I still love my job and I am pretty much settled into my new life! The first few weeks were really difficult, and there were a few nights that it was too quiet and the being alone got to me, which resulted in tears; but, I am used to it now. Things are smoothing out, and I love my new life!
It's really weird, because I remember talking to my best friend on the phone the last few weeks of school and discussing how all I wanted was one new start! A chance to break away from all the crap, take the good with me and start new. I wanted a major life change... and now, here I am, sitting in the middle of it!
It's almost like finding a gem! In order to discover it, you have to be willing to dig! Furthermore, even when you do find that gem, you have to take the time to work with it, clean it up, and sand and polish it until it fits what you are wanting.
Graduating and moving to a new town; finding my own apartment and landing the Library Assistant Job... these were all gems I had to dig for. Then, I had to take what I found and make it work! The job was the easiest part... it took learning quite a bit and some training, but now it is great! The apartment was the hard one to adapt too. I loved it right off the bat! But I felt like I was playing an over-sized version of house! The hardest part of all was how quite it was. I constantly had the radio playing just to cut into the silence! Also, the first few weeks, I watched an insane amount of movies! Enough that the people at Family Video now know me by name! It's still pretty quiet, but I am getting used to it! I love going to work because it gets me out of the house. However, I can't be at work 24 hours a day! But that is ok! Once in awhile I get to hang out with my two friends that live in town (pretty much my second family…you can never have enough)! Then there is class, which isn’t exactly a lot of fun, but it keeps me pretty busy. Then there is my friend Kathy and I, who are becoming adjoined at the hip once again! We manage to find ourselves in quite a few adventures! Mostly ending up at Wal-Mart, or having sleep-over that keep us up WAY too late! The other night we watched a scary movie (that turned out to not be as scary as we had hoped), but we still freaked each other out. Last week we attempted to make cinnamon rolls... attempted being the key word! We discovered really late that we didn't have cinnamon (kind of important for this recipe)! So the process took a total of 2 days to complete! But in the end of all our adventures, we usually have some pretty great and unforgettable memories!
While these things have all begun to fill in my time, I will be the first to admit that the last few weeks haven't been all sunshine. But the clouds are starting to fade! I find myself automatically switching into entertainment more, getting creative with things to do! I have replaced normal walking with dancing (as I usually have my MP3 Player on), and I clean A LOT! Better yet, I have come up with some pretty amazing (in my opinion) children’s stories that are on my work-board! In fact, I am more on top of my writing than I have ever been in my entire writing career! The process is tedious, but it's fun! My desk is covered in a (organized) mess of papers; writing books, printouts of submission requirements, boxes of envelopes, files, etc, etc, ETC! The largest portion of my spare time is spent there! Preparing for the 14th of July, which is 7 DAYS AWAY!
So, as you can see, the quiet factor is beginning to lose its fear factor! My writer’s block is slowly dissolving, and new adventures are popping up everywhere! It’s been a bumpy road, but I think things are finally smoothing out and I have a pocket full of gems! But right now I need to get back to work! Hope everyone’s day is going great! If not, keep your head up! Things will get better…eventually! Just keep taking one step at a time!
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