La Musicologista

No music as of yet.

I think I may turn this into a summer reading blog, so that I can put some ideas that I am trying work out on "paper."

Anyway, I got the job at Borders. YAY. I'll be working on the book floor as well as in the café (Starbucks rears its ugly head!) Actually, working at Starbucks for so long was one of the reasons that I got the job, so I can't complain. I am excited. I've heard a lot of negative things about working for the company, in terms of crazy management, but you get 33% off, there's a "library system," so you basically never really have to buy a book, and part-time benefits, which is very good, considering that I will be off my parent's dental insurance this December.

Other news? I get my permanent porcelain veneers on Tuesday. Should be a HELL of a procedure. Not looking forward to it. Luckily, I have been authorized to take valium and advil beforehand. Yay. I should also get my new glasses sometime next week! Yay! Driving and seeing!

In other, sadder news, it has been discovered that my maternal grandmother, known affectionately as Mimí, has lung cancer. It hasn't spread anywhere, which is good. Ostensibly, they could just take the tumor in her lung out. But, if the cancer caused some sort of inflammation of her lymph nodes, then she needs to do chemo before they can remove the tumor. Also, it has to be determined whether or not she is healthy enough to be operated on.

Lots of layers, no? I have a difficult time dealing with situations with that because, contrary to what many people believe, I am an eternal optimist. I get through life by saying that everything will be okay, it'll all turn out for the best, et cetera. But sometimes it doesn't, and I don't prepare myself well for the instances in which it doesn't.

One thing I do know, however, is that you cannot reverse situations by ignoring them. So, no matter what may happen, I will try to spend more time with my grandmother (hopefully her senile, 89 year old boyfriend will not be around.) Since I am home, don't have much else to do, and she lives two blocks away, it's not difficult. Plus, I want her to teach me how to cook Italian foods and the crazy cookies she makes, including lavender and black pepper cookies.

I've always felt a connection to my grandmother. I think her and I are very, very similar people. In fact, the more time I spend with her now, the more I realize it to be true. I can imagine my life taking a similar course that hers did.

Okay, enough sad stuff. I have to go to work at 9, which means I have to leave at 8, which means I have to wake up at 7:30, and I got NO sleep last night. Ugh.

Peace and blessings!