I need/want a vacation/adventure
August 20th, 2009 by monnibo
Things are getting busy here. I’ve got a lovely snotty cold, and work is very busy gearing up for The Festival. I’ve been reading and knitting and fixing up my place more to keep myself sane, but I’ve been having mini-panic attacks. Well, not panicy so much as feelings of despair. I’m loving my job, and the apartment, and living on my own… but some days/weeks it feels like all I do is go to work 9-5, cook dinner, clean up afterwards, and then I’m too tired to do anything else. I’ve gained several pounds this summer due to pure exhaustion, and I have no muscles to speak of.
I’m sorry to bellyache here, especially after a week of quietness. But it’s my blog right? The summer hasn’t been a total bust. I love the job I’m doing … well the end result at least. It’s the 9-5 that’s bearing down on me. We’ve had lots of fun — my boyfriend and I have done lots of daytrips and some horseback riding too. It’s kind of that feeling that I’ve had no summer, but it’s mostly the terror that this is all the rest of my life will be — work and sleep. *sigh* I need to get out of this rut… starting with the blog!
Things to look forward to on the blog:
- yarn I bought this weekend
- 2 book reviews
- photos from the summer and Henry
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We only have one year until the 
First off, sorry for the rant. It came from somewhere else, and somehow burped all over American Thanksgiving. Second of all, Happy American Thanksgiving to our continent-neighbours! (Sorry the image looks so angry… it was the only one holding an American flag!)
At what age did you move out of your parent’s house? When did the pros (free food, free room, free home, tv, phone, internet, etc) outweigh the need and desire to be yourself and independent? What did you do to prepare? How much did you save up? How did you sustain yourself? What kind of place did you look for and how did you go about getting/renting it? What about references? All these questions are floating around in my brain, and I need a perspective that isn’t my parents. I would appreciate any insight you can send my way! (Note: those are not my boxes… but damn I wish they were!)
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