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2023 update
Jan. 5th, 2024 09:48 pmIt's been a bit! I know, I meant to keep up this journal. But I'm still doing much better with this one than the sad attention my LJ got for the past several years. So let me wrap up 2023 and maybe bleed into early 2024 a bit:
- Aerial Classes: This is going amazing. I wish I could post a video here because I took a video of me doing my first 'baby' drop and it's a fucking DROP so even small and safe it's terrifying!! But after only 10 classes I was able to do this completely on my own which was thrilling. Also currently I was planning to repeat the Intro class (they suggest repeating classes in general and said some people will repeat the Intro class as much as 4 times!) I can't seem to get the foot position on climbs and don't feel good about it at all. On the other hand, I feel pretty damn good about everything else we've done. I was the first person in our last class to get double foot locks down. But tonight my instructor texted me saying they only had one person sign up for the next level class and would I consider doing that one instead. That is encouraging because she only texted two people so clearly I'm someone she thinks can handle it. I'll probably do it because I do want to improve and learn more tricks and the other person she texted didn't think she could make it work with her schedule. Imagine how much I could improve with only two people to work with in a class!!! The main thing holding me back is it's Monday night and my current class is Sunday afternoon. Hard to force myself to go out on Monday night after a full day at work! But I'll probably do it...
- Roommate Stuff: It's still been really hard to deal with. Pointed out to a friend tonight, so I hang a little scrub brush I use to clean my shower IN FRONT of her shower poof. Part of doing this was actually as evidence. In case I have to confront her or her family about her poor hygiene habits about how little she showers (because I don't think she's truly aware of some of this) Anyway, tonight when I showered I used the scrub brush to clean and realized I grabbed it in front of the shower poof which means it's been there since the last time I used it and hung it there....which means my damn SHOWER gets cleaned more often than the person who's supposed to be using it!!! We need to move just in general and I've told her I'm letting the friend who is looking also look for single places for just me but I know I need to break the news that I asked him to ONLY look for single places. I'm NOT planning to live with her after we move from here. It just sucks because she's still a really nice person. And the company can be nice. But the living situation is just impossible
- friend: I don't know....there's maybe not much to say here. (And this is technically a 2024 update) A friend of mine died on January 1. It wasn't a super close friend but I still cared for her so obviously it sucks. The hardest part I guess is that her death is bringing up a lot of OTHER stuff. Like things with other friends I was a lot closer to who passed. Or things with my cousin. This girl was in an abusive relationship and trying to get out and trying to deal with the fallout. It felt very similar to my cousin who (thank god!) got out finally. But it brings up a lot of old feelings. Plus it just plain sucks when someone dies before they turn 30. It's not right. And she was a super sweet person and did not deserve the bullshit she had to deal with at the end.
- Band??: Maybe I'll save this one until later. I'm sick of typing. But there is a potential new band opportunity on my horizon!
- Aerial Classes: This is going amazing. I wish I could post a video here because I took a video of me doing my first 'baby' drop and it's a fucking DROP so even small and safe it's terrifying!! But after only 10 classes I was able to do this completely on my own which was thrilling. Also currently I was planning to repeat the Intro class (they suggest repeating classes in general and said some people will repeat the Intro class as much as 4 times!) I can't seem to get the foot position on climbs and don't feel good about it at all. On the other hand, I feel pretty damn good about everything else we've done. I was the first person in our last class to get double foot locks down. But tonight my instructor texted me saying they only had one person sign up for the next level class and would I consider doing that one instead. That is encouraging because she only texted two people so clearly I'm someone she thinks can handle it. I'll probably do it because I do want to improve and learn more tricks and the other person she texted didn't think she could make it work with her schedule. Imagine how much I could improve with only two people to work with in a class!!! The main thing holding me back is it's Monday night and my current class is Sunday afternoon. Hard to force myself to go out on Monday night after a full day at work! But I'll probably do it...
- Roommate Stuff: It's still been really hard to deal with. Pointed out to a friend tonight, so I hang a little scrub brush I use to clean my shower IN FRONT of her shower poof. Part of doing this was actually as evidence. In case I have to confront her or her family about her poor hygiene habits about how little she showers (because I don't think she's truly aware of some of this) Anyway, tonight when I showered I used the scrub brush to clean and realized I grabbed it in front of the shower poof which means it's been there since the last time I used it and hung it there....which means my damn SHOWER gets cleaned more often than the person who's supposed to be using it!!! We need to move just in general and I've told her I'm letting the friend who is looking also look for single places for just me but I know I need to break the news that I asked him to ONLY look for single places. I'm NOT planning to live with her after we move from here. It just sucks because she's still a really nice person. And the company can be nice. But the living situation is just impossible
- friend: I don't know....there's maybe not much to say here. (And this is technically a 2024 update) A friend of mine died on January 1. It wasn't a super close friend but I still cared for her so obviously it sucks. The hardest part I guess is that her death is bringing up a lot of OTHER stuff. Like things with other friends I was a lot closer to who passed. Or things with my cousin. This girl was in an abusive relationship and trying to get out and trying to deal with the fallout. It felt very similar to my cousin who (thank god!) got out finally. But it brings up a lot of old feelings. Plus it just plain sucks when someone dies before they turn 30. It's not right. And she was a super sweet person and did not deserve the bullshit she had to deal with at the end.
- Band??: Maybe I'll save this one until later. I'm sick of typing. But there is a potential new band opportunity on my horizon!
