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| We're halfway through the year already. Is your glass half full or half empty? |
Like joke, like joke, it is the second half of 2011. I think this year is moving so quickly that I'm going to blink and it will be Christmas.
One day I will look back on my twenties and wonder what I spent all this time doing.
With 2011 officially in its second half, its time for a mid-year check in.
Please feel free to share your own news from the last 6 months and plans for the rest of 2011.
Personal/Family: Well...my younger sister graduated from college and is back home. For the first time in about 10 years (excluding school vacations of course), the entire family is living under one roof--until further notice. I say 10 years because in that time my family has been scattered all over the place for varying periods of time for varying reasons. I'm not sure how this "togetherness" will play out in coming months. I do know that my sister is capable of inciting me to seriously contemplate sororicide and being in an almost constant state of annoyance with her is not good for my mental health.
6 month plan: work hard on ignoring irritating behavior at home, and not punching my fist through a wall when someone pisses me off. I've never punched the wall, but I have kicked in a door. The dent is still there actually.
Career/Education: Well, we all know what happened here. By "we" I mean those of you that read this blog regularly. Yes, I left my job last month--of my own free will and complete with an office party and a parting gift from my ex-co-workers. Interviewing has been...interesting. Its been slightly amusing to me that at most interviews there is a certain air of disbelief when I explain that I left before finding a new position. But, that is what I did. I've had a few "close call" interviews where I made it all the way to the final round and then fell short. Sometimes I've known why, other times I'm confused as hell. Either way, the search continues. As far as my education, I'm halfway through my certificate course. GPA-wise I am where I want to be (above 3.5) and considering these are my first business classes ever, I secretly marvel at the way things are going. A few years ago, if you had told me I would be juggling a full time job with part-time classes and "extra-curriculars" without a nervous breakdown, I would have laughed at you. Well, the young shall grow.
6 month plan: find a new job (obviously in less than 6 months) and continue to stay focused on finishing business classes.
Romance Department: I am one of the most boring people (especially in Blogsville) when it comes to this part of my life. In fact, I often feel I am doing all of you a disservice by not having relationship drama worth reporting on the blog. Besides, if there was any real drama I highly doubt I would share it here since a certain somebody reads this blog and I really don't want to deal with "fallout". Well, he hasn't been reading the blog recently. He does have to work and make money so that he can buy me stuff since I am currently unemployed. Notice I didn't use the word "broke". In my case, the two words are not synonymous (for now) and I enjoy when he buys me things.
6 month plan: Can there even be a plan for this sort of thing? There is "talk" of some sort of extravagant "lets not think about how much it will cost" romantic vacation. It really depends on how quickly I find a job. It depends on me because my love of being a kept woman does not extend to an all expenses paid vacation sponsored by any man. We shall see.
Friends/Social Life: it occurs to me (as it always does when I talk to friends and nobody is doing anything) that some of us quarter-lifers don't really get up to much these days. At least not the ones I know. It's an endless cycle of work, (maybe school), weekend lazying around, then rinse and repeat. Occasionally there's a party or something, but not much else is happening. There is also the unfortunate fact that Mogaji is abandoning me to pursue her dreams of becoming the first Nigerian leprechaun (huge clue about where she is going by the way) and I may never recover from this. I really need to get out more and find her local replacement that I can hang out with.
6 month plan: meet new people. Not necessarily new bff, but definitely new people.
I think that covers all the big areas. Happy New Month!
If you're in the US, enjoy the holiday weekend! I adore my adopted country--despite its having maxed out its credit on two wars and 8 years of republican financial management. There are times when I want to smack her but, in the end, I have gained a lot from being here and I am always aware of that.
So, God (or whatever you believe in since this is America) Bless the USA.
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