Right Back Where We Started From

I cannot express how good disco makes me feel in the morning! Brian and I woke up to Maxine Nightingale's, "Right Back Where We Started From." After I danced to the song, I took a shower and sang all the way through. Shaving was hard for me because I kept on singing and luckily, I did not cut myself. I asked Brian if he thought I was weird and he said, "Yes!" There is no denying it: I am really, really weird... but that is exactly how I like it.

As I write this on Friday morning, I'm in such a great mood! It probably stems from having a great time last night with friends. It was Anne's last night in Utah before she moves to New York, so we all went out to eat at the Mexican restaurant, Su Casa. Her boyfriend Paul, Scott, Nathan, Megan and I were all there to say goodbye. I had a really good time with them all.

After that, Nathan, Megan and I went to Sugarhouse park to just hang out. We walked around the park, used the public restrooms that thankfully did not have any gay men in them, and then went to The Coffee Garden (which is in the "gay district" of Salt Lake--half a block). While we didn't actually do anything besides sit around and talk, I loved it! It made me realize how fun I need to make this summer become.

Last Friday, I was really sad and upset because my tuition reimbursement maxed out at $2000 instead of the standard $3500. When I called to find out why, the HR department told me that I was considered a part-time employee instead of a full-time employee, hence the reduction in reimbursement money. This caused me to only get about $450 on a $1900 claim and I had to drop my classes (the last classes of my degree) for the summer. I will not get my diploma at the end of summer like I had originally planned--I will have to wait until December or possibly next year since I am working on a second degree. I don't like talking about it because I feel so stupid having my parents come out for my "graduation" when I won't even get my degree until the end of the year. While I had my graduation in May because I wanted my grandmother present (her health is failing), I still feel dumb. But oh well!

I keep singing Maxine's song and it just keeps me in a great mood. I've actually got all my co-workers singing it too (and now they tell me to stop it because the song is stuck in their head). Maybe I'm just a sucker for great dance songs, but I love the lyrics too:

Ooo and it's alright and it's comin' 'long
We got to get right back to where we started from
Love is good, love can be strong
We got to get right back to where we started from

Bands usually have tours with funny names, so I'm going to do the same thing. This summer is officially called, "Jesse's 'Right Back Where We Started From' Summer of 2005." I will make another post with my summer goals.