June? Already?

I started writing a different post, but it was getting rather melodramatic, so I tried again.

How is it that I could go an entire month without posting? I feel lame. I suppose it's because all I seem to do is work and sleep. And the few hours I have between those two activities are spent seeing my friends as much as possible. Also, I've just been lazy. And last weekend I was unable to do anything because I was laid up with strep throat. Not the best way to spend a weekend, let me tell you. And I was supposed to work that weekend, so I missed three days of getting paid for doing almost no real work.

I'd like to say that I love my job. My coworker Emily hates it, but that's because she was under the impression that it was a real job. It's totally not, and that's why I love it. There's never enough work to keep us busy all eight hours we're at the park, and in the downtime I get a lot of books read. Last summer I finished editing my book while at work. And when there is work to do, it's never that hard, and I tend to make a game out of every task. Even picking up litter is fun when you turn it into polo by using the grabber to pick up the trash without stopping the gator. So really, I get paid to play outside. How cool is that? I have a new boss this summer, though. Her name is Abby and she's very pregnant. She's due next month. It's crazy how many girls work in our park. Overall, there seem to be more guys working in the parks, just not in mine.

So on Monday I'll be missing another day of work. Dianna and I will be driving Jason down to Omaha to catch a flight to Afghanistan, where he will be flying humanitarian missions for the next six weeks. Crazy, huh? We're gonna make a day of it and do some shopping before we come back. Then, next weekend we'll be off to Gregory to visit Clay. Good times. This means my work week will be only three days long, but I think I can live with that.

Last night after work Sherwin and I went to The Incredible Hulk. It was pretty good. I'm still annoyed that they chose Liv Tyler to play the girlfriend (that's all she ever plays), but here character did redeem herself by the end and almost made up for her pathetic first few scenes. The part in South America was especially good, and I think it set the tone for the rest of the movie as a pretty straightforward action flick. Although, the best part may have been Tony Stark showing up at the end. Apparently they remade the Hulk movie so that they could have a viable character for some crossover plots, in the grand tradition of the superhero comic books. We'll see how long it takes for the crossover movie to be made, but it will be interesting to see what they do. It is the sort of prospect that has the potential to be either very good, or absolutely terrible. We pray they do it well.

The writing of this post has been cut off unexpectedly by an invitation to wander downtown with my roommate. More to follow later.