M(a) and I had a friendship day! It was great fun. We went to Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore, got lunch and bummed around the stores down there. We then made our way back along the coast and stopped at a few other places and then got dinner closer to where we live. I’m really grateful to have M(a) in my life. She’s a great friend and I’m so glad she invited me to come and live out here with her for a while.

I’m looking forward to the interview tomorrow for the certification to teach English I want to get. If they accept me I’ll quickly get in gear to get everything ready to head over to Thailand within a couple weeks. I hope they give me a spot in the class so I can start making travel arrangements and sell my car. It would be great to make it back to MN before I leave, but we’ll see how that goes. I really want to do this and I’d also love to be able to start firming up the plans – I’d like to get a concrete plan down and finally know this is actually going to happen. I have a lot of work to get done before I can go, but I’m ready for it to all fall into place.

I’ve been a little angry lately and have found that anger, today anyway, directed at B. I realize I’m choosing to be angry for whatever reason and it has less to do with him and more that I just want to be angry right now. I have a feeling it’ll pass soon enough. Tomorrow I’m meeting a few guys from the program and heading to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. I’m really excited to check out the gardens and that should take my mind off things. I’ve also gone two days now without eating anything sugary so that could definitely be contributing to my irritability. Tomorrow should be a better day with all of that.

Gratitude List:
Friendship day with M(a)
Bananas with peanut butter
Thailand!