Hey Diana, where have you been?
It is funny how I tend to want to write more when times are tough. Do I use my journal as a venue to voice my frustrations or is it merely that I am a whiner? Hmmmm, debatable I’m sure but I do believe that it is easier to vent in your journal than to just write about how every day your life has become.
Since it has been around 2 months since I’ve set my fingers to the keyboard, I thought that I would sum up the goings on in my usual bulleted form.
- I have been working in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC for about 2 months now. In mid October they offered me a full time position which I thought about a whole lot and ended up declining.. As a temp with the University I receive benefits, a good wage and I don’t have to shoulder any responsibility. Until I figure out 100% what I want to do, I don’t want to commit to anything that won’t fulfill me. There is not one small part of me that doubts that I made the right decision. Although this is the first job in Vancouver that I haven’t hated, it is still not what I want to do (ie. I’m a personal assistant yet again).
- In August I had given up on men and in late August I took a chance and went on a date with some dork I met on some dating site. I mostly went out with him because I liked his tattoos and his glasses and when we went on our date he had something hanging from his nose. I remember sitting there on the date enthralled by how it danced around when he laughed …who knew that I would end up falling in love with this dude? I knew that I was in love with him the moment we could talk about poo together on my balcony and when we could laugh at each other’s farts… there are talks that ‘sleeves’ and I will be moving in together in March.
- Speaking of shacking up… we are planning on moving out of my wonderful apartment into another wonderful apartment in perhaps a different neighborhood (perhaps kits or south Granville…which means nothing to all you non-vancouverites). It will be closer to work for me (less bridges to cross) and closer to where my friends live. Non negotionables: I want an apartment that I can paint this time, I still want to live close to the water (just the other side of the bridge), I NEED NEED NEED a bigger kitchen, it would be nice if the living room was not right beside the bedroom as sleeves needs to wake up at 4am every day to go to work and I like to stay up late dancing to Diana Ross, and it would be nice to still have a balcony… I’m so excited about finding a new apartment! (even though I love mine to tears)
- I am going home for the holidays this year and I’m super excited. I’m not going home for my usual 5 days but rather for 2.5 weeks which is a very daring decision as I will not be paid for this vacation time. There is a part of me that feels that things will ‘just work out’ financially. Frick, I’m already in the hole …what is a few more dollars. I’m currently helping out at the gym part time YET AGAIN in attempts of saving some spending money. I’m also planning on going to Montreal for 3 nights as well… why? Just ‘cuz. Rhondy, if you don’t meet up with me for poutine I will slit my wrists and write ‘Help me Rhondy’ on the sidewalk with my blood.
- I’ve been gaining weight. This is not a figment of my imagination but a real live concern… I’ve put on 10 pounds in a little over a month and a half. Sleeves likes the fact that my boobs are bigger but daggnabbit why doesn’t the weight ever get closer to my butt??
- Current food obsessions: pomegranates, tacos, grapes, chocolate (sob…when did I become this choco-manic!), pies of all sorts, hard plums (but only when they are cut up into quarters and eaten from small white bowls), and raspberries.
- My hair is now longer than my shoulders. FUCKING FINALLY!
- My benefits through work are going to be active in 2 weeks Monday.. I can’t wait to finally get new glasses especially since the university covers $400 on a new pair. I’ve been wearing these white ones, which I now hate, for over 3 years and they are the first pair that I’m not replacing because I’ve broken or lost them while drunk. Bless, I’m an adult now! I’m going to get a new pair in Toronto as I know where all the fun frames shops are there! Oooh, or perhaps Montréal!! I’m super pumped.
- There is one more hour left of my day here at work and then I go to my next job…I was hoping that this post would have taken longer to write… booo urns!!!