Well Hi There!
So I've not posted here in a while, sadly. I could blame it on the instant gratification-ness of Twitter and Facebook, but that's not it really? LJ is more, I think, for longer, more detailed posts that go beyond mere character limits, and lately I just felt like I've not had much to say. Not sure why, I'm a pretty chatty fellow, but lately I've just not felt...up to write a blog post. I mean, it's not like I don't have a lot of awesome in my life, and I hate to boast, I just think I have less patience. Less patience not only to write my own posts, but also to read my Flist, and that needs to change. Writing is an exceptional tool and words are a wonderful currency, so I need to acquire more stock in both. Therefore, I'll be checking on y'all a lot more often, if y'all don't mind, starting today. I mean most of my friends are on here, so why not see how y'all are doin'? ;)
So I'll start the conversation with how I'm doing, which is pretty damned awesome. First, I began dating a wonderful, marvelous woman a few weeks ago now, and it's been just amazing. It's funny because we originally met at my therapist's office (she was leaving, I was coming in) and thought she was cute, but never thought I should pursue it until recently, so my therapist gave her my Facebook info with my consent, and it just began from there. Once we had our first date a few weeks ago, it was pretty damned magical, so I'm excited about where things are going. :)
Secondly, nearly two months after getting my 2008 Honda Fit Sport, and I still love, love, love the car. I swear, if I won the lottery, I'd still keep this car (just pay it off of course). It's so much fun to drive it's silly, and I'm still making excuses to drive it anywhere. Within a couple of months I hope to take her on her first road trip, either to San Diego or San Francisco (y'all've been warned). ;) I've never felt more comfortable with a car, nor more in control of what I'm driving. She just has phenomenal grip and amazing handling, yet for her small size, she's very roomy on the inside and very comfortable. I don't think I could've chosen a better car. :)
Thirdly, for the last month I've not had cable. I've gotten rid of it in order to stream TV shows from my PC to my TV using services like Hulu, Netflix and many others. It was sucky for a while because I had crappy DSL with AT&T, which I could only use wirelessly due to the placement of my phone jack. Last week, though, I got Time Warner Cable Internet (Road Runner) and was able to have both my PS3 and PC connected to each other over wires, which leads to a much more stable connection, faster too. I honestly don't think I need I need to go back to cable ever again, as I'm doing just fine without it. Saving $70 a month will also help immensely. :)
Fourthly, therapy is going incredibly well. The thing I'm working on now is "making a new story." My therapist says that I've been telling the same story for years...that my abuse was negative, that some part of me deserved it, yadda yadda. Now I'm learning a new story, a story of survival, a story of learning from my pain, learning how NOT to behave, how NOT to treat people, and how NOT to live my life. It's an...odd transition because I've kept ahold of this "story" for decades now, and while I can feel myself changing over to the new story, it's kinda scary and so on, as all change is at first. I'm sure once I get through this next hurdle that I'll be even happier and more well-adjusted than I already am. (quiet in the peanut gallery ;)
So yeah *knocks wood*, things are going very, very well, and while life threw me some curve balls earlier this year, I've handled every one of them with determination. :) Thanks for reading my rambling post. :)
Now, moving onto to y'all, how are you? :) I'd love to hear how you're doing, either with a comment or a link to an important recent blog post. :) Talk to y'all soon. :)
So I'll start the conversation with how I'm doing, which is pretty damned awesome. First, I began dating a wonderful, marvelous woman a few weeks ago now, and it's been just amazing. It's funny because we originally met at my therapist's office (she was leaving, I was coming in) and thought she was cute, but never thought I should pursue it until recently, so my therapist gave her my Facebook info with my consent, and it just began from there. Once we had our first date a few weeks ago, it was pretty damned magical, so I'm excited about where things are going. :)
Secondly, nearly two months after getting my 2008 Honda Fit Sport, and I still love, love, love the car. I swear, if I won the lottery, I'd still keep this car (just pay it off of course). It's so much fun to drive it's silly, and I'm still making excuses to drive it anywhere. Within a couple of months I hope to take her on her first road trip, either to San Diego or San Francisco (y'all've been warned). ;) I've never felt more comfortable with a car, nor more in control of what I'm driving. She just has phenomenal grip and amazing handling, yet for her small size, she's very roomy on the inside and very comfortable. I don't think I could've chosen a better car. :)
Thirdly, for the last month I've not had cable. I've gotten rid of it in order to stream TV shows from my PC to my TV using services like Hulu, Netflix and many others. It was sucky for a while because I had crappy DSL with AT&T, which I could only use wirelessly due to the placement of my phone jack. Last week, though, I got Time Warner Cable Internet (Road Runner) and was able to have both my PS3 and PC connected to each other over wires, which leads to a much more stable connection, faster too. I honestly don't think I need I need to go back to cable ever again, as I'm doing just fine without it. Saving $70 a month will also help immensely. :)
Fourthly, therapy is going incredibly well. The thing I'm working on now is "making a new story." My therapist says that I've been telling the same story for years...that my abuse was negative, that some part of me deserved it, yadda yadda. Now I'm learning a new story, a story of survival, a story of learning from my pain, learning how NOT to behave, how NOT to treat people, and how NOT to live my life. It's an...odd transition because I've kept ahold of this "story" for decades now, and while I can feel myself changing over to the new story, it's kinda scary and so on, as all change is at first. I'm sure once I get through this next hurdle that I'll be even happier and more well-adjusted than I already am. (quiet in the peanut gallery ;)
So yeah *knocks wood*, things are going very, very well, and while life threw me some curve balls earlier this year, I've handled every one of them with determination. :) Thanks for reading my rambling post. :)
Now, moving onto to y'all, how are you? :) I'd love to hear how you're doing, either with a comment or a link to an important recent blog post. :) Talk to y'all soon. :)