Life, as it is

Not a lot has been going on in my world lately - well, not much that's worth commenting on in any detail. I've only worked one or two days a week for the last month, which has been stressful. I feel like I was this time last year, watching the savings drain away again. But good stuff is happening now and things are picking up. I start a new contract job tomorrow, that looks interesting. All I need now is to find a decent housemate in the next 6 weeks.

I caught up with D again yesterday. It was supposed to be a quick chat while he dropped off some gym gear he's giving me, but, before we knew it, it turned into more than 4 hours of sitting and chatting over breakfast/lunch at a sidewalk cafe. There aren't many people I can feel that relaxed with that I don't even notice time passing. We talked about how easily we relate. I'm telling myself it's a good thing we met so close to when he's leaving, because I'm sure it would have been much harder to deal with if we'd have been able to spend more time together. He has one more weekend here. If he manages to organise himself so that he has enough free time, we will head up to a waterfall/lookout area I found a few months back. I told him about it and he asked if I could take him there if he could spare the time.

As much as I'd like otherwise, I'm glad there's been no intimacy or romance. That would just make things more difficult to deal with two weeks from now. If he decides to come back in 5 or 6 months, I'm sure we'll still be really good friends. We have a long "we have to do that" list.

Meanwhile, I've been invited over for dinner tonight with a guy who appears very keen - much more than I am - but I'm following the 'accept all opportunities' theory and just going with the flow. If D would have a complete opposite, it is this person. So I'm curious to find out the reason I crossed paths with both people at the same time.

Two more quick pieces of news...

My brother is getting married at the end of November. I don't want to go.

My niece had a car accident, hit her head, and ended up in hospital again, but she's ok. Sigh...

Perception Personality Image Test

Stolen from Lori's blog. I think it saying I like things to be predictable slightly contradicts the bit about dealing with things that come my way, so I'm not completely sure about that. Maybe I should try again when I'm more awake.

HFPS - The Humanitarian

Humanity, Foreground, Big Picture, and Shape

You perceive the world with particular attention to humanity. You focus on what's in front of you (the foreground) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the shapes around you. Because of the value you place on humanity, you tend to seek out other people and get energized by being around others. You like to deal directly with whatever comes your way without dealing with speculating possibilities or outcomes you can't control. You are in tune with all that is around you and understand your life as part of a larger whole. You prefer a structured environment within which to live and you like things to be predictable.

Take The Perception Personality Image Test at HelloQuizzy

Just the way it is

Since most of my close friendships are with people who don't live on this continent, let alone in this city, it comes as no surprise to me that I've met D, got on with him so well, and he's going away in, um, 26 days.

Sigh...

Yep, time flies!

So, what's new this week?

My nutty sister has been quite normal lately. She's actually been kinda fun to talk to, although she does call a bit too often and tries to stay on the phone longer than I'd like. But it's nice to not be thinking about who or what she's scamming. She seems to have found her 'thing' making and selling jewellery on 3b@y.

My niece is doing well. Who the heck knows how, but she convinced her doctor to send her home the next day after her operation! Can't say I was impressed with that. She does seem to be doing well. The fibrillations haven't stopped completely, although they should stop almost altogether over time. I know I'm going to sound like someone's mother when I say this, but I also wasn't pleased when she told me that she had been asked to model in a hairdressing fashion show thing on the weekend. I do know I'm overprotective of her, as much as I can be from a distance. Anyway, she was totally excited about it and wanted to do it because it was the first time in her life she did something fun that was just for herself. (And to think she feels like that at 29yo makes me sad.) So I'm happy for her.

And, today, I met D. Yes, it was supposed to be Sunday, but he had a fall inline skating on Sunday morning and couldn't walk. He sent me an email apologising profusely and saying he'd do "anything" to make it up to me. Silly boy! I didn't hold him to that, by the way. :p

It's been a long time since I felt so comfortable with someone. The day was fabulous. We drove out to a country suburb and had a late breakfast and just talked. When we left, he asked if I wanted to see him again, considering he's leaving in a few weeks. I said absolutely. I have no idea what's going to happen. Finding out should be interesting.