updates on me
It's been a while since I've posted anything, so for those of you keeping score, I thought I'd let people know what's going on with me.
Work is going okay. The real estate industry is struggling, but our company is small and runs pretty lean to begin with. Plus, the areas hit worst are retail and high-end office, which we don't do a whole lot of. I'm being told that 2010 will be even worse for real estate, which is disheartening. But I'm not starving. Hell, I was able to quit my second job back in December, and I haven't had to crawl back yet. So that's good news.
Moved into the new apartment. It was hell, but (as always) I survived with a little help from my friends. Thanks to Beau Brown and Matt Powell for the assist.
The new TV comes on Wednesday (in theory). I'm excited about that. But between that, paying the movers, paying the new pet fee and buying two new bookcases, I'm kind of broke.
Hopefully, the broke situation will have resolved itself in time for October, when some friends of mine will be going to Las Vegas. I really want to join them.
Been getting more exercise lately, and not just by carrying boxes of books from one apartment to the other. I'm in training for December, since my family is planning a trip to Peru. There is a 4 day, 32 mile hike up to Maccu Piccu that we've learned about. It's supposed to be one of the most beautiful hikes in the world and I really want to do it.
A lot of my friends are going through the ringer right now. I feel for them. The last few years have been increasingly good for me, and I'm sad that so many of my friends aren't in the same state. Mostly, I'm just trying to be a sympathetic ear, which is all I can do.
I've been dealing with all these crazy coincidences lately. For example; my friend Beau has gotten engaged. I've known his fiancee for three years now. It turns out that her mother is a client of ours, and a friend of my mother's. We've talked about her mother on multiple occasions, I've met her several times. I knew that her father plays jazz and I'd been told that the client's husband plays jazz, and that they have the same last name. I never put it together. Another example; I went to the Highlands to see a friend of mine. I don't go to the Highlands regularly (not that I have anything against the area). While there, I ran into a different pair of friends, who also rarely make it out that way. I talked to them for about 30 minutes, then stepped away to use my phone, to call the friend I was supposed to meet. When I walked back, to say goodbye to them, there's a guy sitting at their table, flirting with them. He was a guy I met in Texas, who I haven't seen in 6 years. The girl I met for coffee last sunday went to college with several friends of mine. It's just strange.
Work is going okay. The real estate industry is struggling, but our company is small and runs pretty lean to begin with. Plus, the areas hit worst are retail and high-end office, which we don't do a whole lot of. I'm being told that 2010 will be even worse for real estate, which is disheartening. But I'm not starving. Hell, I was able to quit my second job back in December, and I haven't had to crawl back yet. So that's good news.
Moved into the new apartment. It was hell, but (as always) I survived with a little help from my friends. Thanks to Beau Brown and Matt Powell for the assist.
The new TV comes on Wednesday (in theory). I'm excited about that. But between that, paying the movers, paying the new pet fee and buying two new bookcases, I'm kind of broke.
Hopefully, the broke situation will have resolved itself in time for October, when some friends of mine will be going to Las Vegas. I really want to join them.
Been getting more exercise lately, and not just by carrying boxes of books from one apartment to the other. I'm in training for December, since my family is planning a trip to Peru. There is a 4 day, 32 mile hike up to Maccu Piccu that we've learned about. It's supposed to be one of the most beautiful hikes in the world and I really want to do it.
A lot of my friends are going through the ringer right now. I feel for them. The last few years have been increasingly good for me, and I'm sad that so many of my friends aren't in the same state. Mostly, I'm just trying to be a sympathetic ear, which is all I can do.
I've been dealing with all these crazy coincidences lately. For example; my friend Beau has gotten engaged. I've known his fiancee for three years now. It turns out that her mother is a client of ours, and a friend of my mother's. We've talked about her mother on multiple occasions, I've met her several times. I knew that her father plays jazz and I'd been told that the client's husband plays jazz, and that they have the same last name. I never put it together. Another example; I went to the Highlands to see a friend of mine. I don't go to the Highlands regularly (not that I have anything against the area). While there, I ran into a different pair of friends, who also rarely make it out that way. I talked to them for about 30 minutes, then stepped away to use my phone, to call the friend I was supposed to meet. When I walked back, to say goodbye to them, there's a guy sitting at their table, flirting with them. He was a guy I met in Texas, who I haven't seen in 6 years. The girl I met for coffee last sunday went to college with several friends of mine. It's just strange.