Wow, and you thought a couple weeks was a long time to go between postings. Boy, my dear darling six readers, you probably thought I was dead! But, I’m not dead yet.
It was just that grad school took over my life for the summer, and then I went on a long vacation. So I got sort of out of the routine. Will you take me back?
What’s happened between then and now? Well! A lot, actually. I did quite well in my summer classes, thankyouverymuch. Then, a delicious vacation featuring a nice long guest starring visit from KT, which was relaxing and a lot of fun. (Cuts the Cat adored him, and now I’m just not good enough anymore.) I wrapped up said vacation with a trip to the old homestead to visit mom, catch up with my bff MS, and take cousin ATB out to the county fair for his birthday. We had a grand time visiting, riding the rides, eating deep-fried Oreos. (Thank God they’ve made their way to the North.) It was the first two-week vacation of my working life, and fantastic from start to finish.
Then…school started up again. I had a bit of a nervous breakdown a few weeks in, and decided that there was, in actual fact, a real reason why I had held off going to grad school for seventeen years. It’s because I don’t want to do it. So…I withdrew from classes. (Best to do it with a nice, high GPA…just in case I ever decide to go back!) I’ve got two semesters to decide whether to re-enroll, but I don’t think I shall.
This month, I went on a three-day mini-break to CNY. And lo! I was able to really enjoy it not only because of my amazing host but also because I’ve, you know, got some inner peace for the first time in a long, long time. Because…
I’ve decided to move back to NYS.
Holy crow! Yep. I’ve lived here for half my life, and have gotten tired of living on the work-work-work treadmill that is this town. I don’t exactly love what I do for a living, so it’s no fun absolutely dreading every single social situation when the first thing out of the mouth of everyone you meet is, “What do you do?” Ugh. It’s about ten million times worse than, “What’s your major?” Over the past year, with a lot of help from my friends, I’ve managed to face a lot of the issues which prevented me from even contemplating such a move. It’s nice to be able to look back and realize there really are things I’ve missed. Holy Cow. My wonderful friends. My mom. The Catskills. Lakes and streams that are accessible without fighting for hours, through a hundred miles of traffic. A near-total lack of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad McMansion developments. It’s time to go home, to improve ye olde work-life balance, to really enjoy those things.
To that end, I’ve embarked on a job hunt: not too far north, not too far west, and not the city. Ideas are welcome! I’ve already had one interview, so we’ll see how the hunting goes…
There’s lots to talk about, and it’s obviously not all about me. We’ve got not-witches running for the U.S. Senate, for God’s sake! The jokes write themselves. All of which is a very long-blog-posty way of saying…I hope you will take me back, dear readers, because it’s back to normal…or as close as I ever get to normal, anyway.
And to that end, tidbits are back!
- Lyric of the day: “Now it’s been years, but there you were, like a Mustang, redlining every single gear”
- Flashback of the day: Batman, and how I really don’t remember the movie itself very well.
- What’s playing now? Death Cab for Cutie’s “Summer Skin,” off Plans.
- Photo of the day:
Posted signs, on the list of things I miss
Glad to see you posting again, Amy, and congrats on the decision toward work/life balance! Keep posting – I missed your missives. =]