Daily Update: Boston or Bust?

So things have gotten better since my last post. I find that I have the urge to blog when I'm upset, and then I wonder why all my posts are angst-driven and emo-esque. Well, this one isn't so much.

I've spent the past week finishing up a temp gig at Middlebury College. Things are good with that. A bit slow, but still good. I'm getting some good job hunting in. And Monday I'm going up to Burlington to have a nice long talk with an Admissions counselor up there. I'm actually looking forward to it. In the past I've been really against it, given that I find most UVM departments to be unhelpful. I think they just work with so many students who are rude, that it's like being rude back is their safety. But I feel like as long as I know what it is I want, I will be able to get some good stuff out of this meeting. It's when I go in all wishy washy and want people to essentially do my work for me that I run into trouble.

This week has also been one of struggle. Mainly the past few days. My job hunt in Vermont isn't going so well. And I've decided to branch out. First it was just Boston, and then after talking to my sister, I started looking at Denver. Since talking to her again, and thinking about what is is that I want, Denver just isn't the place for me. I don't know that Boston is either, but if I come to that conclusion, home is a mere 4 hours away. So I've been looking at more jobs in Vermont and in Boston. I'm hoping for the best.

A friend of mine, Barbara told me that people tend to make real decisions after the new year, and that I just have to sit tight for a little while longer, and not get discouraged. Easier said than done!

So until then, I have the holidays coming up, and I've signed up to work at a substitute teacher in the five towns. Also, I'm still on the Temp list here at Middlebury as well as looking for some transcription work.

I'm just about ready for things to work themselves into place. I've been in limbo for so long, I'm just about ready for things to work out.

As far as my social life goes, I don't have one. I don't go out, the most I do is to drive into work. Exciting, no? I just really can't afford the trips up to Burlington. Gas is getting so expensive. I want to hang out with my friends, but what they don't seem to understand is that, just driving up to Burlington costs me money. Money that I really don't have. I may go up this weekend for Katie's birthday though. Give me something to do. We'll see. Staying at home all the time really isn't as bad as it was that first weekend. It gets better as time goes on.

My dating life. Well, this one, as always is complicated. I'm trying to just ignore it all, as I seem to have enough on my plate right now. What it ends up coming down to is this, two guys who like me, but who live 2-3 hours away from me. One guy locally who I have no interest in what so ever, but still keeps e-mailing me. And one guy I'm interested in getting to know if only he'd actually give me a chance and not hold a grudge, which he says he can do and all, but I'm just not sure yet. He and I may have dinner on Saturday night in Bristol. That's yet to be determined.

And there it is, my current life in a nutshell for those of you not paying attention, or with as much on your plate as me. I miss all of my friends I haven't talked to lately. But I understand how life goes, it gets busy and you just loose track of time, etc. But please please please stay in touch. I'm going to get better at doing that too.

Much love to you all.