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missroseroseBeen having a few more lovely sunny days, and it's actually been somewhat warm outside. Yay, I can finally shed my winter coat and switch to my leather jacket. I'm beginning to think summer might yet get here after all. Looks like we're back to the usual program of rain this weekend, though. *disappointed*
I spent some time talking to Brian and to my mother, and I think that for now I'm going to keep up with college. For one thing, I don't want to lose momentum, and for another, I think it would do wonders for my self-esteem to just finish the damn thing. I should be able to do it in two more years if I really apply myself, so that's going to be my goal. Yes, I'm going to be broke for a while longer, but at least I won't be finishing college in debt. That puts me ahead of any number of college graduates...or just plain American citizens, come to think of it.
Unfortunately, this means I'm going to have to find another option for a summer job - the gift shop folks need someone who can stay with them through the whole tourist season, which extends about a month into the beginning of the fall semester. Fortunately I've already updated my resumé, so I mostly have to find something that looks doable and see if I can get my foot in the door. I do think there was an administrative assistant-type job with one of the tour companies that was advertised as having flexible start/end dates...
I still want to go somewhere, and it still doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon, but things are looking slightly more hopeful financially nonetheless. Brian's mother has offered to let us stay with her through the summer, both because rent is so expensive in this town ($800/month for a decent one-bedroom apartment) and because, as her other son is going to be in Ketchikan, she doesn't want to stay alone in a three-bedroom house for three months. This puts a lot less pressure on the whole apartment-saving thing, which is nice, and it also is going to make it a lot easier to save for college this summer. Meantime, if we can make enough extra money, Brian and I are still going to aim for a road trip to Anchorage sometime this summer...maybe in the fall before school starts. The trees are all so gorgeous then.
In slightly more serious news, I'm trying to figure out a way to tell one of my friends that, quite frankly, I don't like being around them very much. We've known each other for quite a while, but when someone grates on you in one way or another almost any time you're hanging out with them (and sometimes when you're not) , it's not exactly an incentive to do so more often. Unfortunately, I'm not sure exactly how to go about it. Just be honest, I suppose.
Or make thinly-veiled comments about it in one's LiveJournal and hope that they pick up the hint. =)
I spent some time talking to Brian and to my mother, and I think that for now I'm going to keep up with college. For one thing, I don't want to lose momentum, and for another, I think it would do wonders for my self-esteem to just finish the damn thing. I should be able to do it in two more years if I really apply myself, so that's going to be my goal. Yes, I'm going to be broke for a while longer, but at least I won't be finishing college in debt. That puts me ahead of any number of college graduates...or just plain American citizens, come to think of it.
Unfortunately, this means I'm going to have to find another option for a summer job - the gift shop folks need someone who can stay with them through the whole tourist season, which extends about a month into the beginning of the fall semester. Fortunately I've already updated my resumé, so I mostly have to find something that looks doable and see if I can get my foot in the door. I do think there was an administrative assistant-type job with one of the tour companies that was advertised as having flexible start/end dates...
I still want to go somewhere, and it still doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon, but things are looking slightly more hopeful financially nonetheless. Brian's mother has offered to let us stay with her through the summer, both because rent is so expensive in this town ($800/month for a decent one-bedroom apartment) and because, as her other son is going to be in Ketchikan, she doesn't want to stay alone in a three-bedroom house for three months. This puts a lot less pressure on the whole apartment-saving thing, which is nice, and it also is going to make it a lot easier to save for college this summer. Meantime, if we can make enough extra money, Brian and I are still going to aim for a road trip to Anchorage sometime this summer...maybe in the fall before school starts. The trees are all so gorgeous then.
In slightly more serious news, I'm trying to figure out a way to tell one of my friends that, quite frankly, I don't like being around them very much. We've known each other for quite a while, but when someone grates on you in one way or another almost any time you're hanging out with them (and sometimes when you're not) , it's not exactly an incentive to do so more often. Unfortunately, I'm not sure exactly how to go about it. Just be honest, I suppose.
Or make thinly-veiled comments about it in one's LiveJournal and hope that they pick up the hint. =)
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Date: 2005-03-24 04:21 pm (UTC)Cuts both ways, m'dear. I can understand you not often enjoying my company much, but it does seem to run both ways. And it's what happens when two people who are usually pretty good at communicating things to each other suddenly... don't.
> Unfortunately, I'm not sure exactly how to go about it. Just be honest, I suppose.
Yep. Or... we could sit down and actually discuss why this is, and various options and things. Because, y'know, we haven't done that. We've barely communicated anything all semester to each other, regardless of what he have or have not said.
--Brian
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Date: 2005-03-24 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-24 05:40 pm (UTC)Which seems like an awfully reductive and meaningless thing to do, to me, since -- with a little bit of mutual understanding that seems to be currently lacking as regards what each of defines as "enjoyable" -- we could enjoy each other's company a lot more than we currently do.
Let's be honest, Rose: we do have things we enjoy doing that are in common. We just haven't been doing any of them, and instead keep winding up in clashing situations.
We've been friends for four years, dear. I think a little communication before we pull the hanging-out plug might be a good idea.
--Brian