Endings and New Beginnings

It has, once again, been ages since I posted anything to this blog. My other blog, The Snowclone, has gotten a few more posts, probably because I just add whatever's not that interesting to that one. I do intend to blog a little more, though, so please keep me to it. I'll try.

The evening of February 29th was a dark and rainy one. I stepped out of the Dolly Dimple's garage complex, and stopped to look back at the building I had loathed for so long. I was done. It was over. I mused that the rain was the heavens crying, but that this time the tears were happy ones. I had just turned in my key card, my headset, and signed a couple of forms. As I left the premises, I didn't feel a single hint of the sadness I usually feel as something ends. My second, and not to mention very last, period at the pizza company's customer care center had come to a close, and I really couldn't care less. The second time around I hadn't really gotten to know that many at the office, and the really good friends from last time had all quit themselves, long before me. I had gotten Simen, a friend from high school, and Thomas, my at-times-deadbeat brother, a job there, but I reckon I'll see both of them frequently in the future as well.

What have I done since then? Well, enjoying the freedom, for one. And then I've gotten much more time to work out, especially since I got Simen to join, and now the two of us work out regularly at the local gym. Which feels good, and combined with eating properly (yes, I can do that too!) I've actually started to see some results, on the scale (and maybe otherwise? I don't know, it's still hard to tell). My practicals at the nursing home (for my R.N. thing, remember) ended the same day Dolly Dimple's did, so now I have sweeeet late lectures and almost no HW. Feels good. At the moment, Alicia and I are looking for a new apartment, which is proving less easy than initially thought. We'll get there, though, we just have to find the right one. And then hopefully I'll get a new job, hopefully at a hospital in Oslo, and then everything will fall into place.

As for jobs, Alicia just got one, too, with a little help from me. It was a breakfast server/room service attendant position at Norway's one and only 5-star first class hotel, starting at 6 am and catering to all the most needy of rich guests the capital has to offer. She loves it, though, and it's just so cute to see how amazed she is by making $25/hour. That's Norway for you, high wages by international standards, but not that high when spending them in the same country. I'm so happy for her, and she absolutely deserves it. I have one hard-working, talented girlfriend! :P

Now all that remains is to find a job for me, settle in the eventual new apartment, and wait for spring. Man, that'll be sweet. Oh, and by the way: Go Obama '08!

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posted by CK @ 22:58