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Because blogging is more fun than working

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

It is a fact that college students’ apartments are never cleaner than they are the night before a big exam. It’s pretty sad when scrubbing the toilet sounds like more fun than cracking a book, but it’s so true, and so not exclusive to college students. I shouldn’t even be here writing this right now, but I’ve got a nearly 1,000 page software manual sitting next to me that I’m meant to be studying for a certification I have to do for work that I can’t even bear to look at. My apartment actually could’ve used a good scrub, but instead of vacuuming and mopping I opted for more fun procrastination activities and did a bit of shopping, made a huge batch of sweet potato soup and topped up my tan at the beach this afternoon. As I wrote that last sentence I actually started feeling a bit guilty. Should I study? Nah, I’ll just put a pillow over the book so I can’t see it. Problem solved.

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Starting over…again

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

I just realized the title of this post sounds like a self-help book for divorcees! Awww. The fact remains that I am starting over yet again, with a new place, a new job, and new faces. I also realized that even though I didn’t act on earlier ideas of traveling around in Central America before settling on a job, living in south Florida is the next best thing! I have no doubt that this will be a new cultural experience for me even though it’s only a 4 1/2 hour drive down from GainesvilleMoving all my stuff down here wasn’t nearly as bad as I’d anticipated. I really don’t have all that much stuff, considering I sold off all the furniture I had last year once I’d graduated. Still, I had an inconceivably large pile of boxes that I had absolutely no idea of what might be contained inside. It’s amazing to think I lived out of a backpack all last summer, and out of one huge suitcase for the six months I was in London and didn’t really miss any of it, but I packed it all in a moving truck to bring down here just the same. 

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Back where it began

Monday, April 17th, 2006
It's funny. In the past year I've graduated, spent a couple of months traveling all over Europe, moved to London to work for six months, but now that I'm back in Florida it feels like I'm ... [Continue reading this entry]