Um, Hello

Hi.  My name’s Cyndi.  I used to blog here.  It’s been almost a year since I wrote anything.  For a long time I really didn’t think I had anything to say.  For a long time there were things I wanted to say but not admit to.  It’s been a long year.  A lot has happened, and in some ways not much at all has.  But I think that I decided to try and start this up again, because for the fist time in a long time, I think I’m getting to a better place in my life.  I’m getting some hope back, some excitement, and even some happiness now and then.  It’s not all sunshine and rainbows over here, but I’m hopeful for the future again, which is a really important feeling.

So let’s recap on my past almost year.  I’m in a new job – yay!  It’s not a library job, those are still somewhat elusive, but it’s better than the teaching job.  The way that job ended is a ridiculous and disgusting fiasco that I don’t want to even get into, but sufficed to say, I’m better off now.  At the end of the month I’m moving out of this house I’ve rented with two other “Craigslist roommates” for the past couple of years and into a really cool apartment with an actual friend.  I’m very excited, and I think that I’m going to be happier there.  Plus, they’re pet friendly so bringing my dog along is not a problem, it seems a bunch of people there have dogs too.  It’ll probably be wierd to be in an apartment building instead of a house, but I’m really looking forward to not having to worry about mowing the lawn and shoveling the snow and keeping up appearances and things like that.  Now I just have to worry about packing up and moving all my crap.

I haven’t been happy living in this house for a while, but I put off moving out since I couldn’t really afford anything else on my own, and I liked the freedom that I could find a job somewhere else without being tied down to a big lease or mortgage.  Now that I have a stable job in this area, I’m figuring that I’ll at least be around for a while, since who knows how long it’ll take me to find a library job.  The new place has a one year lease and then it’s month to month after that, so at least I won’t be tied down too badly.  Plus the rent includes heat and water, which is pretty swell.  I think it’s going to be a good change for me.

In other news, I finished my masters degree in the early spring, so I now have a large framed diploma declaring me a master of science hanging on my wall.  It was a big achievement for me and I’m pretty proud of it.  Of course I haven’t found a job in that field yet, but I’m still working on that.

I guess that’s most of the big stuff that I can think of at the moment.  I’m hoping that my spirits will continue to improve, or at least remain above a depressed level and that I’ll have some eventful and non-sucky posts in the near future.  So hello again, and I hope to see you soon!