Roasted buns

Oh my. Has it really been that long since my last post? There's only one thing to blame for that: Work. I recently switched jobs. My tenure at my last job required crazy hours, mostly because we were so understaffed. My new job is busy in a different sort of way. The good thing is that technically, I shouldn't have to bring any work home. The bad thing is that I always find a way to bring work home with me.

I was talking to a coworker today about taking summer Fridays and how, because of the project we work on, it has been near impossible to do that. But because we are getting some freelance help this week, I think I'm actually going to be able to do that. We were also chatting about freelancing, and how I could never be a full time freelancer. The problem is that I have two sides to me: I can be a totally lazy ass and the ultimate procrastinator. Then I have this other extreme that becomes a workaholic and a control freak at work and never takes vacation because I'm afraid of not being in the loop when I come back--I hate the feeling of not knowing what's going on. I haven't taken a vacation in over a year (aside from a few small weekends home), mostly because I have no money to go anywhere, but I also won't just take those days off to chill. I guess I feel like if I'm not gonna be doing anything vacation-y, I may as well just be at work.

Last weekend, however, I finally got to take a mini getaway to the beach in Connecticut courtesy of S and L. It was great to just chill on the beach and go to bed before midnight (something I find near impossible to do in NYC). All of this was wonderful and relaxing--but of course, the one time I'm on "vacation," I go and burn my ass. Literally. I didn't put enough sunscreen on the back of my legs and the lower part of my butt cheeks that are exposed by a bikini bottom. So when you look at my bare ass it looks like i have white underwear on and red legs. It looks like someone took a hot pink paintbrush and ran it down my legs. It looks like I got spanked hard by a frat boy.

Ouch! I can't even vacation without causing myself some stress.

p.s: If this is a Filipino prison, lock me up! The best part: The "girlfriend's" hairline. Awesome.