Good early morning!! I’m up and getting ready for this career boot camp day…hooray! I wonder if I’ll be saying “hooray” at the end of the day. Not exactly sure what to expect. I’m hoping for exhilarating over draining.
I’m headed straight to the gym afterward, so I can blow off steam if I need. And then I’m supposed to go out with the woman from the gym who’s getting a divorce, but I’m not sure if either of us is going to be up for that at all.
Bottom line, a day away from the computer and I feel like I’m going to some kind of rehab. Sad. And somewhat embarrassing.
Yesterday I decided to start tackling one of my closets. This particular closet happens to be the one where I threw alllllll my paperwork and projects from my old job before I got fired. What happened was (as you know), I had a pretty strong feeling it was going to go down, so I started gathering important stuff that I thought I would need going forward. I guess I thought I needed a LOT. And I couldn’t deal with it all at the time, so I shoved a bunch of shopping bags full of paperwork and projects and magazine articles and notes and books, etc. into this closet.
It was time. Time to really start sorting through this shit. Especially since I’m going to be moving.
It was as draining as I’d feared. I had to go through pretty thoroughly because there was important 401k and insurance stuff mixed in with trivial articles and zillions of notes. Memories flooded as I sorted. It’s crazy to get all emotional about work stuff, don’t you think? But there I was, sobbing at times. I spent a HUGE portion of my life with this stuff. To think it can all be ripped out from under is still so upsetting to me.
But again, that’s life. I obviously played a role. And now I have to suck it all up, clean it allllll out and start again. This is definitely part of that process. I’m finally dealing with it.
Guess what else happened yesterday? I scored a date through OKCupid! I’m not going to write too much about it right now, but a RAD is coming and I’m looking forward to it. It’s tomorrow night!
Chance called yesterday. I didn’t answer. Damn, he’s fine. So I left him a message later.
Had beers with Greg last night. It was last minute. I don’t know if I’ve ever written about him, but he’s this guy who used to date Cindy. It wasn’t a date, and Cindy’s cool with me hanging out with him (I promise!). It was nice to talk with him because he is the polar opposite of K. While K. is the fancy-pants publisher of an arts publication and is very connected in the scene, Greg is an artist’s artist…not only does he do his own stuff, but he constructs frameworks for canvases and builds other structures that artists use for their craft. He’s even more connected.
He invited me to an open studio event this weekend, and I’m going. No idea if K. will be making the circuit, but I don’t even care.
I have more stuff rolling around the noggin, but the sun is rising and I need to get ready for the dayyyyyy!
Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s “Bitch” pic (this one we actually DRANK!)
*gasp*
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