Weekly Wrap-up

So another week has come to an end. It's hard to believe I've been up here for, what, three weeks now? At times everything passes me by so quickly it's a blur; others, it lazes its way along and time can't move fast enough. Those days are mainly my days off, sadly enough.
Well, the weather up here this week has been really bad. We were hit by a storm Wednesday afternoon, effectively shutting down that day, Thursday was so rainy, wet, and cold that we were inoperable that day too. And to top it all off it's been extremely windy all week long. Today was still windy, but at least the sun peaked through late into the evening.
I'm actually going to be working tomorrow, which means my first Saturday of not sitting at home lolligagging about. It works in two ways: it makes up for the hours of pay we lost this week to weather (Sandy's main concern) and it gets me out of the house and doing something which I enjoy more than just sitting around doing nothing. I have just recently beaten my Mario game on my Gameboy Advance, so that's one less thing to keep me busy. My Grandmother seems to find more than enough things to advise me not to do, how to do it, or how much she wants it done. It certainly has seemed that way as of late. I just nod and smile usually because they're not super serious things most of the time and only a couple of them have I really thought about saying something to her. This week, due to the raise in prices of pretty much everything in part because of raising oil prices (it's going to $150/barrel again), she just asked me to "try to wear your pants for at least a day or two more than usual". Okay, I'm a guy like any other, so OCCASIONALLY, usually in rushed circumstances, do I have to re-use a pair or pants. And even then I try to find the least used, least worn, best condition pants I can find to wear. I am a pretty clean person. And I'm sorry, but I can't wear the same filthy pants that have been mud splattered, weed grated, and dirt washed from working outside all day for any longer than I absolutely have to. So I'm exploring my options as to how I'm going to fix that little dilemma.
Well, I'm supposed to be making dinner tonight and I should really get to that before it gets too late or she gets to annoyed. So I'll update real soon.

Routine

Ah, the weekend. It'll be nice to rest up. I've been working at this landscaping job and will continue to do so all summer. The worst part about it so far is the sunburns. I am baking like bread up here, especially round the ears and neck. I get the weekend off and don't have to start back to work until Tuesday, so that's nice. Grandma Helen works on Mondays and Tuesdays, so I'll have the house to myself on Monday. I also found out that Monday is pay-day. That's good to know because now I know how to space my spending during the week and when to expect to get my hard-earned money. This money really is hard earned too. We've been breaking our backs trying to haul in rocks, dig through literally rock-hard ground (if you only knew how bad of a pun that is) to plant these flowers, and it's definitely paid off. We only have about five more spots to get all fixed up and ready and then the Medical Clinic is done. It really looks great now.
Grandma Helen and I have established our cooking routine now and we'll put it into full effect this upcoming week. I'll be cooking Mondays and Tuesdays since she works. She'll cook Wednesdays and Thursdays, and Friday will be our night to eat out. Saturdays and Sundays haven't been talked about yet, but they'll probably just be whatever we feel like. I am currently making a list to buy food to fill her pantries because wow, they're dry. I don't think she's very creative when it comes to cooking. Which is something she seems to want to test while I'm up here. Good for her, not so sure for me. Sometimes it reallys sucks to be the guinea pig. :/
I've had a lot of time to think while I'm up here, so I should be pretty well collected by the time I get back (wouldn't hold my breath on that though). I am missing everyone back home, some more than others. I hope everyone is doing well and that you're all having a great summer.

The First Week

Okay, so I'm like a day off. But still. I am having a pretty great time up here. The first few days were slow and Tuesday was really bad for me mentally/emotionally, but I'm all good. I just recently got a landscaping job up here with some really nice folks, Sandy Fliniau and her husband Charlie. Oh, and you can't forget the dog Chelsea. lol.
I started work just the other day and it's been going GREAT. I jumped into the middle of their project on the new North Park Medical Clinic. They had just started...um, decorating I guess you'd call it, the front entrance (which come to find out, wasn't the front entrance. It was the south entrance). They had only layed down the weed barrier (God I hate weed barrier) and had hauled in a nicely sized rock. They had also planted two rosebushes. So I started helping near the beginning of the project. We hauled in about five or six more rocks. And I do mean hauled. I kid you not about the size of these things. These rocks are probably the size of a small dishwasher. But anyways, we also planted around a dozen roses and some cotoneaster (pronounced Cah-tone-ee-aster), that's like a small tree-bush. We layed down some mulch and watered the plants and boom! we were done.
I kinda miss home, but not really. I have plenty of stuff to keep me busy so far. I should be getting paid at the end of this week. $8 bucks an hour. So I should be getting...let's see...five on Wednesday....I got home 5:30-5:45 today, so...about 8 hours today.....so that's 8*5=40 and 8*8=64....so 64+40=104 dollars so far this week. So I expect another 5 or 6 hours tomorrow so that's another 40-48 dollars. So I'll probably make about $150 this week. Not bad, I'd say. Not bad at all. :D
Well, Grandma Helen wants to make pizza and Lost is about to come on T.V. (which is something I don't watch much of up here), so I'm gonna hop off for the night. I'll update tomorrow or the day after, whichever.