudders. i had to learn how to disguise my disgust bc my face is normally expressive when i dislike someone or something. making faces while someone is talking is not very professional. i have mastered not only how to make fake laughs and smiles, but also how to stop a conversation when i want it to, to steer it towards information i need, and to lighten the mood when the conversation gets heated with frustration. (okayyyy i haven't exactly mastered it, but i got more exposure to how i need to handle myself in conversations with my boss, coworkers, and complete strangers)

2. diligence is key to survival. yup. if you're lazy you waste time, money, food, sleep time. you get fat, out of shape, waste life, lose opportunities, and earn yourself a bad reputation. this i gathered from experience and observations of others.

3. i am officially in that stage in life where the only things my friends, both girls and boys, will talk about are boys/girls, relationships, marriage, and pregnancy. dear god...when did i age to quickly?

Vacation with the Family

1. my siblings are little ssheckees. but i love them still. there are some regrets. i regret being too nice to them when they were younger because now they think they can push me around. regardless of how reckless they are, they are the liveliest kids i know. watching and listening to them entertains me. i also regret not having spent much time with them since high school. and i regret not having encouraged them more often when they were younger. but they're still quite young, so i have some time.

2. we're not little kids anymore.

3. my parents are getting old.

Today

1. two weeks at home is just the right amount before i start getting restless.

2. i have no more stamina when i'm playing piano. i have no more stamina when i'm playing tennis. i have no more stamina when i'm reading. i need to get my act together...

3. i'm at least glad to know that i can't stand sitting around doing nothing. i got a lot done today, worked out, practiced piano, went for a run, tried to pick up my past hobbies, took care of some last minute school business, yelled at a T-mobile customer service lady, played Scrabble with Greg Toy (he kicked my ass yet again!), and even watched a Woody Allen film. not a bad day.