A Much Needed Break

After Mom told me that Sadie passed,

I cried, as expected.

I tried to find comfort in people via Facebook

and phone conversations

and texting.

I tried to hide myself in my reading,

and studying,

and work.

Studying for finals was not easy.

My group of study buddies for midterms weren't around;

one is in a sorority so she's no longer available,

another dropped out of school for the semester...

basically I was on my own.

Which is fine.

That's how it's supposed to be, right?

Gotta grow up sometime.

My co-workers were spreading rumors

that I was going to be fired

shortly after Black Friday.

This was also stressing me out.

All these things bundled into one,

made me feel like my life was out of control.

Which is exactly why I decided to jump in my car

and drive to Arizona.

Just because I can.

I wasn't going to tell anyone that I was coming,

but then I decided to tell my parents.

Just because I felt that was the grown-up thing to do.

It took some convincing on my part

to have them be okay with me driving alone.

Which, I am grateful that they worry,

because I know that they care.

But sometimes, it makes me feel like a little kid

when I can't do anything if my parents tell me no.

Eventually,

I'm going to have to start making my own decisions,

by myself,

with no help from others.

I don't know why really,

but my short trip home

was exactly what I needed.

I drove there by myself

for the first time ever.

I stopped at the regular places,

and did pretty darn good I think!

However,

my GPS did take me through Phoenix

and would not let me get on the freeway.

Silly me,

but that's okay.

I showed up at the Divin's household

at about 11 in the morning.

Jenny answered the door

and I was so happy that I got to surprise her.

While I was there,

I ate lunch with my mom,

went shopping with my grandma,

got to talk with Mandy a little,

hung out with Jenny, Reilley and Stewart,

went to Andie's new place,

saw Sadie,

had lunch with the family,

and that was about it.

But I came home feeling much better.

I don't really know why,

it just made me feel like my batteries were recharged :)

On a different topic,

Fall semester is over.

I'm doing a cooking day with Gma

tomorrow.

I have a spree planned with my co-worker Brittany

on Saturday.

I think my parents are coming

on Tuesday.

Co-worker Judy and I are getting our nails done

on Wednesday.

Bubble Butt and my grandparents fly into town

on Thursday.

My roommate is moving out

on Friday.

Christmas is

Saturday.

I like being busy with fun activities :)

My co-worker Nia wants to move in with me.

Another co-worker Cassandra has also mentioned it,

but doesn't seem serious about it.

My cousin has an interview in January

for a place that's right down the street from my house,

so she's also a possible roommate in the future..

I'll definitely have to think about it seriously

and decide if it's a good idea to even have a roommate.

It's nice to think that people want to move in,

if nothing else :P

I have the feeling that this is going to be an amazing winter break ♥