Nutshell of a Life.

Wow it's been awhile since I last did an entry, 74 days according to the site. Interesting.. Never expected that that much time has gone past since I have been here. Alot has happened, as tends to over time. I stayed with my sister until the end of February. By that time I had gotten a job! Can you belive it!! One month exactly from the date that I left TN I started my new job. WEIRD. In the meantime I busted my butt to find a job and did. I got a position as a Case Manager at a company called Easter Seals. I decided that since I would be having some sort of income that I would use part of what was left to make a quick trip to Baltimore to visit one of my best friends. I had a great time! The best since I have had since I left TN and the best I have had since I came to this god forsaken land they call Michigan. Sadly, I have only ventured out a few times to explore.. Ok let me back up a bit. So I got the job, went to visit Baltimore, and came back and started working. By the end of February I was at my wits end in regards to living with my sister. I had tried to make it work and even that wasn't working. I was more than willing to shell out the extra cash to move. So I did what anyone else would have. I went apartment hunting, online! Very soon I discovered if I had any hope of saving money I would need a roomy. So after looking around a bit I found this guy on craigslist that needed a roomy for his 2bdrm house. It looked like a sweet place. So I called, went and met him, hung out twice and decided it was a good deal. Sure I could have saved more money by choosing something else but I definetly had no desire to live in a rat hole. So I moved to Royal Oak, MI and Matt is now my roomy. Turns out he has all these phenomenal connections to famous people, clubs etc because of his job as a photographer. How ideal is that! What a great way to meet people huh.. Yeh, not so much. More than anything I am kind of being a recluse. Which goes back to where I started digressing. I have come to the conclusion that I have no real desire to go out, meet many people, or be too social. All I care about is saving money. I figure I came to this state to save money and I am going to do just that. If I have to live in this cold, fast paced, angry drivers, 35 degree in May place then by gosh I am gonna do what I came here to do and I am doing it right! Honestly my life right now consist of getting up by 7am, leaving by 8am, getting to work by 830, engrossing myself into work until 530 or so and then going to the gym after work before getting back home for a shower, bite to eat, sleep and then doing it all over again 5 days a week. Sounds boring huh. Well, it is but it is also saving me money and I am looking forward to making a road trip back to TN to visit a few of my really important friends who I miss terribly at the end of May. Personally, as long as I have something to look forward to I am good to go! In the meantime, my health is getting better cause I have been steadily losing weight since I got here (every females dream!). The biggest decision I have to make is... am I still going to do the Peace Corps? I got the phone call from my placement officer...FINALLY.. like 2 months AFTER I was told I would get it, which means alot of time to think about what I am doing and want to do. Don't get me wrong, the Peace Corp is really something that I wanted to do but now looking at it....I'm not so sure. The career advantage I have with my current job is too important to my career to pass up. So I say unless something drastic happens or they suddenly say they are sending me to the Caribbean to live on a beach I don't think now is the best time for me. Maybe in the future. I have done the "living in another country, learn the language" experience and I loved every minute of it and never will forget it ... but now I am older .. I have a career to think about. I can't go "partying" to some place for 2 years. Yeh, I am sure it's not all that but I bet there is some!! If there are ANY comments on this please feel free to say so. I have looked at every avenue and feel I am confident in my decision but I never turn down opinions or advice. Well, this is terribly long at this point so if somehow you have managed to read all of this without having to avert your eyes for fear of them glazing over b/c you are looking at the screen for too long you deserve a cookie! Hell, if you read all of this you deserve a drink! In the meantime, I have oddities to take care of. Hope your life is as eventful as mine seems to be at times.

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