It's a Small World

So, I previously wrote about the girl taking my bf on a birthday "date." Her name is "S."

Now, after I moved out of my roommates place, they got a nice couple to live there, but they did not stay long. After they left, "J" took my place. Apparently, J is a young girl, who enjoys the sauce and likes to dance. They think she is really cute and enjoy her as a roomie.

While making my sloppy joes and mashed potato cakes, I received a call from the bf. He told me S's little sister now lives in my old room. J is S's little sister. Holy weirdness. I called my old roomie and kindly asked her to keep my crazy stories at a minimum. Not that I expect to be talked about, but in casual conversation it could potentially come up that their old roommate met a guy from **, visited him a bunch, almost moved there, etc. Not that I am worried about the guilt factor if J told S and S told the bf. I'm more worried about the hurt factor. I kept these goings-ons quite private from the bf (he was not my bf at the time), for the sake of not hurting him even more. I met the bf in a similar way, and I know it would destroy him to know that I almost did the same thing again with someone else.

So, the roomie laughed and told me of course she wouldn't talk about that. I just hope it hasn't already been mentioned. Big giant yikes.

Taking a break from the gym tonight. I have been going religiously each day, running in place until my sweat pours, but yesterday my body whispered to me that it had enough of the weights. So, tonight body, special treat for you...sloppy joes and no gym!

I enrolled in my courses. I couldn't get into the criminal law class, but got into probate instead. Not nearly as exciting, but I'll take it.

I have not heard back from the prior potential roomie. I'm hoping she found someone else, or is really busy from the holidays, and that it wasn't my charming personality that turned her off. It's a little bit of a bummer, but I am looking so far ahead, that maybe I need to give it a rest for a month before I go back to full charge roomie searching again.

I started looking up things to do at my new location. There is a beautiful state part right in the middle of the state and maybe 20 mins from where I want to be. There is a historical village, canoe tours, hiking, and general sites to see. I am very excited for that. There is also a saturday farmer's market that is one of the best in the country. Double stoked.

I troll the citi data forums daily. One person wrote the most amazing post which I will share...

"I just moved to **. On a more philosophical note, my greatest happiness and accomplishments in life have always come from doing things that people thought were crazy (or: "imprudent", "not recommended", and alike). So when people disapprove of my plans, I usually know I'm on the right track. After all, if you do what everyone does, you get the results that everyone gets. Now, if that's what you want, then you are alright, of course.

Anyway, I heard and read all kinds of stuff before I moved to **, and to ** (!) on top of this: I'd be murdered within three days, people are rude, traffic is crazy, the weather is unbearable, the air so polluted that you cannot breathe, every apartment is roach-infested, you cannot park your car without having it stolen within five minutes, the prices are overinflated, etc. etc. etc. (read: bla bla bla).

Granted, I have only been here 36 days, but so far it's been absolutely fantastic - didn't get killed yet and my car is still splendid, had great conversations with all kinds of different people of various ethnic backgrounds and found everyone extremely nice, have been able to tolerate the traffic (what traffic?) and temperatures with relative ease, took walks and discovered great architecture, and my cats are still impatiently waiting for the promised roaches. Some things are more expensive compared to where I came from, others are less.

You need to do what makes YOU happy, not what others think will make you happy. If you know what you want and where to find it, you're good to go. Sometimes you'll be mistaken, as we all are, and will get those "told you so" comments. But most people like to complain and most people are afraid of anything they don't know, so I wouldn't be overly concerned about what they think. I think your plans sound great: go get your dream acre in **!"

I loved this post. I want to find this person and make out with them uncontrollably. I think this person could be my soulmate. It brought a huge smile to my face to read this. In life, we get so bogged down by what other people's ideas for happiness is, that we forget to take a step back and do what makes YOU happy. I adore you Poster, whoever you are.