Message-ID: <25205731.1075841920907.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:10:00 -0800 (PST) From: kate.symes@enron.com To: annas@cobs.edu Subject: Re: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Kate Symes X-To: Anna Symes @ ENRON X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \kate symes 6-27-02\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: SYMES-K X-FileName: kate symes 6-27-02.nsf Dearest Anna, my most favorite sister of them all! I'm sorry I've been so bad about staying in touch while you've been stuck in those Rocky Mountain highs and lows of life. It sounds like things are going really well though (Rocky Mountain "highs") and that you've made it through most of the tumult of moving to a new place (Rocky Mountain "lows"). Amber tells me every time she talks to Marky, her man of the hour, he mentions how they've got to get together with you when she comes to town - which will be on next Friday, whoo hoo, party! I'm so mad that she gets to go and I don't, being that I am not, like her, in my eighth year of college and therefore do not enjoy such things as "Spring Break Mania" anymore. And Monica tells Marky who tells Amber who tells me that she'd love to hang out with you more often. It sounds like you guys had a ball at dinner, eh? So you've got options, girlfriend, which is worlds more than I can say for my life at the mo'. It pretty much consists of working, eating, and sleeping. I'm definitely looking into that SAD mental disorder thing, because I think it's got me in its clutches. But the recent abundance of sunshine has brought me enough renewed energy to start thinking about life after winter. We're doing lots of gardening, cooking, and decorating at the house - it's like having three Martha Stewarts all working together, only slightly less stylish , immensely less efficient, and drunk. Other than that, I've been trying to organize and simplify my life - taking care of mounds of paperwork, paying off debts, sorting out all those nagging little post-it notes that plague me constantly and demand my attention in vain. I'm actually starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, like maybe I could buy a car or take a trip in a few months, or even buy a SECOND pair of shoes, but let's not get wild and crazy just yet. So I heard Dad and Laura are on their way to your neck of the woods with an automobile. That is, in the immortal words of the guys in "Dude, where's my car?", SWEET... DUDE! You are stoked. I bet that's a major load off - just make sure to keep your finances in check and not get in over your head. Take it from one who knows. I'm seriously looking into buying an old beater car; but then I start fantasizing about the Audi A4 Quattro, and suddenly $30,000 doesn't seem like a bad price for becoming ultimately cool. Lately I've been doing a lot of research into self-improvement measures. I just applied for post-baccalaureate status at U of O, so I can start taking economics and poli sci classes online. (I just got my new FREE computer from work!) I'm also studying for the GRE, and pretty soon here I'm going to get serious about graduate school. I think I've decided on international studies and/or economics, depending on how well I like the classes I take. I've found my dream program at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. It's a two-year Masters of International Studies program that begins in Washington and ends in.....are you sitting down?.....Bologna, Italy! Holy shit, does it get more perfect? Apparently it's like the premiere training ground for government officials, according to my friend Andy who laughed forcefully in my face when I told him I wanted to get into it. But I figure, I'm not getting any younger, and I don't want any regrets, so I'm goin' for it, dude. As for the love life, it's nonexistant, which is why I'm putting so much energy into the self-improvement area of my life. I figure as long as I'm having no fun with boys I might as well be beefing up my net value. By the time they come around again, the eligible pool will have shrunk to 1 in 100 million. Whatever. Anyway, now that I've written you the longest paragraph of my life, I must retreat to my work duties. Then it's off for a thrilling tour of Portland via Tri-Met. Molly's making me dinner tonight in exchange for a finished resume. It's only taken her 3 years to compile the information for it, so this one should be a doozy. Hey, if you can ever make it home for a weekend, you should come at the end of May - David Gray is coming to the Schnitzer, and it's going to be fabulous! I'll buy your concert ticket if you can convince Dad to get your plane ticket. Call me soon if you can, or I'll call this weekend. Take care and I miss you! Love, Kate Anna Symes on 03/13/2001 02:55:09 PM To: "Kate Symes (E-mail)" cc: Subject: Hey Lady! What do you think you're doing? I haven't talked to you in way too long. You have to update me on the sitch! I am going on a date with a guy I met while out with Monica last weekend. He was our waiter and he looks like Chandler Bing, only Monica kept calling him Chanandler Bong (did you see that episode when they had to name who the TV Guide came to?). She is so fun! I was so glad to get out of my apartment/away from my roommate. And now I have a date, so I'm excited. I'm still in contact with Mr. Colorblind, but we've had the friends talk so it's been really cool. In fact, he's nicer to me now than he was before! Anyway, that's crazy news about Mom's house! I guess no more crashing at her house when I go home. How are your roommates? Your seattle boyfriend? Your job? Write me with the goods, woman. I am getting a car in two weeks and I am more excited than any car-buyer has ever been. My job is great, although i think I'm getting scoliosis from bad posture in an uncomfortable chair all day. Nothing else is happening. Are you going out for St. Patrick's Day? I have to work, but there's a big outdoor thing downtown that I might go to afterwards. Okay, must go work. Call me though! I miss you! Love, Anna