The rollercoaster called life.

Last week was a better week. I wish I could've written about it when I was in higher spirits, but alas I was lazy and "busy"...nope, just lazy. I saw Stephen Colberto who I love dearly and he even named my cousin his token "Ecuadorian" friend. I also landed a job, and of course saw my jolly old chum Joey who I always enjoy spending small amounts of time with. 

Today, I started that job. I woke up with my continuously swelling eye and felt some sense of hope. That all went downhill after 12:30 p.m. Basically, I stack, tab, and organize home loan applications and insurance apps for MetLife. Eventually, you have to do some data-entry with all this information. It's very mundane, but it pays. The girl who was training me was pretty patient considering how slow I was but the people there for the most part aren't especially welcoming. It's probably a mix between their abundance of work, and my shy tendencies. 

I was also surprised to find out that my grandmother passed away this afternoon. I guess I shouldn't be that surprised since she was 99 but last I had heard (which was last week) she was fine. Slightly senile, but fine. Of course, everyone always finds it necessary to justify someone's death, especially when it comes to older people. "They've lived a long life." It doesn't mean they lived a good or happy life. And it certainly doesn't make me feel better about my grandmother dying. It doesn't help that I am horrible at dealing with death or any sort of emotional situation. I like being alone when dealing with death. Some people like being with others, but I feel strange. Everyone is crying and I can't. It's not that I don't feel sad, because I obviously do but I guess my crying cues are off from everyone else's. The most painful part right now is to watch my dad deal with this. He is the absolute worst when it comes with displaying emotions aside from happiness and anger. Man, I still remember her always telling me these crazy stories about her own childhood but I can't even remember what her favorite anything was except for this one bolero called Mil Violines. :sigh: I'm drained and tired but I doubt I'll sleep.