Any of you fools reside in Seattle?

[75th]

One of my buddies is from Traverse City and the dude fuckin goes back there like every other day. Dont know why he doesnt just move back. He tends to only hang out with people from there too.

Its odd.

 

[Rachel...lol]

It's official - I have an apartment in Bellevue one block from my office. Now I'm excited

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[nangiggles]

so close to the office, that's great!

 

[ceo]

nice! Enjoy it there. move quickly so you can catch the last month of summer before the 10 months of fall starts.

 

[Rachel...lol]

I'll be there 8/31!

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[PICK3]

Just got to choose which gym

 

[nangiggles]

You are 3200 miles away from me, damn you're literally in the opposite corner of where I am....

 

[Rachel...lol]

There are a couple of Golds that have both classes I teach and have already contacted and will be auditioning for. There's also a pretty nice fitness center on the top floor of my building than overlooks the mountains. I'm not sure if I can justify paying for a gym membership - haven't paid for one in five years or so.

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[PICK3]

So how do you like it?

 

[Rachel...lol]

So how do you like it?

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.