I just talked to a good friend whom I haven't spoken with in months. She is almost eight months pregnant, and thus is going to have the baby very soon. I hung up with her, went to yoga, and came back to check my email. A good friend of mine whom I haven't spoken to in few weeks recently got a new job. She says she likes the job but she misses her baby boy while she's away so much it physically hurts. Then I went to Dooce's site, and all she talked about was her baby. Then I went to Yvonne's, and she talked about her baby.
What the hell is going on here?
I think I need to start corresponding with people my age. Preferably people my age who are still living with their parents. None of this I-got-my-master's-and-am-just-chillin-at-my-'rents stuff, either. You have to be going nowhere and have never left your parents. Then I'll feel all right about where I'm going with my life.
I did, however, line up all but one of my recommendations for next year. I've got a sneaky, sneaky plan, but I hope it will work out. By God, if it works out, I am going to flip my shit.
You know what else I really want in life? A Honda Civic Hybrid. Is that too much to ask?
I realized today (well, I calculated today, but realized long ago) that if I move back to the States, I am going to be seriously indebted to my parents for awhile. There is just no way I can function without a computer, and I am not going to have the money to buy myself both a computer and a bed. And something to eat. I might be able to scrounge up enough cash for like, a tatami mat or something. That's bed-like enough for me. But I'll need all that other shit too: new bank account, new phone, deposit on an overpriced place to live.
So the computer thing will have to be done by the parents, somehow, until I can pay them back. I always try and ask for these things as combined birthday/Christmas/President's Day presents, but Mom always goes to the Limited anyway, just to have something to wrap. I really would understand if I had no presents under the tree this year, if it meant that come summer I would have a shiny new laptop.
I'd really like to start saving now. It would be nice if the people I supposedly work for could tell me if I have a job or not.
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