Losing my Mind

So last week Caitlin posted a blog that said she was getting old and losing her mind. I think it's catching, because last Thursday and Friday all commonsense abandoned me.

So Thursday I was working in the lab, waiting for some results on a machine, and I thought I'd make myself useful and restock the tip boxes. For those of you not currently living in science labs, pipettes are used to suck up liquids, and different tips have to be used for every different liquid you suck up. So basically, we go through tips fast. However, because this tips need to be clean, you have to wear gloves when you put them in the tip boxes, so you don't contaminate the tips. I looked through the lab and couldn't find any gloves, which I thought was really odd, I mean, I was in a science lab! Gloves should be everywhere! I considered walking down to the office and asking my labmates, but decided it wasn't that big of a deal, I'd just look for the gloves later. Five minutes later I look up and there is a box of gloves NEXT TO THE MACHINE I've been using for the last hour. Like right next to it. I was so very glad I hadn't asked anyone for help. However, Thursday was just a prelude to the stupidity of Friday.....

Friday I planned to work all day, but I didn't have that much work to do, and it was all gray and rainy, the perfect day to go to an afternoon movie. So I left work around 1:30ish so I could grab food at my apt and clean up the place a bit before getting gas and going to a 3:30 movie. So 3:00 rolls around and I can't find my car keys. Now, I drove to school and back to my apt, so I know they must be IN the apt, but I check every room I've been in and still no keys. Luckily, I own a spare key in case mine breaks or gets lost, so I grab the spare key, leave the apt, walk down my stairs, and realize that my car is idling. It's been idling in the parking space for about an hour and a half. Because I'm an idiot and never turned it off. I was very careful to turn off the lights and wipers, but apparently I forgot to turn the key. So now I feel like a complete idiot. I jump in the car and head to the gas station, passing my roommate in the parking lot. I get about 500 yards from the complex when I realize that I left my purse with my driver's license, ATM card, apt keys and cash in the apt. Luckily, since Dipa was leaving to go to Boston for the weekend, she was there and I could get back into the apt.

Isn't that insane? I think it's really unfair that I'm going senile at 24. I mean, I already have the back problems of an 85 year old woman, couldn't we hold off on senility for a few more years? By the way, the movie I saw was the Bourne Ultimatum, which rocks! Go see it if you need an action flick fix.

Nebraska Wedding

I realized today that I never posted a blog about my cousin Chris's wedding in July. It was sort of like Mags and Spencer's wedding, in that it served as a wedding and reunion. It was really great to see everybody again. I got to see my two cousins Dawn and Neela along with their husbands and 4 children (Dawn has a daughter and son, Madison and Townes, Neela has twin daughters, Kendall and Natalie, that were born on my birthday). And of course, I got to see Grandma, which was good because I hadn't seen her in two years, and she's 86, the only grandparent we have left, and she probably won't last too much longer.

The wedding ended up being quite the international affair. And it took place in Nebraska. Which is an odd combination. See, my Aunt Celie is half-Puerto Rican, and her sister ended up marrying and staying in Spain, so we got to see the four Spanish cousins. Plus, Hidemi, Chris's wife is Japanese, so her mom and sister came over from Japan. And Dave and Sara flew in for the wedding, and Sara is half-Iranian. Apparently, the night before we got to Nebraska was Hidemi's birthday. The Spanish cousins were already there and it was a pretty crazy night. They started off drinking Spanish wine, then saki, then champagne for Hidemi's birthday, then finished up with beer and Jim Bean. I"m still not sure how my cousin Scottie was able to pick me up at the airport the next day...

The wedding was short and sweet. Chris and Hidemi got married in Kearny, where they went to school, and they knew a laid back priest that was fine with marrying them (Hidemi is Buddhist, and I always thought both people had to be Catholic for a Catholic ceremony, but apparently not?). The reception took place in the hotel where we were staying, so that was handy. Oh, and one of the Spanish cousins wore the same dress to the wedding that I did. Considering that the 3 Spanish girls had tried on about 100 dresses (it's always hard, since female sizes tend to change from store to store or brand to brand, but the European size system is completely different, so that also threw them off), it was pretty funny that we still managed to wear the same dress. We got a huge family picture of absolutely everybody, and if anybody ever emails it to me, I'll post it.