Retrophobic

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A quick converstation this morning between me and a guy I work with. Note: I was supposed to be in at six and I did indeed make it there at six.

Guy: This day is just dragging on. Probably ’cause I’ve been here since four.

Me: Four?? What were you doing here an hour early?

Guy: I forgot about the time change. I thought it was tonight.

Me: TIME CHANGE?! *frantically looking for a clock* Wait, what time is it really?!

Apparently, technology is awesome, and my phone automatically adjusted itself at two a.m. like it’s supposed to. My alarm went off at the new time, I had had an extra hour of sleep without knowing it, and when I glanced at my wall clock while getting dressed… I guess I only glanced at the minute hand!

This is all probably a good thing because I always stress about time change. Wait, that was today, right? Did I look at the clock I actually changed? CRAP, what if I’m the only idiot in the world who changed their clock and it’s really NEXT WEEK??

At the beginning of November 2005, I joined this website where you could create a time capsule of sorts to be sent to you a certain amount of time later. I filled mine out, and set it to three years; it would come to me at the end of October 2008, a date that seemed so far into the future that I was sure to forget about it. Well, I did. Thankfully, though, the email I used for mine is one I still use to sign up for things so I don’t get a bunch of spam in my normal email. I needed to duck into there for a confirmation email one day, and saw this sitting up near the top.

Today I opened it. I’m not going to post the entire thing because some parts are kind of personal, but a lot of it was a pretty interesting look into who I was and to who I hoped to become.

Current
Age: eighteen
height: five six - ish
status: single and not looking… too much.
hobbies: web and graphic design, blogging, writing, crochet, sewing, DANCE

The basics haven’t changed, except now I’m 21 and don’t have time for the crocheting and the sewing very often. I don’t dance as much as I think I used to, either… which makes me kinda sad. (more…)

Please don’t kill me for this.

• Sukkot was terriffic. We went (by ourselves, alas) to a campground in Sulphur OK and just had a nice relaxing time. It wasn’t “exciting” in the traditional sense of the word, but I got off work for six days, got to sleep in, got to stay up late, and I saw the Milky Way for the second time in my life.
• The Internet broke for a while. The good news is, when they sent us a replacement, it came with wireless… and my new computer (unlike the old one) came with WiFi!
• Work is going great. I honestly really love my job, even with all of its day-to-day frustrations.
• Dearma (my grandmother who I’m really close to) is coming down in December and staying clear through Hanukkah into January. Yippee!!
• It’s almost time to open up an email time capsule I sent three years ago, in 2005. Just a few more days! When I open it up, I’ll be sure to post something up here.

So between Sukkot and a broken Internet, you can see why I haven’t been around much. Everything’s working great now, though, so while this isn’t a promise I’ll be around more… I’ll try much much harder.