There’s one more week of summer left. Next week, Sage and Greg will be in New York, so it will be a strange week. Sky will be here, which I am thankful for. I’ve had enough alone time lately.
Sky is moving out soon. He has money saved, and he knows he doesn’t want to live here. That’s about all he knows. I don’t blame him. Shoot, I don’t want him to stay here. It’s stifling and repressive. I’ll miss him like crazy, though.
He’s probably going to go with the “safe” choice and move back to Austin since his dad lives about an hour away. Since he doesn’t have a license yet–no real reason other than lack of motivation–Austin is going to be a sucky place for him to live.
He’s thinking about other places, like Portland, OR, but he’s worried he won’t like it and will have blown his savings. He knows he likes Austin, even though he does think there might be something better out there. I’m encouraging him to take the risk of going wherever he wants. I told him he can always come back and work for a couple of months to get more money to go somewhere else. He’ll probably end up in Austin, though, and I’ll be sorta glad because I can visit him there. Probably. You know.
I’m actually a bit glad that summer is over. It highlighted how disconnected I feel here. Today, I went to a meeting at work and saw a bunch of people I really like and care about. I’m the mentor for the new math teacher, and Mr. Sir has finally retired. Oh!! Word is that Mr. Sir came into over $800,000 of money on an oil deal. Wonder if that improved his mood any…
This week is looking decent, socially. I’m going to a party Saturday night, a get together next Friday night and out to lunch twice next week. That may not seem like a lot to most people, but it’ll be the busiest week I’ve had all summer!
I have to face the fact that some of the social life problem is my own fault. I rarely initiate anything, and one of the guys from work has invited me to no fewer than four parties, none of which I’ve attended. Sometimes it’s the agor, sometimes it’s no babysitting, sometimes it’s just feeling like holing up in the house (depression).
So, I’m going to work on that.
I was going to join a church, since that’s what everyone seems to do around here, but even the Methodists say you have to believe in that “everybody raises up out of the grave when Jesus comes” stuff. I just don’t believe that, and I really am not good at pretending that I do, or ignoring it and going with the flow. There are no nice “liberal” churches here, unfortunately.
So I’m just blathering on now. Anyway. Yeah.
A liberal church? They are even hard to find in WA! It’s a shame because you would be sure to find like-minded people there. Your social life is like mine–a few lunches out or outings make my week. Inservices and appointments don’t count because they’re boring! Portland is a great town; I love it, but am not sure what kind of employment opportunities it offers. That’s critical to a young person trying to make it on his own. Hard choices.
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1. Book recommendation for Sky: Acres of Diamond by Russell Conwell. (Its available online for free and can be found via Google.)
2. Quick cure for depression (if its not medical) is making someone else laugh. This works because you’ll be focused on someone else for a few minutes and won’t be introspecting. And nothing will shine your day as knowing that you made someone else happy.
3. Lookup meetup.com to see if there is something interesting going on in your neck of the woods. Or start a mastermind yourself. All you have to sponsor is coffee – and people will come.
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I’m glad that you’ll get to have a change of mood and pace soon, now that school year is coming up! Hang in there!
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God told Guru Nanak that the best way to worship Him is by being a good person.
And by meditating.
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Hi Michelle,
There have to be other social options to the church. Check out if there are any singles groups in your area. Churches can be ok for social relationships but I always figured that was kind of misusing the purpose of religion. Then again, a good friend of mine swears by it so what do I know?
Back to school, back to school! It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure! (?)
Take care,
Ken
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Thank goodness Mr. Sir is leaving. Hopefully his replacement will be someone that’s open-minded, willing to empower the teachers, and sincerely wants to see the students succeed.
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Nothing wrong with blathering. I like blatherers. I blather myself. To myself. For myself. See, I’m blathering right now.
Seriously, I heard something recently (that I’ve been repeating inside my head as a mantra) … EXPECT GOOD NEWS.
Expect good news.
I’m trying. I’ll expect good news for you too. Good news for Sky. Good news for Sage. Good news for all of us … and a good rest of the summer.
hugs,
deb
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After resisting it for ages I’m getting stuck back into church life again here in Japan. I imagine it’s pretty different to church life in America though. I’ve been feeling like I don’t really know how to get to know people outside of work, and being in a foreign country people at work tend to rely on each other a little too much and it all gets a bit insular and unbalanced. So I’m thinking of taking some classes to learn to cook, or pottey or photography, anything really that’ll be fun and get me out of the house a bit more.
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Just stumbled upon your wonderful blog! Will be checking back often from now on!!
Seems lately that whenever I leave a comment on a blog, I see “Berryberr’s” exact same message. Including on my own blog! Hmm, spammer, I suspect.
Maybe a class would be cool for you — with your new (old) house, maybe a class in aspects of remodeling, tiling, or some such thing? I can’t imagine myself finding any like-minded folks in a church, unless possibly the UU (Unitarian Universalist) church, but I have a hunch you won’t find the likes of that in your neck of the woods!
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