So I guess we're in the middle of a drought down here, which is weird because I'm used to Michigan, where we basically don't have enough of a summer for there to be droughtish conditions. But today I think marks 21 days without rain, which definitely qualifies. The leaves on the trees are dying and the grass is brown. It's especially sad for me because I love the rain. I love the sound it makes, I love how fresh and clean everything smells after a good rainfall, and I love that it doesn't smell like dead earthworms after the rain down here. Today's kind of overcast and humid so far, but there's no wind whatsoever and it doesn't really feel like rain yet. Who knows though, perhaps later tonight we'll get a nice little downpour. The earth definitely could use it at this point, and so could I.

Yesterday Chrissie called me and I'd left my phone in my purse, which was in the closet. Someone else heard it beeping and called for me, so I ran to the closet and was digging for it when I accidentally stepped on my high-heeled shoe, which was hiding under the couch. It bent the fourth toe on my right foot back so far that I immediately yelled out and Nick came to see if everything was okay. By that time I'd fallen backwards and sat down on the couch to assess the damage. Nothing was broken, but it hurt like crazy and started swelling up, and it still hurts today. It's not so bad if I walk barefoot because then I can keep my weight off it, but if I put shoes on, it hurts again. I woke up this morning to not just that pain, but there's also something wrong with the heel of my right foot. I can't crane my neck far enough to see exactly what's wrong, but I'm told it looks like a bug bite of some kind, and it's right on my hamstring and hurts whenever I take a step, so I'm limping everywhere, can't even put my shoes on, and for some reason, the middle finger on my right hand also hurts like I jammed something up under the nail. I swear I must be sleepwalking or something.

It's not a good time for all these because I was planning to go back to Harbison this morning and do more applications, and every time I do that, it's intense on that whole walking thing. I guess it'll have to wait until tomorrow or Monday.

Yesterday morning I had an appointment at Manpower to do their MS Word & Excel tests. I took the bus down, which was cool and successful, got there early, read a book for a while, and took the tests. I was worried about my proficiency because I messed up a couple easy things (in Word, putting a document into landscape is in page setup, duh duh duh duh DUH) and some of the things they were testing me on, I'd never even used. I pulled through though, and my results showed that I am indeed proficient with both. That was good news, relieving news. I had a mini-interview after that, filled out another application, wheeeee. The guy sounded pretty positive about me after learning that I'm skilled in certain areas (like mailing prep) and all. Job yay! Let's hope something good rears its pretty little head for once.

Now for some ickiness. One of my old friends got engaged less than a month after me and then made a big deal about how she was getting married, isn't that great!!!!! They finally got around to setting a date and which date did they pick? June 28, 2008. I was supposed to get married on June 30 of this year. Nice of her. Just thinking about that whole failed relationship is enough to depress me and now I'm going to have to go to her wedding a year from now and be all happy and all I'll be able to think of will be "This could have been me, but I fucked it up."

At least I have Nick.