2 months.

I can't believe I've lived here for two months, already. I don't have a lot to say - not too much excitement here right now. There are some things going on at work, but I can't really talk about them at the moment... but other than that things are pretty uneventful. I've been hanging out with Tawny and Cameron a lot, and last week we had a little homemade happy hour. I made these delicious turkey meatballs with yogurt dipping sauce, and Tawny put together a plate of bread, cheeses, and veggies, and we had some wine and chatted. It was nice because it made me feel like I am sort of settling in here, and making some good friends. Of course happy hour was followed by a full evening of Donkey Kong - I got them kind of addicted, so they are always asking if they can come over and play.

I feel like I go through cycles with this whole job search thing - I get super excited about possibilities and send out tons of resumes and cover letters, and then, a week later, with no response, I sort of fall into a funk about it. For a few days I don't even want to look at job listings or think about them, and I start to get really bummed out about the fact that I graduated over a year ago and I'm still waiting tables. Yesterday I was really down about it but today I'm already starting to feel better.

Gabe is coming back for another visit on Tuesday - staying for a week. I'm not taking any time off work this time (can't afford to) but I'm sure we'll have some fun adventures regardless. He'll be here over my birthday... I was actually a little bummed about my birthday because Emily was going to come up but she can't that weekend, and I was just feeling like I didn't really have anyone to celebrate with. Tawny was saying we should just do a fun girls' night and get dressed up and go out for cocktails, so that's the plan for now. Margot, Lindsey, and Tawny are going to celebrate with me. Plus Gabe will be around, so hopefully we will meet up with him and some other friends after. Emily FINALLY booked her flight (after lots of prompting from me) and she's coming up the weekend after my birthday. I'm really excited to see her.

On Monday night I was walking home and I saw this:



Orangette at Powell's! Her book signing is on Friday... I got so excited!! I'm totally going to go - probably by myself though. I wish Shaina was here to go with me!