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I'm at work. I got a job about 4 weeks ago as a receptionist at a mortgage banking place. Obviously, if I can write this at work, my job isn't too hectic, important or well....interesting to me. It's kind of disappointing and depressing: I went through FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE only to be paid 8 dollars an hour. It makes me feel like my degree and my time were such a waste and that I can't really do crap just because I went to college. Like what was the point? I haven't gotten a good job because of it. Honestly, with this job I have now, I couldn't afford to rent an apartment on my own, let alone afford food or anything. I don't know how to get a job that will give me the ability to afford stuff. Granted, I won't ever have to afford that stuff on my own because I'm with Travis, but still it would be hard with our combined incomes to really afford to live on our own here. I'm very disappointed with my situation right now. But now I can do nothing but continue on with it, in hopes that eventually we will be able to move out soon, whenever we get enough money.
Here's the life plans for now: continue working and saving money (that will start soon, really!) to fly home for a few days at Christmastime. do as much of the fun, interesting stuff here in So. Cal. as we can--rather as much as we have money for. save money and go to Farscape Convention in November (and have lots of fun). Hopefully see Farscape Miniseries this weekend (but, I don'tknow where we will be able to watch it; might just have to wait for my mom to send out the tapes). Next year, maybe parents will visit us here. Important: within at most 3 months of next year, hopefully we will be able to move. I don't think I like it here much in Southern California, so I don't particularly want to stay. As of right now, we are thinking of moving to Portland, Oregon. At first we thought about Northern California. Then Travis talked to some lady at work and she mentioend how nice this oen place in Washington state was. So we looked at that online, but it didn't look too great: very small, and empty. Was smaller than Johnstown. So then I just started looking at some places up there and came upon Portland. Which really looks good in a lot of ways. Although they don't really have good air (much better than here--but that's not hard, but definitely worse than Johnstown), plus since it is a big city there's a fair amount of crime. So I'm still a little bit iffy about it, but it's the main place we're looking at now. Or rather I'm looking at. I spend a lot of my work day looking up stuff about it. It looks very beautiful up there; there are lots of city and state parks. The coast is about an hour away from Portland. The cost of living is cheaper up there. There is no sales tax in the state (isn't that crazy!). So I don't know. If anyone has any helpful information about Portland, Oregon I would appreciate hearing it.
I haven't really been occupying myself by much else. I go to work, I get home at around 6 usually (holy shit, that's late, huH!) Then either Travis is at work till like midnight and so I just hang out in the house watching tv or movies, sometiems joining him for his lunch, or cleaning maybe and then see him for a little bit when he gets home. Or if he isn't working in the evening we just kidn of watch tv or play games together. Very occasionally will we go somewhere. Because by 6pm, everythign like a museum or a zoo or anything is already closed, so there's not much to do. Plus we don't always have the money. So right now life is dull and unfulfilling. Perhaps that's how life is for a lot of people. I think it must be. But I don't like it. I want to do stuff when I get off work, and on the weekend. And I really want a job that I love and that is fulfilling (and that hopefully pays better!) so that I will be happier in my life.
But for now, I must continue to answer the phones for another 5 or s hours. And look up stuff about Farscape online ;)