been a while...
Haven't updated in quite a long time. I seem to go in spurts. Anyway, things have been decent. Not great, not awful, just somewhere in the middle.
I had an amazing trip to St. Croix a few weeks ago with the fam and commaalex. Snorkeling, fresh seafood, sailing, and sun. It was definitely hard to return to the west coast. CA and I dealt with some difficult issues, but I feel like we're slowly but surely getting into a better place.
I arrived back at work in California to find that I was in fact missed, which felt good because I was having some work insecurities about how I'm doing. Apparently I'm doing just fine though, and I even started my Captain training last night. I think it's really hysterical that I feel a sense of pride that I'll be Captain soon, when really all that means is that I role play a different 1906 sailor character and yell at kids a bit more. Ha.
Liza gets in Thursday night and I am really really excited to see her. It feels like we haven't seen each other in ages, even though it's only been a few weeks. I only get a few days with her but I'm psyched. I'm missing her like crazy and I'm so in love :)
I've started the grad school process. Meaning that I've picked a few programs that I'm applying too and I've started taking practice GREs. I don't need to apply until April 5th for the Fall of '06, but it feels good to be working on something. Right now it's looking like the Hunter Masters program in Psych with a concentration in Biopsych/Animal Behavior. Maybe I'll be tracking sea turtles or something in a few years.
I've been kinda down lately. Not really sure about the exact reasons, but a lot of it definitely has to do with just not feeling like I have a place in my life right now. I don't know what I'm doing out here, but I know it's something that I need to do. It's just felt especially difficult this past month or so. I'm looking forward to the holidays and spending some time with the people in my life who I feel really connected to.
I'll leave it at that for now. Sorry for the broad update, and I'll try to stay on top of this journal more.
I had an amazing trip to St. Croix a few weeks ago with the fam and commaalex. Snorkeling, fresh seafood, sailing, and sun. It was definitely hard to return to the west coast. CA and I dealt with some difficult issues, but I feel like we're slowly but surely getting into a better place.
I arrived back at work in California to find that I was in fact missed, which felt good because I was having some work insecurities about how I'm doing. Apparently I'm doing just fine though, and I even started my Captain training last night. I think it's really hysterical that I feel a sense of pride that I'll be Captain soon, when really all that means is that I role play a different 1906 sailor character and yell at kids a bit more. Ha.
Liza gets in Thursday night and I am really really excited to see her. It feels like we haven't seen each other in ages, even though it's only been a few weeks. I only get a few days with her but I'm psyched. I'm missing her like crazy and I'm so in love :)
I've started the grad school process. Meaning that I've picked a few programs that I'm applying too and I've started taking practice GREs. I don't need to apply until April 5th for the Fall of '06, but it feels good to be working on something. Right now it's looking like the Hunter Masters program in Psych with a concentration in Biopsych/Animal Behavior. Maybe I'll be tracking sea turtles or something in a few years.
I've been kinda down lately. Not really sure about the exact reasons, but a lot of it definitely has to do with just not feeling like I have a place in my life right now. I don't know what I'm doing out here, but I know it's something that I need to do. It's just felt especially difficult this past month or so. I'm looking forward to the holidays and spending some time with the people in my life who I feel really connected to.
I'll leave it at that for now. Sorry for the broad update, and I'll try to stay on top of this journal more.