yesterday julie and i took the boys to see Bolt and then had dinner with my family. we got a birthday present for her friend ang who had her baby, and then went to the bar with sharon and jen and nicole for the benefit for ray. how awesome.

i'm trying to budget for christmas gifts and the horrible thing is that i want to spend the money on tattoos ( Read more... )

what a week.

julie and i are together and she is the sweetest. we keep trying to watch movies but then talking through them. it's really fun being around someone who is playful and happy. the more i learn about her the more i am sure she is a good thing. i see it in her friends and her family, and how she interacts with other people. she is smart ( Read more... )

i love everything in my life right now and this is the time i was waiting for a year ago when i cried every day for 4 months, and could hardly get out of bed or make healthy decisions for myself because i didn't think i deserved them. but i am doing it now and making changes and ruling the world, i laugh all the time and i've been having ( Read more... )

today i made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner at julie's for us and her roommates. it was delicious. i burned the garlic bread but then i scraped off the burned part and it was saved.

i ran over a nail at some point and had a flat tire at work, which i made the towing company fix for me. so now i have to get that patched so i can keep driving ( Read more... )

friday night after work i did a little online panera bread car shopping and emailed my stepdad like 40 cars for us to sift through and possibly look at on saturday. the chevy didn't work out, it had a potential for a really serious repair but they wouldn't take that off the price, so we moved on. we did a ton of leg work on saturday, and i chose 3 ( Read more... )

a lot of things seem strange and new to me this week. i turned 23 and i have a real job. i love my dog, i am making new friends, i am looking for a new car. there are plans in my head for a new apartment next year, as well as traveling agendas. my grandmother has been moved to a 24-hour-care nursing home, thus changing how i move about in the world ( Read more... )

i have purchased a small leather journal that i write in every day. i like taking notes that are just for me.

today richard and i found a little silver chevy that i love and that i might own by next weekend. i am pretty excited to drive a 'new' car. the only thing that makes me sort of sad is that it is not manual.

my new job is sort of fun even ( Read more... )

i worked my first full work week in an office. i like it more than i thought i ever would but i definitely don't want to do this for the rest of my life, either. it's good for the time being though. i am still learning to answer the phones, ha.

the restaurant was a big old shit show. i had no training at all and then they have me come in on the ( Read more... )

i got the job! i start on monday as a customer service rep for a non-profit that sells energy efficient products. pretty much it's completely awesome. also one of the girls on my rugby team works in the same department.

and the new restaurant job wants me to only work weekend nights. so i will have my nights and weekend mornings off. and get a ( Read more... )

my life feels like walking on bubble paper right now.

yesterday i got a call from this recruiter guy who wanted me to interview for an energy conservation supply company so i drove all this morning to talk with him for ten minutes and now i have a job interview tomorrow. if i get it, i start monday.

i also had my first day of training at another ( Read more... )