Isn't my niece adorable??


What a day, what a day. I worked 3 days this week! I’m excited because that means that my unemployment insurance will last longer. I was helping this mom and pop business to double-check some accounting and calculations and stuff like that. They were really pleased with me; they said it didn’t usually work out so well for them. Well, that’s what you get when you’re a college graduate I guess. You’re smarter than the average nut? Anyway, it paid $8/hour which was incredibly painful, but it’s about what unemployment pays too (haha). Somehow I’m going to be able to pay all my bills next month, right?

Joe and I were supposed to go up to Athens to play ultimate frisbee tonight. I have gone up with him a couple of times before but I never played, I took walks around the lake there at UGA, and also spectated. (Is that a word?) But, since it was drizzling up there, they cancelled it. Luckily we found out before we had even gotten up the street. Joe came over to my house and was ripping CDs onto the computer to put onto his MP3 player. It’s weird going back to being just friends with him. I just want to pull him into my arms and hold him, but I know we need to get used to not doing that. Ahhhh … I might sneak in one more snuggle before he leaves … is that horrible? Anway, I’m feeling very at peace with this whole thing. At least he’s not emotionally shutting me out like he did last weekend. Well, that was more a reaction to my hormonal clinginess I think. I’m trying to be better with all relationships. I read this book called The DNA of Relationships which is a fantastic book. I would highly highly recommend it to anyone, especially married people or those in committed relationships. I didn’t realize until I read this book how difficult I could be at times, or how I was letting myself react so badly to Joe pushing my fear buttons. Often my reactions were the exact things that would push his fear buttons and so we ended up in this sort-of “fear dance” as the author calls it. Anyway, it gave me a wonderful new perspective on relationships and things.

So, I am not working tomorrow and I have an ENORMOUS “to-do” list, so, I’d better get some rest so I can get started on all those lovely things tomorrow. Toodle-loo!