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So last week was basically seven days of crap. I had a huge fight with my mom, which is probably long overdue since I've been living rent-free (and rather unexpectedly) for four months and two weeks of vacation where both of us were home 24/7. Then I caught flack from the rest of the peanut gallery, which led me to be moody and withdrawn for the rest of the week.
I feel like, on the whole, 2007 was just a really crappy year. Even before the big breakup, it was nine months of working hard and saving every penny and not doing anything fun and planning and planning and planning. Then frustration and more saving in Germany, and then home, and a months-long stretch of pure bad luck. I think it's interesting that most of these "best-of" year-end compilations in the media recently seem to agree that, on the whole, 2007 would be better forgotten. (Did anybody read Dave Barry's Tribune article? Excellent.)
Unfortunately, I don't think my bad luck has run out yet, but I'm hoping for a turnaround. The two bright spots are the fact that I've officially booked my ticket back (and thus newly have purpose in life), and that I bought a new computer. Not without a lot of tears and deliberation, mind you, but still, I needed it, and now I have it: the wonderful, amazing, life-changing, mind-altering MacBook Pro. I think my life is improving just by the fact that I no longer have to interact with Microsoft products on a daily basis. I guess things are looking up.
And even though I've mostly felt like a useless idiot for these past few months, I'm glad I've had the opportunity to spend so much time with people I've missed. It's been really therapeutic to be surrounded by people who love me all the time (well, for the most part, anyways). Thanks to everyone for getting back in touch, putting up with me, taking me out, being a friend. I appreciate every moment.
I feel like, on the whole, 2007 was just a really crappy year. Even before the big breakup, it was nine months of working hard and saving every penny and not doing anything fun and planning and planning and planning. Then frustration and more saving in Germany, and then home, and a months-long stretch of pure bad luck. I think it's interesting that most of these "best-of" year-end compilations in the media recently seem to agree that, on the whole, 2007 would be better forgotten. (Did anybody read Dave Barry's Tribune article? Excellent.)
Unfortunately, I don't think my bad luck has run out yet, but I'm hoping for a turnaround. The two bright spots are the fact that I've officially booked my ticket back (and thus newly have purpose in life), and that I bought a new computer. Not without a lot of tears and deliberation, mind you, but still, I needed it, and now I have it: the wonderful, amazing, life-changing, mind-altering MacBook Pro. I think my life is improving just by the fact that I no longer have to interact with Microsoft products on a daily basis. I guess things are looking up.
And even though I've mostly felt like a useless idiot for these past few months, I'm glad I've had the opportunity to spend so much time with people I've missed. It's been really therapeutic to be surrounded by people who love me all the time (well, for the most part, anyways). Thanks to everyone for getting back in touch, putting up with me, taking me out, being a friend. I appreciate every moment.