Installment #2
You think I would have written the second installment right away? That has not been my pattern to date, so why would I start now. Heck, I have 3 rolls of film that need to be developed at home, and I honestly do not know what is on them. It should be an adventure!

OK, I left off with September. It was fall. I rollerbladed a lot, watched the trees change color and a played outside while I still could. I had a few of job interviews in September for tech jobs that I was either so under or over qualified it was painful. I was given one job offer but it was a dead-end job with dead-end pay and hours that would have left me with 6-8 hours a day to myself (in which I would have slept.) Instead I choose to continue to play in the day and work in the night.

I also went apple picking with Molly and Angela. I am trying to get them to lend me a pictures or 2 so I can scan them and show them to all of you.

At the end of September I went to Ann Arbor for the first time in almost 4 years. When I walked off the train my first thought was: “Home.” I do not want to move back to Ann Arbor, but it is home for me. And I am glad I have finally realized that. I had a good weekend of being nostalgic, complaining that my old haunts were gone, and laughing with friends.

Honestly, October, November and December were a bit of a blur. I worked crazy hours at the restaurant, I did some office work for the owner of the restaurant and I spent a huge amount of time in the hospital sitting next to a friend, hoping he would get better. He is getting better and he is not in the hospital now. But I still worry. And I am still there for him.

The holidays are what I remember for the above months:

I did go and see the Pixies at the Aragon, a fabulously tacky music venue. And, yes, I do believe that seeing the Pixies is a holiday. It was a fantastic show, I danced a bit and re-affirmed that Kim Deal is simply awsome.

The weekend before Thanksgiving: Molly, Angela, Lisa and I went Christmas shopping and for the first time in my life I finished my Christmas shopping before the New Year. We went to this really excellent store in a house, in a barn, in a shed, on a farm called Ginger Blossom (http://www.gingerblossom.com) which we found on our Apple picking trip.

Thanksgiving: I went to Molly and Angela’s place. Angela made a fantastic traditional dinner and attempted to make a Tofurkey for me. Though the homemade Tofurkey I had in Sydney was good (not brilliant) the store-bought Tofurkey was another thing all together. We could have dribbled it to the hoop. We had a fabulous feast with many friends.

Christmas: I had every intention of staying at home and renting movies but a friend of mine would not have it. So, off to her family’s house for Christmas dinner. It was beautiful: little kids, aunts and uncles, Christmas present unwrapping and the tree was decorated. Much better than staying at home and watching cheesy movies.

Then there was New Year’s Eve. I spent the first half of the evening at a local pub with my roommates and then after midnight I left to meet-up with Molly, Angela and Gang. It was a big evening, with few people.

So the New Year (and new job) will be in the next installment.

And just to get it posted and out there, I am going to post this now and write another installment, soon, I hope.