Happy Anniversary To Me...

I moved to Baltimore on June 15th last year. Funny, it doesn't feel like a year. Strange how things happen. A year ago at this time I had just gotten back from Han Ah Rheum (sp? whatever) with Tanner and seaya and had no clue what I was going to do...the next day, the next week....whatever. I had $50 in my pocket and no idea how long it would take me to get a job. I lived mostly on ramen noodles and rice krispies that month. And I went to the library a lot. And spent a lot of time on Leah's balcony reading. Took me less than a week to find a job, and even then a second job for a short time. the first few weeks were kinda tough. Mostly emotionally. It wasn't the first time I had left Lancaster for good. Hell, the last time I did it, I went 1700 miles away with no intention of returning except to visit. But that was with almost a year's planning, and moving away to college is not the same as moving away with hopes of winging it. Not that I wouldn't do it again. Not that I shouldn't have done it long earlier. And almost did several times. At various intervals, I almost moved to Philly, New York, Rhode Island...

So I got a job...and I worked there til November, and I got a better job, complete with a desk, a filing cabinet, and a 2-hour commute. I'm not complaining about the commute...much. Sometimes I wonder why I gave up a job that took me 5 mintues to WALK to for this, that usually happens when the MTA is malfunctioning...oh, that would be a couple times a day...but really, I've had lots of time to read. I've read a lot of books since I started the job.
To name a few...
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy- all 5 books in the series. My first week.
2. The Town And The City by Jack Kerouac
3. All 5 Harry Potter books
4. Liza of Lambeth...I can't for the life of me remember who wrote it.
5. A bunch of Robert Heinlein books- currently in the middle of The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

...that's just a few.
So I got this job, I read a lot of books. I fixed a lot of computers. Or at least attempted to. And I've been doing that for about 6 months now.

I've had a lot of emotional ups and downs, things alternate between confusing as hell and clear as water.

So what next?

Well...tomorrow I'm going to go to work. And Thursday, Friday and Saturday too. Saturday I'm only working half a day and I'm going to leave at 3 and go spin fire for the Solstice ritual at the Free Spirit Gathering. After that...who knows? I do know that next year, I intend to spend Summer Solstice travelling in Scandanavia. Probably Iceland most specifically, though I really want to hit Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Possibly a short hop to Greenland as well. Icelandair has some interesting travel options. I decided all this in the last few weeks...what a more appropriate place to go for Solstice than the Land Of The Midnight Sun? Between the times? Well...we'll see.

But that's all Well and Good and In The Future. For now...it's been a year. For what it's worth, I've done that much, and not once have I called PA and asked my parents for money.

To everyone who's been there in some way or another...you know who you are. Thank you. I love you. It's been a year. And it'll be another...


(though....I kinda doubt I'll write a silly, sentimental journal entry like this next year)