Welcome to the New Year
So I'm in the middle of finals at school. This week all our final projects were due (except one), and next week all our final tests are to be taken. I'm not really worried about them as they're mostly just memorization. All in all it hasn't been an especially stressful quarter. However it has FLOWN by! This quarter started the week before my birthday last year in November and now next week is the last week. It's mind boggling how much has happened to me in that short an amount of time. A few of the things that've happened started before this quarter but I count them because of how those things have developed and become significant in the last 11 weeks.
Just a few things I've gone through.
1. Started dating someone and made some significant changes in daily routine, priorities, and personal realizations with that.
2. Met a new friend, Country Boy, who started as a hook up off a website and has sense become a very good friend. He helped me get through some of my last issues with dating guy and has a good head on his shoulders which I'm always glad to have around. We also have a lot in common which is always nice!
3. I quit sleeping with Tenchi. 100% so. I cut him off after something that happened. It was the last straw in a string of events and opened my eyes to a lot of stuff that I'd always seen but firmly refused to actually look at. We're still best friends even though he's taking an extended trip out west right now. I'm taking care of our dogs in the meantime.
4. My grandfather passed away. Now granted this was before this quarter started, (around Halloween), but I'm still feeling some ripples caused from that aside from grief.
5. A very special friend of mine had returned to my life. He was one of the ripples my grandfather's death caused. I texted a lot of people about it because that's what people do when something sad happens and they need their support system, and accidently included him. (He's stopped talking me for unknown reasons and just completely cut me off. As earlier that day we'd gone on a date I was a little confused to say the least). He responded and we talked the entire week on and off while I was up North dealing with the funeral and all. When I got back I was supposed to see him. For reasons that I choose not to discuss right now I decided not to see him. I told him I had to deal with something else, (and I did), and then didn't contact him. He contacted me again a little before Christmas and since then things have resparked and we've been working our way back into the friendship and closeness we had before. I have answers now, but again... later.
6. Lost 35 lbs in 4 months. I went down two sizes and am apparently holding steady at 160 right now. If you do the math that means I was 195lbs when I started dieting and working out. I'll go into more about that later too as I'm still currently doing so. I'm still very proud of myself for it though. :) It's a big accomplishment on part.
7. I'm still in school. Now those who know me will say "why's that a big deal Jean, you're a nerd!" Well my honest and blunt friends, you're right; I am a nerd. It's a big deal however because not a single friend believed I could or would stick with it. They all wished me well but at the same time the constant comment I got was "but you can't draw!" Well I'm definitely no master and there are much better artists at school but I'm getting there! And I think I have some talent. I'm passing the classes with A's and B's so far and that's something else to be personally proud of. I will concede that some classes are easier than others and that the trend of easy classes lends itself to computer based classes vs. hand drawn classes but ya know, I more than half expected that. You put me in front of a computer and things just simply make sense to me. You put a pencil in my hand and paper in front of me and suddenly I'm drooling and going ehhhhhh????? I do what with what now? I'll be posting my stuff from the beginning to current soon in spats. I won't be posting everything I draw as that'd be irritating to all but I'll be posting a bunch. Constructive comments are welcome as well as encouragement. Naysayers may also join however you will be ignored unless you try the same assignment/pose I did and post that to prove you can do better. :P
8. The biggest occurrence and change in my life so far this year has hands down been breaking up with the guy I aforementioned that I was dating. It needed to happen and I think we both realized that but it was not easy. I gave up more than just a boyfriend when I did so though I'm not really quite ready to talk about exactly how much yet. We're on good terms and still talk but we've both moved on I think.
Looking back on it now, I feel like my New Year now is really just now starting. However/whenever it ended 2009 was a year I won't forget for better or worse and I'm thankful it happened; tears, jeers, sweat and smiles too.
Just a few things I've gone through.
1. Started dating someone and made some significant changes in daily routine, priorities, and personal realizations with that.
2. Met a new friend, Country Boy, who started as a hook up off a website and has sense become a very good friend. He helped me get through some of my last issues with dating guy and has a good head on his shoulders which I'm always glad to have around. We also have a lot in common which is always nice!
3. I quit sleeping with Tenchi. 100% so. I cut him off after something that happened. It was the last straw in a string of events and opened my eyes to a lot of stuff that I'd always seen but firmly refused to actually look at. We're still best friends even though he's taking an extended trip out west right now. I'm taking care of our dogs in the meantime.
4. My grandfather passed away. Now granted this was before this quarter started, (around Halloween), but I'm still feeling some ripples caused from that aside from grief.
5. A very special friend of mine had returned to my life. He was one of the ripples my grandfather's death caused. I texted a lot of people about it because that's what people do when something sad happens and they need their support system, and accidently included him. (He's stopped talking me for unknown reasons and just completely cut me off. As earlier that day we'd gone on a date I was a little confused to say the least). He responded and we talked the entire week on and off while I was up North dealing with the funeral and all. When I got back I was supposed to see him. For reasons that I choose not to discuss right now I decided not to see him. I told him I had to deal with something else, (and I did), and then didn't contact him. He contacted me again a little before Christmas and since then things have resparked and we've been working our way back into the friendship and closeness we had before. I have answers now, but again... later.
6. Lost 35 lbs in 4 months. I went down two sizes and am apparently holding steady at 160 right now. If you do the math that means I was 195lbs when I started dieting and working out. I'll go into more about that later too as I'm still currently doing so. I'm still very proud of myself for it though. :) It's a big accomplishment on part.
7. I'm still in school. Now those who know me will say "why's that a big deal Jean, you're a nerd!" Well my honest and blunt friends, you're right; I am a nerd. It's a big deal however because not a single friend believed I could or would stick with it. They all wished me well but at the same time the constant comment I got was "but you can't draw!" Well I'm definitely no master and there are much better artists at school but I'm getting there! And I think I have some talent. I'm passing the classes with A's and B's so far and that's something else to be personally proud of. I will concede that some classes are easier than others and that the trend of easy classes lends itself to computer based classes vs. hand drawn classes but ya know, I more than half expected that. You put me in front of a computer and things just simply make sense to me. You put a pencil in my hand and paper in front of me and suddenly I'm drooling and going ehhhhhh????? I do what with what now? I'll be posting my stuff from the beginning to current soon in spats. I won't be posting everything I draw as that'd be irritating to all but I'll be posting a bunch. Constructive comments are welcome as well as encouragement. Naysayers may also join however you will be ignored unless you try the same assignment/pose I did and post that to prove you can do better. :P
8. The biggest occurrence and change in my life so far this year has hands down been breaking up with the guy I aforementioned that I was dating. It needed to happen and I think we both realized that but it was not easy. I gave up more than just a boyfriend when I did so though I'm not really quite ready to talk about exactly how much yet. We're on good terms and still talk but we've both moved on I think.
Looking back on it now, I feel like my New Year now is really just now starting. However/whenever it ended 2009 was a year I won't forget for better or worse and I'm thankful it happened; tears, jeers, sweat and smiles too.