Apr 01, 2007 13:21
I don't have a lot planned today, except that a friend of mine(Kat, for those of you who know her) is opening up her own business out in Ferndale, about 15 miles from here. She's opening up a ballet and tap studio and her open house is today, so we're all going out to the open house to see her facility (she and Charlie- they're together- have been working on it like dogs for the last two weeks, laying the dance floor, painting, etc.) and kind of to celebrate. I think it's really neat that she's getting her own business. It's a brave thing, becoming a business-owner and investing yourself like that. She's got a long history of experience in dance, so it's perfect for her, though, and she's good with kids.
Afterall, she is dating Charlie. -)
Other than that, I think I'll look on the web for job postings. I need to go through Western's site and look on the off-campus job section they have. Jamie said it's full of new jobs every week, so that'll be a good place to start. Craig's list is another good site to look on for just about anything, so I'll check there.
I hung out with Jessica and Jake, my cousins, yesterday. I guess Jessica's paternal grandmother lives right here in Bellingham just a few miles away, so she's up here having a bit of a vacation for spring break. We went and ate dinner at this local Mexican restaurant and then hung out at Jake's house for a while. Jake has two cats and I'm so envious. One of them crawled up onto my shoulders and just stood up there while I walked around. I don't know why cats like doing that so much, but Calliope used to do it too.
I hope Carolinus (my cat at home that I'm going to take from my mom as soon as I get my own apartment) doesn't try it. He's too fat, he'd put holes in me.
Earlier yesterday I went for a long walk with Erik downtown. We bought a weird ginger-habanero drink at this local organic store and just sat out in the sun and soaked it up. It was warm enough to walk around in a t-shirt for part of the day, and we just walked and enjoyed each other's company. It was really nice. Then, on the walk back, we chatted with this really colorful hobo-type guy. He was drunk and seemed just a mite crazy, but he was genial and friendly and I think he really enjoyed talking to us...just having someone to listen. He sang part of a Cat Stevens song to us, and so later when we were home, I downloaded it. "Father and Son," you probably don't know it. "I was once as you are now..." It was pretty cool. It got me thinking about people.
The world is really beautiful. Sometimes I'll see something or think about something or read some article, and I'll just break down and cry. I try to pretend that I'm not, but I really still am an insufferable bleeding heart, just like I used to be when I was little. I can't bear to see people suffering. I probably should have gone into social work, but Jamie pointed out that a lot of those people get burned out at their jobs. If I was one, I'd probably just cry everyday. And that's no fun. But sad and painful as the world is, it's still a wonderful place, and many people are happy and laugh and when the sun comes out the colors shine in stark relief against the sky, and...it just feels like things are okay. Like it will balance out.
And that makes me feel good about everything.
cats,
bleeding heart,
jobs,
erik