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I know, I know...long time no see. I hope you guys haven't forgotten about me. I'm not sure what lit a fire under my ass (tavie gave up ages ago) but HTML-illiterate me somehow figured out how to change the picture and background color and now, here I am, blogging for the first time in ages!!!
So what's new, you ask??? Not much (just kidding). Well, since I've last posted, I moved in with my friend Mush (Moose if you're an avid reader of Tavie's blog) and things have been good. We just ended our lease here (where I've lived most of the time since I moved here) and will be moving to Mush's previous apartment which his old landlord gutted, renovated, put in all new applicances plus a backdoor so we have access to the backyard, and we already know our neighbors who will be across the hall. Mush's best friend from back home will be taking the apartment across the hall with his lovely wife, Saadia, which means the four of us will have sole "custody" of the backyard. Plus Mush is renting a parking space from a neighbor two doors down so he doesn't have to worry about parking his car on the street. Everything is coming together nicely. I've made Saadia promise to teach me how to cook...perhaps we should invest in a fire extinguisher.
I must say, however, that I have not been the bestest friend I can be as far as keeping in contact, even with my friends who live a stone's throw away. I've had a health issue the effects of which kinda snuck up on me, like when you see someone/something every day and the gradual changes evade you. I found myself in a situation where I never seemed to feel like doing anything but, except for the guilt, didn't realize there was a problem. The closest analogy I came up with was that I was living the life of a depressed person without actually being depressed. Finally, I get my bloodwork done and find that I'm horribly anemic. But not until I starting working on fixing the problem and started to feel better (I've got a long ways to go) did I realize just how bad I let myself get. But, as a result, no matter how "legitimate" my reason, I find that I've distanced myself from my friends. Now, it's gonna be a while before I have the energy level I should, but I'm going to start making a conscious effort to reconnect and reinforce my friendships. Lucky for me, with my friends, I should have no trouble with that.
a bad case of verbal diarrhea from Cheryl 01:49
