…and not enough living.

Hi everyone. Been a while since I've posted anything in the way of a personal journal. To say I've been busy is an understatement. Ever since my summer break started I've been going non-stop. Been working hard as I acquired a third job for summer that I might do in the Fall as well if my class schedule comes out well enough to allow it. I've had lots happen, but I won't write a book to you all about them, just quick summaries.

New job, what is it? Well I am working as an installer with a company that does hardwood floors. I don't do just installs though. I help install wood floors, sand them, stain them, seal them, coat them, and all the things needed to make beautiful hardwood floors in new homes or preexisting ones. Hard work with most of my day spent on my knees. Really hard to complain about the work though. I get paid $100 a day which is nice, but I'm one of those weirdos that likes to see the finished product of my work and go “Dang that looks nice. Hopefully whoever lives here will appreciate the work that we did here.” Pretty good job for the summer.

I just recently reserved the room for RMFC so that is a go. Definitely happening because I would probably die if I missed it two years in a row. It's one of two vacations I planned for myself this summer. The other one is in Portland close to the end of July for a mini convention which I am totally okay with. Should be nice and if it isn't, RMFC will be only a week away or so when I come back from that trip.

I made a big step in my life and took out my first loan ever to buy a motorcycle! ^v^ I'm amazingly lucky that I got the bike I did. Beautiful 2009 Suzuki Vstrom 650 in silver, the same silver as my gryphon motorcycle helmet too! It was just the bike for me and it came with around $2000 in extras so I'm all set for road trips. I thought my mild fear of motorcycles would keep me from being too confident with it, but I'm already riding it on the highway and just all over the place when I can. There is also the bonus that it gets about 51 MPG on average so it's easy on my monthly allowance on gas. I need to get some pictures of me on it and maybe riding to post here so you all can see how nice it looks and how small I look on it (yeah I look small on it. Dad even said I look anorexic on it XP).

I will be quitting one of my three jobs soon for the very reason that I am doing too much with the little time I have. Working two part time jobs and one full time job is just too much, even for me. It is stressing me out, making me loose sleep, making me develop issues like a chronically twitching eye and rashes around my eyes too. Time to get rid of one and that will be the one that is screwing me the most, the airsoft shop. It's hardly nice anymore working one day a week and my backlog of work guns building faster than I can fix them. Then I get customers breathing down my neck asking if their gun is done yet and they aren't because I haven't gotten that far. There is also the big part that my boss at that job cannot pay me. He tries to pay me cash under the table to save the taxes, but when 9 out of 10 customers pay with a card there is not cash to pay me with so I rack up hours of labor to be paid for and can't get paid. Rather frustrating and that is why I will be putting in my two weeks there next weekend and be done with that.

With all the added stress from my jobs I have been a wreck more than once this summer. My optimism is starting to falter and I can't seem to keep going on putting a fake smile on my face so people won't ask questions. Getting rather annoying. The lack of friends isn't helping that much either. I'm down to one friend I visit regularly in person and everyone else is gone or just a Skype friend. Getting lonely... again.

Let's see, my fur showed up yesterday so I can start getting to work recreating Mar for RMFC and hopefully have a partial ready because I know how much people recognize me as Mar and I want that. And to go to a con and not suit...? I don't know what I would do if I didn't suit at a con when I have fursuited at every con I've been to including my very first one. Need to get my rump in gear there and make sure I have that ready. So excited to get back into suit!

And I'm out of tea... looks like you'll have to hear more from me later. Hopefully that is enough to get you all caught up or at least partly so for those of you who have been wondering where I have been at. Now go have a wonderful day or a great night's rest.

Fluffs and hugs,
Purple the Gryphon