When I was in high school, I took the test to become a life guard. I had to be strong enough to rescue a 300 pound "drowning" man, and the scariest part of the test is that I had to tread water for 10 minutes while holding my hands above my head. It was the one part of the test everyone in my class was nervous about, because really, keeping your head above the water without using your hands is difficult!!
I feel like I've been treading water since I got to LA...well, since I was laid off really. This past week, it's been more like I'm treading water without my hands. As it's been pointed out to me, there really isn't one area of my life that is settled right now. The relationship area of my life isn't settled, my work life isn't settled, my social life isn't settled...I'm trying my best to keep my head above the water, but it really isn't easy.
I'm extremely fortunate though, that I have good friends who understand everything I'm going through and either kick me in the butt when I'm overreacting, or sympathize with me when that's what I need (I just wish I could find your clones in LA!!). I have family who is there to offer advice and let my cry on their shoulders...I have plenty of crafts the offer me a catharsis on the weekends, and I have unconditional love and support from about a handful of people who will probably never know how much they mean to me. So that's the big part of my week...it's been tough, but just like that test from high school, I know I will not only get through this, but succeed with flying colors.
On a more material piece of my week, I took my car in/got my car back from the damage from my accident. The woman who hit me cracked my rear axle tag (the bars that keep my back tires connected to the main axle), destroyed my suspension and alignment, and ended up causing enough damage where the total monetary cost was worth 25% of the value of my car (which is only about $6,000, but still!) Thank goodness I have insurance! My car is running great now though, and it looks and runs better than new. They gave me a minivan for my rental, and seriously? I would buy one in an instant. This car was loaded, comfortable, rode super well and handled great. If I had 2.5 kids and a dog, I would absolutely buy a minivan.
Another stupid thing, that was kinda big this week is that I cleaned up my Facebook friend list. I went through and if there were people on there that I just don't or have never liked, they were deleted. I've been getting tired of facebook lately. I used to have it up as much as my email, but now I'm just getting tired of reading about what so and so is having for lunch, and why so and so is getting annoyed with their kids. Super. It's all just really stupid if you think about it. So there you have it. I'm not quite banning Facebook, but only checking it once or twice a day....
Lastly, I'd like to shout out to Jill and James for a hap-hap-happy birthday!! And for Lauren whom I'm didn't shout out to in December. And to Ben whose birthday is in a week. This is for you guys:
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