how the other half lives

so this is what regular people do. movies, museum exhibits, afternoon ambles in the park or evening strolls across the river, casual dinner at home with friends. i haven't had dinner guests on a saturday night in over a decade. possibly longer. it's been a freakishly prolonged indian summer, and i've greedily savored it these last days. no longer am i cooped up for 12 hours, never even seeing outside.

my budget is tight, but not terribly moreso than it's been these last months, and suddenly i have all this time! my head is no longer filled with dread about returning to my wretched job, nor is most of one free day squandered trying to recover from a long week filled with exhaustive hate.

yup. other than this nervous rash (all my life it attacks the same area. ack. take a wild testosterone-induced guess as to where, lol.) life is ok. i am definitely better off without them, and feel terrifically optimistic about what will turn up next. this lemonade is delicious!

14 months in career purgatory was plenty. how do people who hate their jobs do it for years on end? sheesh. no wonder so many folks watch "dancing with the stars" lol.