I have The Cold. The one everyone has. The one that sort of tickles your throat at 2am and makes you sit up coughing, hacking, wheezing, choking, and making noises as if your ribs are trying to expel a whole lung. Or two. Apparently it's viral and can take you down for 4-6 weeks. *excellent*

I've got the job at Exeter. Yay. 

Now life is about to explode in confusion all over again. I have to go back to SA, have to submit my thesis, have to get a work visa (after my future employers have applied for and obtained a work permit).

It's going to be expensive. So I'll be on here, cranky and moaning and stuff very soon.

But, wait, let's not do that now.

Two resolutions: 

1) get the thesis sorted out by the end of next week
2) stop thinking about The Man (also stop talking about him, or to him, or having any contact with him, or stalking him on Facebook)

There are more, but I don't have the time to type them out now. Suffice to say, the older you get, the more you know what you want, the less you let things upset you (and the less you screw around making mistakes).

Have a happy, successful, and peaceful 2008 everyone!

 

Dear everybody in the whole wide internet...

I am so greatful and humbled by the way people have responded to my breakup with The Man. I have never felt so loved and so valued. Thank you from the bottom of my rapidly healing heart.

I never thought I'd get this much support from people who have never met me. Yay! for TQC and Yay! for the anachix, and Yay! for every person who has told me that I am worth more than the way I've been treated. Now it's all down to time, right? Lots of time, and lots of me being chatted up and feeling like I actually dodged a bullet, and am ready for something a Whole Lot Better.

If I sound like I'm going to be OK, it's because I am. And I really don't think it would've been possible without your kind, caring, and loving words.


P.S. any cures for insomnia? goddamn 3:16AM...

I've calmed down somewhat. And with a tip of the hat to my friend, Josie, I'm going to write down what I'm thankful for. So here it is: I'm really really happy that it's Friday. I'm thankful for being able to be in England at all. I'm really excited about meeting somebody new tonight. I'm happy about going to Santana's for dinner, for what I consider to be my official birthday meal (4 days late). I'm thankful for the fact that it's stopped raining and I won't get wet on the way home. And lastly, I'm really thankful for all my friends who really care about me. I should never take that for granted.



Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!