Good relationships

A coworker of mine was asking me about my boyfriend, and I was telling him all about Tom and what he is in school for and what he does with Gladden and his family and all of that, and then he said that I must have the most noble, prince-charming type boyfriend. It made me smile, because even though we fight sometimes, even a casual acquaintance can tell how much I love and respect him. Sometimes I wonder if people know how much I care about them, but I guess I have nothing to worry about.

TGIF!

Tomorrow is the first Friday since college that I was actually happy for the weekend. Like, the happiness that can only come from working 5 solid days in a row and having the next 2 days to do whatever your heart desires with other people that also have the days off. I am so happy that I am not a retail sucker anymore.

Last Day

H&M is over. A thing of the past. After 2 years and 5 months of being miserable there, it is finally done. I feel like I was released from prison or something. I am so happy to be out. I am happy to be done with half of the people I worked with. I have stopped having anxiety tightening up my chest all the time. I don't feel like a trapped animal anymore. And I keep realizing things that are going to be so much better now that I have nights and weekends off. Having a constant sleep schedule will be awesome. And I can enjoy the Christmas season all over again!

There are so many awesome reasons why it is good to be done with H&M, and retail in general for that matter. Yay!

contentedness

I feel so content right now. I have everything I need, and some. I have a boyfriend that makes me really happy. I have a job that pays fairly well and will challenge me for a while. I have good health. I have an apartment that is big enough and is in one of my favorite parts of town. I have a car that reliably runs on a minimum of gas. I have a few friends that really care about me. I was driving home from Tom's tonight after pizza night and was thinking about how happy I am. And I'm not even waiting for the other shoe to drop like previous episodes of happiness. I feel like I've worked for what I have, and haven't asked for too much. I have everything I could ever really need. I am in a really good place I guess.

Shortbus

Have you seen it? :O omg with all of the pee pees! ;)

I got a job!

I was just offered a job at Wears, Kahn, and McMenamy. It is the real estate company that owns my building. I am going to be their administrative assistant. I have standard business hours. I will have nights and weekends! I am excited to live like a normal person. I am still a little iffy on the benefits and pay because the guy who decides that stuff had an emergency and I couldn't work it out, but they seem willing to negotiate. Even if the benefits aren't the best, I am still getting out of retail. Wheeeee

Voting

I love voting. I love researching the candidates and issues and deciding who to support with my vote. I usually look to the League of Woman Voters bulletin for important information, such as platform, relevant experience, education- you know, the kind of stuff you would need to know in hiring someone for a job. Because thats what we are doing- we are hiring a public servant. But for some reason, this sort of information is not readily available for primary elections. I looked everywhere online: league of woman voters, ohio secretary of state, franklin county board of elections, moveon.org, ohio democratic party, and I basically googled every single candidate to no avail. I finally called not one, but two libraries and finally the Columbus library told me about an odd part of the franklin county site that had a sample ballot, so at least I could see what I was voting on tomorrow. It is so messed up. It is hard enough to fight voter apathy. It is hard enough to make people care. It is hard enough to get them out to vote. Why should it be so hard for interested parties to find information on these issues?