Yes, I am still alive.
What? It's only been 4 months since I last updated what's the big deal? Hehe...I"m terrible. I know.
My life, yet again is consistently a relatively simple splash in an otherwise exciting puddle of life. Wow that was a terrible metaphor. I'm way too tired for this right now. I guess lots of things have changed in my life afterall. My roommate's dad passed away very unexpectedly on December 6th from a heart attack (he was only 54). So this semester is kind of a little bit darker around our apartment...understandably. It's tough though because she won't talk to anyone about it, but she's still cranky all the time and is not being very nice to her body, i.e no exercise, terrible diet, etc. I know it's not my place to judge at all because everyone handles things like this in their own way, but i'm just worried about her.
School is going well. I'm on my way to finishing my thesis. All of my research is done and I have a few sections already written. I have until June so I am looking forward to getting done early when everyone else is at stress level 10. I don't think anyone else in my class has even begun collecting their data yet so I should be alright.
Work is going well too. I"m working with the gymnastics team right now. These girls, as a group, have an absolutely amazing number of psychosis between them. Gymnastics is really a terrible sport, especially for women. You have to stand up in front of judges who are critiquing everthing you do. You're in a tiny little leotard and if you don't get a PERFECT score then you're nothing. It's just terrible. Everything is so individual. My kids won't do gymnastics....maybe at the teeny kid "jump on the trampoline and do summer-saults stage, but not after that. Not to mention what it does to their bodies....don't even get me started on that.
Love life.....funny story. I met a boy. Imagine that. It truely does happen PRECISELY when you're not looking. I DID NOT want a boyfriend. I didn't want any kind of relationship. I wanted to graduate in June, get a job ,and start my life -- no baggage included. But I seem to have collected some beautiful baggage. You can click here if you want to see my new boy: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/trainersworld44/album?.dir=/c4cf . His name's Daniel and I actually met him out on the night of my birthday in December. Strangest thing because I thought I was WAY past meeting men at the bar. My friend was dancing with one of his friends and he came up to say hi to him and he and I started dancing and that was it......he asked for my number...NEVER mentioned going home together or anything which i thought was great....he called that night...and the next night...and we went out on our first official "date" 2 days later. He's absolutely amazing. He's 26 and from Ghana in Africa. Exotic I know. He's great. Speaks 5 languages, intelligent, etc etc. My favorite thing is that he notices and likes things about me that many people in the past have never really noticed...things that I think are very important. I've honestly never felt like this toward anyone. We're only going on 2 months so I know it's still so early and things can change, but right now things are great. We've only had a few fun "discussions", primarily dealing with when and how we see each other. I work 10 am - 6 pm and he work 5 pm - 1am. Soooo..that doesn't leave much time for us to see eachother. It results in one of us going over to the other person's place at 2 am...not getting enough sleep.....being cranky the next day, etc etc. He only works until 7 pm on Friday and Saturday nights so we can do some "normal couple stuff" those days, but even still once he showers and is ready to do anything it's 8:30 so that still doesn't leave much time. We're working on it and it's going alright. We're actually doing really well I think. We certainly don't spend every night together.....maybe 3 or 4. It's one of the first times that I've dated someone where we actually have that nice balance of "me" time and "us time". Also, the schedule works out alright because I have plenty of time to get my school stuff done at night. We balance each other out very well. He is completely, 100% rational at all times.....unless he slips and lets me into his hidden emotions and me...well I almost always make my decisions based on my emotions. It's an interesting dynamic and we've already taught each other a lot I think....he's opening up so much more now and I"m seeing things more logically at times. It's the little things that he does that he doesn't even recognize that makes me fall for him that much more. Obviously I could keep talking about him all day........in the end. He makes me so happy.....*sigh*
I think that's way too much typing for one day. What can I say...it takes a lot to update a 4-month hiatus!
Time for me to lay my head on my desk at work and "look busy"....
~Leah