Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lately

I went to San Francisco last weekend. I got to meet Ben's girlfriend Yui. Ben got to meet James. It was good seeing Ben. I kind of forgot how much I enjoy his company.

We looked at houses, the six of us will likely be living together. Well, at the minimum it looks like James and I will be sharing a place with Zoe and Greg. I'm not sure if Ben and Yui are in for sure or not. It would be fun to live with all of them though.

I have to tell the doctor that I work for tomorrow that I'm moving. He's kind of sensitive, and gets his feelings hurt easily, which makes me worry that he'll take my departure personally. I also have a worry that since I'm telling him so far in advance he'll find someone else before I'm ready to go, and will leave me in a bind.

My dad died a little over a year ago. The anniversary came and went quietly. I had a harder time the day after, not as much the day of.

My mom's birthday is this week. She'll be 55. She was diagnosed with ALS earlier this week. ALS is more commonly known in this country as Lou Gehrig's disease. It's very likely she's only got a year or two left to live.

James and I came very close to ending our relationship over the last weekend. We've talked a lot and I think we're good now. Balancing school and work is going to be tricky. Hopefully we'll make it through okay.

I have really amazing friends. I've said this before, but honestly, I really do. The very mention of needing a new place to live brought forth a flood of support and options. It's almost unbelievable to me that so many people genuinely want me around like they do. I even have friends here in Seattle, which I had started to think was never going to happen.

I need a way out of dental hygiene. I'm pretty sure I can't do it forever, and not sure I can sanely do it for the next five years.