holy shit...
it's been forever since i last updated. i feel like i have no time anymore. lately, i've had shit to do CONSTANTLY, so even on my days off i'm busy. but today is kind of a lazy day for me. i say kind of cuz i still got shit done around the apt like cleaning and whatnot. but i still got to relax some so now i'm writing a blog. lol so today is 10 months for me and jamie. :) she's working right now and i'm off today so i plan on making dinner for her tonight. some home-cooked spanish food. hehe gonna make steak, rice & beans, and potatoes. we've got a bottle of wine in the fridge and our lil hookah. should be a nice evening together and i can't wait til she gets home. :) so yeah...wow lots to update on since my last entry. let's see...where to begin...
first of all, jamie and i moved in together july 1st. we got an apartment in northeast philly, right on the boulevard and bustleton. so far it's been great living here with her. we split the rent and bills and it's pretty affordable. we take turns doing chores around the house and have had no issues at all. we're super happy living together. oh and twinkie came with me. she loves it here with us. so it's like we got our own little family now. haha a kitty and her 2 mommies! i also got a new job at a vet clinic in the city. old city to be exact. it's called society hill vet hospital and it's right on 2nd and lombard. i started there end of july and so far it's been going really well. i couldn't take it at mt laurel anymore. too many techs left and the workload was getting to be too much, especially for the shitty pay i was getting. society hill offered me a dollar more so i took it. it's def been a LOT less stressful, too. mt laurel was causing my anxiety to skyrocket after a while with all the working i was doing just to pay my bills. i was working 6-7 days a week (about 50-60 hours). it was ridiculous. my new job is a lot less hectic. the ppl have been real cool so far. and my fave thing about the place is that there's no policy against piercings and tattoos. i hated having to cover up my wrist tattoo all the time. now i work with a ton of ppl with very visible tats and piercings and it's perfectly normal. i love it. :) the only thing that kinda sucks is that i've noticed certain ppl i work with aren't happy there. they tend to complain a lot about the hospital and i feel like saying, "try working at my old job...then u'll REALLY have somethin to complain about." but whatever. i like it there and i'm there to stay.
hmmm...what else is there to update on? my summer wasn't too bad. i just wish i could've done more. my shitty work schedule at mt laurel made it impossible for me to make any plans for the weekend. and when i DID have off, the weather would be too shitty to go anywhere. needless to say, i only made it out to the beach ONCE this summer. i didn't even make it to the jersey shore. we ended up goin down to rehoboth beach, but t was gorgeous. we had a great time down there, even though i got stung by a jellyfish. haha i just wish i coulda made it to the beach a couple more times before summer was over. meh. oh well. there's always next year i guess. i did make it out to a couple concerts. got to see no doubt perform in june which was fucking AWESOME! they played all their hits of course and me and jamie spent the entire concert belting out all the songs and jumping up and down like maniacs. haha also got to see incubus with her and my sibs. AMAZING show! they never disappoint. :) and in a couple weeks i'll be going to see lacuna coil as well as dave matthews. woo! can't wait. hehe still so much other shit planned that's coming up. man i've been keepin busy. got my sister's b-day this sunday so there'll be a bbq at my parents' house. tomorrow jamie and i are goin back down to rehoboth to see her aunt and i'll get to finally meet her which should be cool. her aunt is also gay and lives out in cali and has been looking forward to meeting me. i actually talked to her on the phone once before and she seems really nice. oh god and at some point i'll be finally meeting the parents, which i'm totally freaking out about. but it's a big step forward since her mom is finally becoming more accepting of jamie and her life. makes me happy knowing that her mom is really trying now and actually wants to meet me. doesn't make it any less scary, though! lol
i gotta say, my life has really changed in the past year. looking back on it all now i sit back and just think "wow!". it's fucking crazy. i never would've thought i'd be where i am now. in an amazing relationship with the most beautiful woman my eyes have ever beheld. someone who loves me and understands me on all levels. none of what i typed back in february has changed since then. i feel just as strongly as i did at that time, if not MORE. and she feels the same for me. we tell each other constantly how much we love each other. i fall asleep with her in my arms and a smile on a my face. no words can truly describe. my job is great, also. i'm making decent money now, still doing what i love most. i love working in the city. i've always loved old city and just being in that atmosphere makes me happy. the commute is kinda long since i prefer to take public trans instead of driving, but it's a lot more convenient than trying to deal with traffic and finding a parking spot. my family has been so supportive of me, also. they absolutely LOVE jamie and treat her like family. even my grandma loves her! hehe it's so wonderful knowing that i have such a loving family and that jamie has become part of that now.
unfortunately, my parents have been dealing with a lot of bullshit lately. my dad's been out of work for well over a year now and my mom just got laid off from the job she's been working for almost 10 years. :( my dad's been lookin like crazy for another job now, esp now that my mom's gonna be out of work pretty soon. luckily, my mom got a 2 month severance but who knows how easy it'll be for her to find another job right now in this economy? i'm just worried with all the bills and mortgage they have to pay. i plan on helping them however i can, of course. my dad's even considering going back to work for tastykake. so i guess we'll see how that pans out. i'm sure they'll manage somehow and i know the rest of us are here to help out however we can. my bro's been seeing this new girl named jaine who seems real sweet so far. she's this skinny lil white girl. haha real pretty...long red hair. a little quiet at first but super nice and seems to really care bout my bro. the most important thing is that he's happy and that's all that matters to me. my sis is still with eddie, who's in florida right now with his dad. she's starting school again this coming week. damn...this entry is long.
oh and let's not forget my sweet little man, rocco! hehehehehe he's gotten SO big! he's also a big ass baby. he has some anxiety issues unfortunately so we're trying to work with him on that. he gets extremely scared around strangers. no one can ever approach him if they wanna pet him cuz he runs off terrified and starts to bark. i dunno why he's so scared. he's been socialized since he was a puppy when we got him. so we've been taking him to the dog park to get him used to more ppl and see if maybe he'll follow example from other dogs that socialize better with ppl. it's been a slow process but i feel like he's gettin there. he's still my baby, though! i miss him so much and whenever i go to my parents' i shower him with kisses. hehe he gets so excited to see me, too! runs up with his bone in his mouth, waggin his entire back end. haha so cute! and of course, cactus is his usual lil chunky self jus doin his thing. and my lil old lady luna is doing great. i miss the babies when i'm not there, but i got my twinkie here. :) (who happens to be on my lap as we speak. lol)
ok i think i'm finally done this entry. until next time...whenever that is...
first of all, jamie and i moved in together july 1st. we got an apartment in northeast philly, right on the boulevard and bustleton. so far it's been great living here with her. we split the rent and bills and it's pretty affordable. we take turns doing chores around the house and have had no issues at all. we're super happy living together. oh and twinkie came with me. she loves it here with us. so it's like we got our own little family now. haha a kitty and her 2 mommies! i also got a new job at a vet clinic in the city. old city to be exact. it's called society hill vet hospital and it's right on 2nd and lombard. i started there end of july and so far it's been going really well. i couldn't take it at mt laurel anymore. too many techs left and the workload was getting to be too much, especially for the shitty pay i was getting. society hill offered me a dollar more so i took it. it's def been a LOT less stressful, too. mt laurel was causing my anxiety to skyrocket after a while with all the working i was doing just to pay my bills. i was working 6-7 days a week (about 50-60 hours). it was ridiculous. my new job is a lot less hectic. the ppl have been real cool so far. and my fave thing about the place is that there's no policy against piercings and tattoos. i hated having to cover up my wrist tattoo all the time. now i work with a ton of ppl with very visible tats and piercings and it's perfectly normal. i love it. :) the only thing that kinda sucks is that i've noticed certain ppl i work with aren't happy there. they tend to complain a lot about the hospital and i feel like saying, "try working at my old job...then u'll REALLY have somethin to complain about." but whatever. i like it there and i'm there to stay.
hmmm...what else is there to update on? my summer wasn't too bad. i just wish i could've done more. my shitty work schedule at mt laurel made it impossible for me to make any plans for the weekend. and when i DID have off, the weather would be too shitty to go anywhere. needless to say, i only made it out to the beach ONCE this summer. i didn't even make it to the jersey shore. we ended up goin down to rehoboth beach, but t was gorgeous. we had a great time down there, even though i got stung by a jellyfish. haha i just wish i coulda made it to the beach a couple more times before summer was over. meh. oh well. there's always next year i guess. i did make it out to a couple concerts. got to see no doubt perform in june which was fucking AWESOME! they played all their hits of course and me and jamie spent the entire concert belting out all the songs and jumping up and down like maniacs. haha also got to see incubus with her and my sibs. AMAZING show! they never disappoint. :) and in a couple weeks i'll be going to see lacuna coil as well as dave matthews. woo! can't wait. hehe still so much other shit planned that's coming up. man i've been keepin busy. got my sister's b-day this sunday so there'll be a bbq at my parents' house. tomorrow jamie and i are goin back down to rehoboth to see her aunt and i'll get to finally meet her which should be cool. her aunt is also gay and lives out in cali and has been looking forward to meeting me. i actually talked to her on the phone once before and she seems really nice. oh god and at some point i'll be finally meeting the parents, which i'm totally freaking out about. but it's a big step forward since her mom is finally becoming more accepting of jamie and her life. makes me happy knowing that her mom is really trying now and actually wants to meet me. doesn't make it any less scary, though! lol
i gotta say, my life has really changed in the past year. looking back on it all now i sit back and just think "wow!". it's fucking crazy. i never would've thought i'd be where i am now. in an amazing relationship with the most beautiful woman my eyes have ever beheld. someone who loves me and understands me on all levels. none of what i typed back in february has changed since then. i feel just as strongly as i did at that time, if not MORE. and she feels the same for me. we tell each other constantly how much we love each other. i fall asleep with her in my arms and a smile on a my face. no words can truly describe. my job is great, also. i'm making decent money now, still doing what i love most. i love working in the city. i've always loved old city and just being in that atmosphere makes me happy. the commute is kinda long since i prefer to take public trans instead of driving, but it's a lot more convenient than trying to deal with traffic and finding a parking spot. my family has been so supportive of me, also. they absolutely LOVE jamie and treat her like family. even my grandma loves her! hehe it's so wonderful knowing that i have such a loving family and that jamie has become part of that now.
unfortunately, my parents have been dealing with a lot of bullshit lately. my dad's been out of work for well over a year now and my mom just got laid off from the job she's been working for almost 10 years. :( my dad's been lookin like crazy for another job now, esp now that my mom's gonna be out of work pretty soon. luckily, my mom got a 2 month severance but who knows how easy it'll be for her to find another job right now in this economy? i'm just worried with all the bills and mortgage they have to pay. i plan on helping them however i can, of course. my dad's even considering going back to work for tastykake. so i guess we'll see how that pans out. i'm sure they'll manage somehow and i know the rest of us are here to help out however we can. my bro's been seeing this new girl named jaine who seems real sweet so far. she's this skinny lil white girl. haha real pretty...long red hair. a little quiet at first but super nice and seems to really care bout my bro. the most important thing is that he's happy and that's all that matters to me. my sis is still with eddie, who's in florida right now with his dad. she's starting school again this coming week. damn...this entry is long.
oh and let's not forget my sweet little man, rocco! hehehehehe he's gotten SO big! he's also a big ass baby. he has some anxiety issues unfortunately so we're trying to work with him on that. he gets extremely scared around strangers. no one can ever approach him if they wanna pet him cuz he runs off terrified and starts to bark. i dunno why he's so scared. he's been socialized since he was a puppy when we got him. so we've been taking him to the dog park to get him used to more ppl and see if maybe he'll follow example from other dogs that socialize better with ppl. it's been a slow process but i feel like he's gettin there. he's still my baby, though! i miss him so much and whenever i go to my parents' i shower him with kisses. hehe he gets so excited to see me, too! runs up with his bone in his mouth, waggin his entire back end. haha so cute! and of course, cactus is his usual lil chunky self jus doin his thing. and my lil old lady luna is doing great. i miss the babies when i'm not there, but i got my twinkie here. :) (who happens to be on my lap as we speak. lol)
ok i think i'm finally done this entry. until next time...whenever that is...