This is long overdue...
So the thing on my LJ homepage tells me it's been 18 weeks since I last updated. That's a long time. I still check this damn thing nearly every day for the blogs I follow, and I keep saying to myself that I'll get around to actually writing, so now that I have the time, here I am.
This summer's been an interesting one. There's still time left, but I can feel it starting to wind down. School thoughts are starting, and that's scary to me, but I'll get to that later. As for the summer...I just can't believe how fast it's gone. It's been a strange one in many respects, especially the fact that I'm no longer working at camp. I miss it so much it hurts. My new job, working at the law firm, is excruciatingly boring. The first part of the summer saw me sitting at a desk doing nothing for hours on end but reading the BBC and messing around online. The second part had me sitting in the attic where it's hot shuffling papers and organizing case files. Not exactly an exhilarating job, but I guess if I'm getting paid AND getting school credit, I should just suck it up. The other strange thing about this summer is thinking about the coming year. I mean really, I can't believe that I'm going to be a senior! How did this happen? Where did my college experience go?! It's so strange to think that this time next year I'm going to be gearing up for the real world. That's scary. What am I going to do? Where am I going to be? I have ideas, but I can't know for sure and I can't even begin to think about leaving the security of the life I've lead up till now. Yeah, ok, it's exciting to be going off on my own, but it's also really strange to think I have to do it all by myself.
Aside from all of that scary stuff, I've had a pretty good summer. I've gotten to hang out with some great old friends who I haven't seen in a long time, I've met some cool new people, and I've been more social than I think almost any other summer. I like that. I've also celebrated 1 whole year of the best relationship I've ever had, and that's a huge deal for me. I never thought I'd have a relationship again before Jon came along, and now it's been a year and I'm still so happy. Go figure.
The other big news is that we got a puppy! He's the cutest thing ever to be in existence, and I love him. His name is Samson, or Sammy. We had only Max for a while after we lost Gus, which still sucks so much. I miss him everyday, and while Sammy is amazing, he can never replace my Gus, no one ever will. Sammy's trying really hard tho, and he is absolutely adorable. He's a Bernese Mountain Dog just like Max and Gus, and he's too cute. I'm sad I have to leave him to go back to school, but I can't wait to see what an amazing dog he turns into.
I'm also starting up a new business opportunity, which is exciting. I'm selling stuff for Arbonne International, which is basically beauty products for men and women. It's really nice stuff, so I'm going to give it a try and see how it goes. My other new thing this summer is finding out how much I love to cook. I absolutely love it. I wish I could cook all the time and cook everything and I just...I dunno, there's just something about cooking that makes me happy. It could be the fact that I'm a total foodie and I love everything about food, but I just find it relaxing and fun and I love sharing it with people...whatever, it's awesome, and I'm going to continue to cook and learn and have fun with it. There's a great food blog on here that I've been following, she inspires me so much, and her food always looks so good...I really have to get on trying to make some of her stuff!
I guess that's all I can get out of my brain now. I have to start cleaning the house, since I have a bunch of people (hopefully) coming over on Thursday for the Arbonne thing, so it needs to be nice. If anyone who's around has any interest in coming to support me (I would be SOOOOO grateful...)let me know and I'll give you the details. There will be more things going on before I leave, so stay tuned on Facebook, or send me a message. That's all for now, hope everyone else is doing well too!
This summer's been an interesting one. There's still time left, but I can feel it starting to wind down. School thoughts are starting, and that's scary to me, but I'll get to that later. As for the summer...I just can't believe how fast it's gone. It's been a strange one in many respects, especially the fact that I'm no longer working at camp. I miss it so much it hurts. My new job, working at the law firm, is excruciatingly boring. The first part of the summer saw me sitting at a desk doing nothing for hours on end but reading the BBC and messing around online. The second part had me sitting in the attic where it's hot shuffling papers and organizing case files. Not exactly an exhilarating job, but I guess if I'm getting paid AND getting school credit, I should just suck it up. The other strange thing about this summer is thinking about the coming year. I mean really, I can't believe that I'm going to be a senior! How did this happen? Where did my college experience go?! It's so strange to think that this time next year I'm going to be gearing up for the real world. That's scary. What am I going to do? Where am I going to be? I have ideas, but I can't know for sure and I can't even begin to think about leaving the security of the life I've lead up till now. Yeah, ok, it's exciting to be going off on my own, but it's also really strange to think I have to do it all by myself.
Aside from all of that scary stuff, I've had a pretty good summer. I've gotten to hang out with some great old friends who I haven't seen in a long time, I've met some cool new people, and I've been more social than I think almost any other summer. I like that. I've also celebrated 1 whole year of the best relationship I've ever had, and that's a huge deal for me. I never thought I'd have a relationship again before Jon came along, and now it's been a year and I'm still so happy. Go figure.
The other big news is that we got a puppy! He's the cutest thing ever to be in existence, and I love him. His name is Samson, or Sammy. We had only Max for a while after we lost Gus, which still sucks so much. I miss him everyday, and while Sammy is amazing, he can never replace my Gus, no one ever will. Sammy's trying really hard tho, and he is absolutely adorable. He's a Bernese Mountain Dog just like Max and Gus, and he's too cute. I'm sad I have to leave him to go back to school, but I can't wait to see what an amazing dog he turns into.
I'm also starting up a new business opportunity, which is exciting. I'm selling stuff for Arbonne International, which is basically beauty products for men and women. It's really nice stuff, so I'm going to give it a try and see how it goes. My other new thing this summer is finding out how much I love to cook. I absolutely love it. I wish I could cook all the time and cook everything and I just...I dunno, there's just something about cooking that makes me happy. It could be the fact that I'm a total foodie and I love everything about food, but I just find it relaxing and fun and I love sharing it with people...whatever, it's awesome, and I'm going to continue to cook and learn and have fun with it. There's a great food blog on here that I've been following, she inspires me so much, and her food always looks so good...I really have to get on trying to make some of her stuff!
I guess that's all I can get out of my brain now. I have to start cleaning the house, since I have a bunch of people (hopefully) coming over on Thursday for the Arbonne thing, so it needs to be nice. If anyone who's around has any interest in coming to support me (I would be SOOOOO grateful...)let me know and I'll give you the details. There will be more things going on before I leave, so stay tuned on Facebook, or send me a message. That's all for now, hope everyone else is doing well too!