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Yeah, I know I haven't written in forever. I've been busy and without internet for quite a while.
I'm happy to announce that other than some moving stress and Andrew puffing up like a balloon via beesting, I've been very content lately. I feel as though I'm starting a new chapter in my life, and everything is going really well so far. I'm loving my new apartment, I have two new jobs at which I'm meeting a lot of new cool people, and I'm dating someone wonderful. I also feel as though I've managed to eliminate a lot of the negative aspects of my life, or at least avoid them to a large extent. I'm also very excited that I'm meeting a lot of cool girls at my job that don't get drunk, vomit, make things stink, or keep me awake all night every time I'm around them.
I do feel bad that over the last two weeks, the move into the new place has made me, as Andrew put it, "a solid bitch." There have been a lot of people that did a lot to help and support me, and I've repaid it with a lot of crappy and mean behavior, but yesterday Andrew and I went out to the Tibetian Cultural Center, and it gave me an opportunity to really think. Recently, I've really been falling back on the ability to learn from my mistakes and the things that I dislike about people that I come across. I think that's the secret to happiness: to chill out, work hard, be nice, and recognize one's ignorance. I'm aware that there's still a lot about me that I need to fix, but I think that by seeing the faults and thinking about how to fix them, I can definately improve.
I think another reason I've been doing better lately is the fact that I'm working again. For most of this summer, I've been really bored and feeling incrediably useless because I couldn't get a job, but now that I have something to focus my energy, I feel great. Working as a librarian and a waitress may not be super prestigious, but honestly, I didn't want to work in an office. I'm not really passionate about the jobs that I'm working at now, but they put food on the table so that I can continue working on my book, and it's allowing me to meet people my own age, something I probably couldn't have done if I had got an office job. Working at Cafe D'Jango is hard, but I love the exercise and mental stimulation, and when I come home, I feel as though I've earned my rest, and when I eat, it's really satisfing because I have an appitite again, I'm not just stuffing my face for sake of it.
The book is chuggin along. I've been busy for the last three weeks or so trying to condense two chapters into one while still maintaining a page limit, but I'm still really excited about it. Andrew made me feel really good about it the other day when he said that it was going to be something really good because of all the work I've been putting into it. It's nice to hear someone else say that because sometimes I start to doubt it.
I helped Mike and Shane move into their new place today. It's really nice and just down the street from my place. They're having a BBQ tomorrow, which will be fun because I haven't seen most of that crowd in months. Granted some of them have been out of town, and for the most of a lot of the last couple weeks I've been busy as hell. There's a lot of people that I've fallen out of touch with, but I'm excited to reconnect, especially now that I'm getting settled, and people are coming back to town for classes.
Gotta go--work.
I'm happy to announce that other than some moving stress and Andrew puffing up like a balloon via beesting, I've been very content lately. I feel as though I'm starting a new chapter in my life, and everything is going really well so far. I'm loving my new apartment, I have two new jobs at which I'm meeting a lot of new cool people, and I'm dating someone wonderful. I also feel as though I've managed to eliminate a lot of the negative aspects of my life, or at least avoid them to a large extent. I'm also very excited that I'm meeting a lot of cool girls at my job that don't get drunk, vomit, make things stink, or keep me awake all night every time I'm around them.
I do feel bad that over the last two weeks, the move into the new place has made me, as Andrew put it, "a solid bitch." There have been a lot of people that did a lot to help and support me, and I've repaid it with a lot of crappy and mean behavior, but yesterday Andrew and I went out to the Tibetian Cultural Center, and it gave me an opportunity to really think. Recently, I've really been falling back on the ability to learn from my mistakes and the things that I dislike about people that I come across. I think that's the secret to happiness: to chill out, work hard, be nice, and recognize one's ignorance. I'm aware that there's still a lot about me that I need to fix, but I think that by seeing the faults and thinking about how to fix them, I can definately improve.
I think another reason I've been doing better lately is the fact that I'm working again. For most of this summer, I've been really bored and feeling incrediably useless because I couldn't get a job, but now that I have something to focus my energy, I feel great. Working as a librarian and a waitress may not be super prestigious, but honestly, I didn't want to work in an office. I'm not really passionate about the jobs that I'm working at now, but they put food on the table so that I can continue working on my book, and it's allowing me to meet people my own age, something I probably couldn't have done if I had got an office job. Working at Cafe D'Jango is hard, but I love the exercise and mental stimulation, and when I come home, I feel as though I've earned my rest, and when I eat, it's really satisfing because I have an appitite again, I'm not just stuffing my face for sake of it.
The book is chuggin along. I've been busy for the last three weeks or so trying to condense two chapters into one while still maintaining a page limit, but I'm still really excited about it. Andrew made me feel really good about it the other day when he said that it was going to be something really good because of all the work I've been putting into it. It's nice to hear someone else say that because sometimes I start to doubt it.
I helped Mike and Shane move into their new place today. It's really nice and just down the street from my place. They're having a BBQ tomorrow, which will be fun because I haven't seen most of that crowd in months. Granted some of them have been out of town, and for the most of a lot of the last couple weeks I've been busy as hell. There's a lot of people that I've fallen out of touch with, but I'm excited to reconnect, especially now that I'm getting settled, and people are coming back to town for classes.
Gotta go--work.