Well... it's been a bit lackluster, but it's starting to turn around.
I'm in Bellevue, which is nice and comfortable to me - it kind of feels like a newer Grand Rapids with more buildings. But it is not cheap. My 539 square ft studio apartment is $1,300 a month (not including utilities), and it is not overly fancy - the building is, but the apartment is kind of... eh. Which is fine. I'm not much for entertaining people in my home anyway, and it's a block from my office - which is obviously a huge plus.
I spent the first 3 weeks (I'm just starting my 5th week) without furniture or my car and broke.... going nearly 2 months without a paycheck. It was just me, my cat my laptop a small suitcase of clothing and a cheap pullout thing from Ikea to sleep on. The little bit of furniture I had moved by the moving company (my $2,000 - 3 month old mattress was the main reason I moved anything over at all) and my car finally made it - and I went home this weekend and flew back with my dog last night, so hopefully I'll start to settle in.
I'm still broke after paying my absurd rent, 2 car payments to get caught up, and $1,000 worth of plane tickets and transporting the dog and a rental car from Grand Rapids to Indianapolis... they say that taking a chance and doing something like this helps you grow as a person - and so far I have learned 1) things are things, that's it 2) corresponding directly to number 1 - I need to manage my money more appropriately (savings!). It's silly, I have an undergraduate degree in Finance and an MBA and I can give anybody all the advice in the world, but I apparently needed a reality check of my own.
After I made the choice to move, Nate decided to tell me how much he cares and loves me... and that has thrown a very difficult variable into this. It's been nearly a year since I met him. We "broke up" in February, started talking consistently and visiting each other in May - but he never really told me how he felt so I assumed it was casual in his mind... so now I'm 2,000 miles away from him instead of 280. I can't deny that if I wasn't committed to him I would probably be having more fun because I'd put myself in a situation to meet somebody new - go on a date and maybe find somebody to show me around, but I'm not going to do that.
So - I'm a bit lonely. AND my motivation for the gym is practically non-existent. I feel like a total fattie. I hate the fitness center on the 15th floor, it's not my gym. I also can't justify paying for a gym membership - I haven't paid for one in 5+ years (nor can I really afford it at the moment. And I went from teaching 6 classes a week to zero, so I miss some of my class people - especially my morning group that was with me forever. At least I have my dog now though, right?
I have no television, but I do have the 24" monitor from my desktop, AppleTv and Netflix - but I'm not really a television person anyway. As you can tell by my absence I haven't been in much of a mood for communication either, I tend to shutdown....
Well, that was a bit cathartic. I know things will get better now that I have my bed, dog, clothes, car....
I'm going to try and find some random coed sports team to join - something silly like flag football.
So - that's me in a nutshell. Quite different from 6 months ago.
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