Sam's Blog

Link: http://www.hellogoodbye.net/

Hello Stranger.

Yes, it has been months. I guess I was suffering from too-busy-restless-writer's-block syndrome. It's been a very different couple of months. Josh has been in Luxembourg since the end of December. He will be back in a few weeks, but it has felt like a long, long time. I miss him terribly. We’ve done the long distance thing in the past – for an entire school year. But he was in Ventura and in driving distance. This time – it’s a 9 hour time difference and thousands and thousands of miles away. It has been rough, but it’s almost over! Whee!!

A lot of things have been going on lately. Another birthday passed and I am officially old. My mid-to-late twenties. Where has the time gone? I really don’t know. These past few months have been a really good experience for me. It has been a test in a lot of ways – a test of my relationship with Josh and a test of all of my friendships. It’s nice to have a lot of support from my friends. I feel truly lucky that they are around and that we are able to hang out as much as we do. I would be completely lost without them.

I went to New York for New Years and visited Kate and Amy. I had a fabulous time and I ran all over Manhattan and Brooklyn in a week. It was exhausting – but tons of fun! I love that city. I’m not sure if I can live there permanently, but a visit is definitely wonderful. I think that I will try to go back sometime this year. And depending on my work schedule, I may be going there for work in the near future. But I’m not sure about that yet. Work has been a bit overwhelming. We had massive layoffs a few weeks ago and we are understaffed. I am picking up a lot of the slack on my level and it’s starting to get a little bit better, but it’s still hard. I am currently in the process of looking for a new job – a promotion to the next step in my career. I started the process before the layoffs, but I have been on a few interviews and I am hopeful that I will find something very soon. I love my current workplace though. I love the people and the atmosphere. I will miss it if I leave. But there’s not many opportunities in my building right now and unfortunately, I may have to work at a different company. It’s not a bad thing – it’ll just make the transition a little bit harder, but I think that it will be good for me. Most people tell me that I will be back and maybe after a few years, I will be. Who knows at this point. I am just trying to do the best I can and hope that something comes up for me. Fingers crossed.

I’ve been gone for so long that I don’t know what else to write. I’m sure things will come to me slowly. I am going to try to post more. That’s a goal of mine that I’ve had for a while. I’m just now paying attention to March Madness. Go Bruins!!!