Where Have You Been?

Ok, so I'll admit it, my last post was a long time ago and was written from my sister's house after consuming quite a bit of alcohol (after all, it WAS New Year's Eve). Quite a bit has happened since then. I'll do my best to avoid the messy details, though they will no doubt trickle out piece by piece.

I was unemployed pretty much the entire month of January. While I thought that I could never get bored, what with all of the books, magazines, newspapers, and daytime tv at my dispoal, boredom set in about the third week. So, between the oppresive boredom, the blinding red glow of my checking account balance, and the blunt encouragement of a dear friend (Dude, get a job!), I decided to do just that.

So, to my student loan-paying father's unspoken chagrin, I am now waiting tables (again). My recent return to the service industry has been an incredibly humbling learning experience for me. Even though I was not making enough money to warrant it, I developed this sense of superiority while working at the Council. I somehow started to believe that a desk + business cards + wearing suits = success. The truth? My bosses now are pretty irritating, but they don't call me at home or curse at me. I don't miss the happy hour bitching sessions either. Regardless of what my plans for the near future are, when it comes to my job, I think I traded up. What's really interesting is that it will be my current job waiting tables that will provide for me the means to move abroad, not my job at the Council.

There is much to say about what has gone down in the last couple of months. They have truly been some of the most instructive, self-revealing, and emotionally wrenching weeks that I have ever experienced.

I'll be writing more now, and they won't all be this boring and diary-esque. I promise.