The Mighty T (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tiasworld) wrote,@ 2004-02-27 01:23:00 |
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Getting on down and moving on up...
Writing for a while has felt like a chore to me. I still have not found full-time work and whenever I go to write I start dwelling upon my job situation.
Things are better for me in Chicago than New York. New York was too much for me and I felt as if I could never be alone with my thoughts. When walking I was surrounded by people, when sleeping I could hear the people outside, everywhere I went I was enveloped by noise of some sort and it was driving me crazy. To deal with it all I become a long-term tourist instead of making it my home.
Now I am a much happier person in Chicago. I originally moved in with my friends Dana and Tim, but that did not last long. I was much the intrusion in their happily married home. So I have moved in with another friend of mine, John. I am living in a loft where I do not have any privacy (his bedroom looks over mine) yet we are somehow making it work, and I am happy to do so. John and I have found another larger more private and just as beautiful place to move to in a few weeks. At the moment that is all I can talk about. I have a new apartment, I have signed a lease and I will soon be moving into a house that I will live in for at least a year.
As for work: well things are still grim. I am currently working 3 part-time jobs. I am a receptionist at a spa, I am waiting tables at a café and I am doing book work for a one-man construction office.
Now for the real business: what am I doing for fun? Well honestly not much. I have been watching movies at friends. homes, drinking beers, walking all over the place, and eating all too much. Over the holidays mostly worked though I did get an opportunity to visit my mom. I also went to see the B52s and Poi Dog Pondering on New Years eve with one of my old housemates from Black Elk (veggie coop I lived in while in college) And a few weeks ago I went to Portland to go to my friends Cathy and Susan's wedding reception and I somehow ended up being the photographer. It was a beautiful weekend of celebrating love and friends and the families we make for ourselves.
So there is a quick catch-up for all. I hope that I can be a bit better in the future.
Take Care,
Tia
Writing for a while has felt like a chore to me. I still have not found full-time work and whenever I go to write I start dwelling upon my job situation.
Things are better for me in Chicago than New York. New York was too much for me and I felt as if I could never be alone with my thoughts. When walking I was surrounded by people, when sleeping I could hear the people outside, everywhere I went I was enveloped by noise of some sort and it was driving me crazy. To deal with it all I become a long-term tourist instead of making it my home.
Now I am a much happier person in Chicago. I originally moved in with my friends Dana and Tim, but that did not last long. I was much the intrusion in their happily married home. So I have moved in with another friend of mine, John. I am living in a loft where I do not have any privacy (his bedroom looks over mine) yet we are somehow making it work, and I am happy to do so. John and I have found another larger more private and just as beautiful place to move to in a few weeks. At the moment that is all I can talk about. I have a new apartment, I have signed a lease and I will soon be moving into a house that I will live in for at least a year.
As for work: well things are still grim. I am currently working 3 part-time jobs. I am a receptionist at a spa, I am waiting tables at a café and I am doing book work for a one-man construction office.
Now for the real business: what am I doing for fun? Well honestly not much. I have been watching movies at friends. homes, drinking beers, walking all over the place, and eating all too much. Over the holidays mostly worked though I did get an opportunity to visit my mom. I also went to see the B52s and Poi Dog Pondering on New Years eve with one of my old housemates from Black Elk (veggie coop I lived in while in college) And a few weeks ago I went to Portland to go to my friends Cathy and Susan's wedding reception and I somehow ended up being the photographer. It was a beautiful weekend of celebrating love and friends and the families we make for ourselves.
So there is a quick catch-up for all. I hope that I can be a bit better in the future.
Take Care,
Tia
