Its been a while since this girl was this busy. Usually, she gets to wake up late and do whatever tickles her fancy. She gets a nails done, she reads, she potters around the house chatting with The Mother, she meets her friends for lunch, coffee or tea. Once in a while, she meets clients, does projects (read: work) and makes enough to maintain her slacker-jack lifestyle without eating into savings. Its not the best way to live, but its not the worst way to live either. But she did work very hard for the last few years and does have enough shored up for her to take it a little slower for a while. She likes to think she’s earned it.
Of late, with her decision to not go to grad school and her taking the step back into the foray of work, she’s been back to being busier than ever. She blitz in and out of the office, has back-to-back stacked meetings, has projects and consults that are all coming to a head at the same time and poor Miss Pedantic has to accommodate this girl’s insane lifestyle. This is on top of Miss Pedantic having had the biggest scare in her life being one of those who were holidaying in Sichuan when the quake hit. (Side bar: This girl is so happy you are back safe, Miss P.)
And amidst this girl’s sudden busyness and her sudden feeling of isolation with her not being able to be as in touch with her friends as she would like to be, she gets a message from Green Bra that says, “you’re waaay too busy love! some of us are having withdrawal symptoms!
This, my darlings, is why you can never replace amazing girlfriends.
