What I've been doing...

Hiked with this mug.

 

Put together new furniture and put the dog in it. 

Worked a bajillion hours and loved every minute of it. Neglected my blog, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. Spent all of my free time with friends. Booked a flight to watch my best friend get married. Drank, smoked, and ate too much (and loved all of it.)

What have you been up to?

Excuse me while I listen to The Spill Canvas and cry into my Diet Coke.

I have this inkling of jealousy that I can't quite shake tonight. Of course it is Facebook related, isn't all jealousy these days? And of course I did this to myself. Facebook stalking will always do this to me. But what can I say, I love making myself miserable sometimes.

This situation is this, I met a boy, he lives in New York. He has an exgirlfriend who lives in the same city I do. He confessed one drunken night that this was the first girl he had ever loved (we were feeling rather nostalgic and emo this particular night). But as I was innocently Facebooking this boy, I scrolled through her page as well, because why not?, I've been feeling amazing lately, I should totally seek out something that will make me sad for a moment. And there it was, pictures of them together. Her visiting him. Blech. Why is this a big deal? IT'S NOT. I'm pms-ing and therefore my stupid girl brain is all. "OMG. FREAK OUT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M DUMB AND HORMONAL."

Jealousy is such a bitch. I'm so cool and collected 95% of the time and then WHAM! Jealousy bitch slaps me in the face and I'm all sad and dumb for an hour. I know everyone else out there does this too and it's such a classic girl move. When will I ever learn to leave well enough alone? Things are amazing, let them be that way!

Play time

I downloaded a new camera app for my Droid. I've been loving all the instagram photos I've been seeing around Twitter so I set out on a hunt for something similar for my phone. And voila! Retro Camera!

This is a church in Brighton. I was stopped at a stop light, messing around with the app and it actually turned out half decent.

I have successfully explored two settings on this app. Much more play time is ahead of me. I'm heading to Luke Dane's place to watch the Oscar's so I'll play more tonight.

Oh, hai!

I'm back! Maybe... We'll see how it goes. With a full time job, an internship, and a full class load I'm not sure I'll keep up with this.

Moving on. After enduring a vague sickness for two weeks, I finally got back on my feet today. After work, I built something.

Amazing, I know. But, even more amazing is that I tried bubble tea last night. When it comes to food, I like what I like and I try to not branch out. I'm so dangerous. Verdict?

Gross. Wicked Gross. But, after speaking to a friend about it, it's not supposed to be frozen. Which means I'll have to try it again.

Its the end of August and my summer has finally started.

You know whats great about the summer time? I can actually read non-psychology text books! I finally am able to walk into a bookstore and buy books! I don't have to search for ISBN numbers, be certain that I have the correct edition, or be concerned about who the forward was written by. I can read whatever the hell I want! Trashy magazines? Done. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? Done and done.

I even have time to watch tv. I don't actually have cable but I do have a Netflix account and Hulu, which is pretty much the same thing. I have every South Park episode at my finger tips. I just watched Paris Hilton shove a pineapple up her lady bits and now Cartman is jumping off a roof. Tasteless and completely awesome.

There is nothing better than letting my brain turn to mush. After all the studying, theorizing, and discussing case studies, my brain needs a rest. Let me be stupid!

Finally grounded

In the wake of numerous relationship crises amongst my friends, I have found a new sense of calm. I feel that as I witness these tales unfold in the most unfortunate of ways, I am thankful that I am not in that position. While single life can be lonely at times, it is mainly fun filled and exciting. Finding this new freedom and sense of independence has done wonders for feeling more settled and grounded in life. I have found that as days go by, I am much more alright with not knowing what direction I want to take in my career. I'm alright with trying new paths and look forward to the next adventure. While I may not have someone to hold my hand through it all, I know that I can always come home to a wet nose and wagging tail - which is all that I need at this point.

Work it out.

Dealing with bad news, disappointment, heartbreak, etc. has never been my strong suit. I'm normally the first one to head to the bar, drink, dance, and chat my way through a crisis without ever really talking about or solving the problem. Or sometimes I head out, credit card in hand and don't come home until my credit card is sighing and begging for mercy. Moderation has never been my friend.

Friday finally rolled around and I was hit with some difficult news about my mother. Her health isn't quite what it should be. My first instinct was to grab some friends, head to the bar, and drink and dance the night away. Unfortunately, or possibly fortunately, most of my friends were out of town - so I didn't go out. Which is weird. I stayed home, ordered take out, and watched trashy hulu. I did some yoga, called my mom, and tried to read a book. I've never been one to sit down and talk about my feelings, and most likely, I never will be that person. BUT! This is a step in the right direction - I did something a bit more healthy than drinking and dancing until 4am. The spending I'll work on another day.

What do you do when you're stressed?