I have fish! Two of them! One of them is a Black Moor so I obviously needed to name him Othello. The other is a Ryukin (I think) who is tentatively named Puck. I needed to go with the theme, he's one of my favorite characters, and plus this little fish seems lively and inquisitive. We shall see how much of a trickster he becomes. I am very excited because I've never been the sole care-taker of an animal. I've never picked out my own pets. You would think, considering how much I love and want to surround myself with animals that I would have had more pets by this point but I have not. I am both very excited (more excited than I feel normal people get about fish, but in my opinion that is their loss) and very afraid that I will accidentally kill them. But! This will hopefully cure some of my Efficiency Blues as mentioned in the previous post.
Other big news: Tanya, Brianna, and I decided on an apartment! I'm trying not to get my hopes too high because we haven't applied yet (I left a message for the guy who showed it to us this afternoon, but he has yet to get back to me, then again, it is Saturday). But! I can see our life there and it is excellent. I like it a lot and I'm glad we all had the same number one choice. Let's hope we get it!
This past week was great. Alexander came to visit and we played mini golf and went bowling. Turns out we are both terrible at both (our bowling scores were lower than our mini golf scores. Ouch) but I am slightly better at mini golf and he is slightly better at bowling. Also, he physically swept me off my feet and carried me over a particularly large puddle, which was one of the greatest things ever. But most importantly it meant that he was there for a very important phone call.
Thursday morning I got a call from the recruiter who got me my cheese job. She wanted an answer immediately on a lab job that paid very well and was full time, meaning I wouldn't be able to continue with the horses. It was in my field much more than the cheese job, working with cancer and doing lab tests that I did in school. It was tempting, mostly because of the money, and I did seriously think about it. But she only gave me an hour because it was really competitive and I would have had one interview on Friday to decide if they wanted me and I would have had to agree ahead of time that if they wanted me I would say yes (head hunter rules are weird). I decided (with the advice of Alexander who was lovely even though I woke him up to council me, and my father, who was just lovely) not to take it. I mean, when else in my whole life will I get the chance to ride horses for a living? And yeah, maybe I could be happy in a lab job, but I could also be miserable. I know I love riding horses. If I gave up this chance I think 10 year old me would come into the future and kick my ass. When I was growing up I always said I would rather do something I loved than be rich. This is a lot harder to cling to when you're looking at rent and student loans, but I'm proud of myself for choosing happiness. I need to try harder to let go of my worries and experience the fact that I am doing something amazing right now. Yes, I need another job, yes, I could use more money, but I am incredibly lucky and lucky that my parents are willing to help me out to do something I love. I am 23 and if this isn't the time to be poor but happy, I don't know what is. So, that is what I am going to do, to the best of my ability.
And now, if you'll excuse me, I have some fish to feed.
YAY fish! I had fish when I was little, their tank doubled as entertainment (watching them swim around), and night light. :P Where's the apartment you guys found? Hopefully not too far away from everyone else, though it seems like anything more than a mile or two feels like forever away here. I'm only like 5 miles from downtown, but I still only see people once a week.
ReplyDeleteI think you made the right decision on the job though. Working full time, while nice for the paycheck is quite tiring and doesn't really leave time for significant others and hanging out. As I said, I only see people once a week, and this is the other half of the reason I don't. I'm tired when I get home from work, and just want to sit and watch some TV. And since I work all week, weekends have become full of grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, and cooking. Only one of those I actually enjoy. :P
Anyways, I hope you're new pets improve things and that you get the apartment! :) *hugs* Good luck!