Pearls of Wisdom:
-Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. - Martha Beck, O Magazine, Growing Wings, January 2004
-Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change. - Ramsay Clark

A glorious start to Friday. Slept in till 9. That's unusual for me. I'm usually up by 8 at the latest, no alarm clock needed. I must have been tired. I did have odd dreams last night that included a field trip of some sort to Put-In-Bay and my bicycle (I had two in this dream and switched them out due to a non-inflated tire) and someone from Metro Parks. I also had another dream that is pertinent to something I'll type about in a bit. This morning so far has been trying to wake up, checking email, and preparing my "list".

My list is everything that really needs to be sorted out by the time I graduate. I'm going to get surgury done on my tooth. The infection just won't go away. I need car stuff done, a physical for work, and I have to move things to Mom's. That's just what's on the list now. The surgery thing might mess me up for some future stuff like a camping trip that I was planning on going to. Then there's the Chem final that might mess up my ability to go to a friends wedding. (I know that sounds like a dumb trade off but I'm actually holding a B in there right now. The ceremony is Sunday evening, a little over 2 hours away, and my chem test is Monday evening. Then I also have classes Monday morning.)

3 weeks. That's all I have till the quarter ends. Week 4 is finals. I have 4 weeks to get a move on this stuff. Sigh..... Oh, yeah, I need to look for a place to live so I don't have to drive an hour each way every day to work. I think I'll ask the bloke that hired me if he has suggestions.

My other "issue" that I'm thinking about involves a male. I like him. He likes me. However, I know in my gut that this is not a good time. And while you may think I'm talking about the last crazy four weeks of the quarter, I'm not. He has some stuff to work out. I knew about his perpetual issues with alcohol but I've since learned some other things that make me know that now isn't a good time. He is going through a quarter life crisis (so to speak) and he has parents who apparently don't believe they did a good job raising him so they have a choke hold on his decisions. That is not something I want to get in the middle of because his parents will hate me faster than anyone would believe. I think they need to #%*@ off. Ok, that's extreme, but they need to let their 29 yr old son do his thing. AND, while I don't want him to do what they tell him to do, I need to realize that he shouldn't have to do what I want him to do either.

So, yeah, he needs to hash this difficult situation out himself. And I believe that if he can get this stress of school and parental issues taken care of, the alcohol situation might suss itself out. I can support him and be a friend, but I don't want to get any closer right now. It's such a shame too because I think I might be able to get along with him well. One of my dreams last night played into that as there's a young lady on FB that comments on his page like she's his girlfriend and every time I read something with the word "babe" in it my little green friend crawls out of it's cave and snarls. :-/

There's other fish in the sea and all, right?

Ok, it's 11. I need to go and get things done. Gotta work today too. I'm out.

Amy

learn now or later with twice the pain, never pick someone who doesn't have as much as you do to bring to the table. If his parents have bad boundaries now, think about what type of poor boundaries they would have if you were in a relationship.

Take the happy couple out for dinner or something later with your gift, or send your gift.

I'm sure you'll find a lovely small flat.