I met Laura at the coffee shop down the street tonight. We had our first writing meetup. It was fun and I’m really glad that we decided to do that. There was quite of a bit of talking (all my fault) which was to be expected, but we also had a lot of quiet time to just sit and write. I went over the reading assignments for class and then attempted to work on the writing ones. One of the assignments was to put down all the major moments of my life. I got that done, but it was just a list that only had about 10 things on it. The other assignment was to write a scene and the reading homework was all about showing, not telling and how to write scenes. I find this to be really hard because it’s not something I’m used to do doing. Even here every night I’m not writing scenes, I’m simply putting the thoughts that run through my head down onto paper. I know I would benefit greatly from working on writing scenes and it’s something I should give some real effort towards. Tomorrow at some point I’m going to have to write stuff for class. I plan to get something down on paper before I go. I only have to write 400-500 words so she really isn’t asking that much of us. I also know if I don’t complete the first assignment for class it’s not going to bode well for the rest of class. I can get it done during the day sometime and then show up to class with something written. It won’t be that hard and I should be able to find some time tomorrow. I could even work on it over lunch. Hell yes, that would work. Ok, so getting that written tomorrow and I feel better about it now. Wow, I’m really just vomiting onto the page right now. This feels good!

I made it through the day just fine. I didn’t really learn anything more than I’ve already learned, but it was nice to run through it again. I also felt much better today than I did last week. I’m not going to love this job or find it stimulating, but it’s going to be ok for a while. And with any luck it’ll just be a while. I don’t anticipate staying there for more than a year, but we’ll see. I like the guy who’s training me and I like the other woman who sits in his cubicle. In fact everyone seems to be nice. I’m going to stay serious about the job and really give it all I’ve got.

I have to start looking for apartments. I didn’t do anything in that regard all day. Well I guess I did passively look on craigslist for a minute at work, but I didn’t call and I definitely didn’t set up a time to go and view anything. Maybe I’ll make some more progress on that tomorrow. I also would really like to talk to M. I may decide to go back to NJ. I know that will become more clear as the time goes on. I could also wait to rent something until the September stuff becomes available at the beginning of the month. That would give me a little more time to think about it. I imagine the rental company I rented my apartment from will have a lot more stuff become available for September 1st. It would suck to have to find somewhere to stay for those two weeks after moving out of here before I could move into another place, but I should be able to navigate that if I need to. At least I hope I can.

I almost forgot to mention I went to the gym in the building after work. It was pretty good. They only have two elliptical machines I like which I was excited to use again, but when I got there they were both taken. I jumped on one of the rowing machines and did a 5k thinking “well this is nice, I’ll be out of here in twenty minutes versus the hour I would have gone on the elliptical.” I then finished the rowing, stretched and noticed one of the elliptical machines was free and jumped on for an hour. I’m so tired now because of it. I did feel like the energizer bunny while doing it this afternoon. I’m not sure if I’ll go tomorrow or not. I should probably skip it, but maybe I’ll pop in for a row after work. We’ll see.

Gratitude List:

A better day today – my body is adjusting to the new morning time

A nice evening of writing with Laura

Feeling so tired right now I should asleep immediately