The Family

I always check our blog to see if someone's there to entertain me with a post... and yes i realize it's half my fault for not contributing. Sooo, update.

I start my last semester tomorrow, and am pretty exited to get back to the studio cause i haven't made any art all summer and it kinda bums me out. I broke up with Gordon mmmm... a month ago??? something? I dunno, it was a drawn out thing that involving him wanting to stay in MD and me wanting to stay in Chicago and his bar exam doesn't count anywhere else but MD and long story short, if he couldn't give me a few months here in the fall i couldn't move out there next summer. Mostly i was really unhappy in the relationship all summer, and partially i don't know if i'd ever be happy with him in the future. I figured out too that i was only with him because i felt like i should be... he was a great guy, smart, thoughtful, considerate, blah blah blah... but i guess something was always missing for me and it's no good being with someone because you think you should be versus actually wanting/choosig to be with them. Anyways, we still talk, and he was here a week or so ago because his friend got married in Milwaukee and i went with him and yes i know that's weird but it turned out okay. ummmm... i dunno. I guess i've taken on the cliche that if it's meant to be it will be and i'm not going to worry about anything but the present with the 2 of us from now on. And surprisingly enough i've been more relieved than sad about anything. I think i went through a lot of those emotions a while back when all of this started this summer.

Miranda (one of my BFF's from MI) got married in Colorado in July. Pics are on FB. I also got to hang out with Karyn for a day... we picked sunflowers, saw Walle, played Bingo at a Bar where Karyn proceeded to draw penises with her crayon because they weren't calling her number... and played with her cat a lot. Marlow is the shit.

I work a lot.

OOO... art center stuff. I'm the new Volunteer Coordinator at the South Side Community Art Center (the place i did the rehab project at last semester.) Sooooo i'll be collaborating with everyone at the center to facilitate projects and organize volunteers and some databases... admin stuff. I'm pretty hyped. wooooo.

I rearanged my living room last week. It was liberating. i suggest it to all.

AND i've been using my bike as transportation a bit. I've been living here a year (OMG) and have always been too afraid to ride in the streets with all the crazies. HOWEVER, i found that bikes sit higher than cars, you can hear everything, and as long as you don't ride when it's too hot or too busy than things go A-OK for the most part.

OK... i start school in the morn. Must sleep. HOWEVER, i love you all. I can't wait to see you at ZACH AND ELIZABETH'S WEDDING!!!! OMG!!! (i mean yeah we all knew it was meant to be but...) OMG!!!!!!!!