I feel as though I’ve been at work for hours, but it’s only been forty-five minutes. Shoot me. Despite going to bed before eleven(!) last night, I’m still knackered. I blame Saturday night for that. So I’m feeling kind of rough - I slept wrong on Saturday night and my neck is sore, as well - and it doesn’t help that one of the other trainees, Ranjith, went on for about five minutes about how tired I looked. Ugh. I’m going to get more coffee when I finish this. I have a can of Red Bull, but the thought of that right now makes me feel a bit ill.

My girlfriend, Meg, held her grad party on Saturday; a group of people came up from VA for the occasion, including some high school friends (D, E, and Di), and we all went bowling, which quickly turned into drunken bowling, which quickly made me realise that I can’t bowl for shit if I’ve been drinking. Anyway, it was a good laugh, and we all stumbled home at around midnight or so and kept drinking with games like ‘Never Have I Ever’ and ‘Spin the Bottle,’ reminding me of good times back in St Andrews. Of course, I was on good behaviour (no tongue!).

At around six in the morning, people started passing out or going home, and I ended up fucking things up pretty good with Meg by mentioning some things that had been on my mind as of late, which will not be mentioned here. Anyway, things were strained between us until we had a chat at about four yesterday afternoon, but it seems better now, and we ended up having a lovely evening watching The Longest Yard, which was highly amusing.

On another note, I am now officially a New Jersey resident, NJ license and plates and all that. I was amazed by the efficiency of the DMV here; they really do pack you in and ship you out as quickly as possible. It’s awesome! The last time I went to the DMV, back in Virginia when my dad was transfering his car into my name, we waited for over three hours. The time before that, it took four hours, and that was after arriving at the DMV well before it opened. Obviously these Yankees are doing it right.

In the next two weeks, I have to do the following:

• register to vote as a NJ resident
• get my car inspected
• pass my Series 7 (gah!)
• buy a dress for my mom’s wedding
• take advantage of the next two weekends (3-day and 5-day, respectively) by sleeping
• actually do something physically demanding and productive, like join Bally’s

Okay, I’m ready for my lunch break now.