my cup runneth over..

I learned in my Self class this term that in general Japanese people tend to expect good things will be soon followed by bad whereas North Americans tend to think bad things won't happen to them. Now before y'all go off on me for making sweeping generalizations, let me remind you that I am making a SUMMARY statement about a paper I read. So, take it with a grain of salt. Anyway, the point of this little tirade is that this week I have been turning Japanese. In response to the utter and bewildering frustration of last week, the Gods have seen fit to grant me some needed relief.

So that's the long way of saying that I had a good week.

Here's the scoop: my old boss called me and asked if I could do her a "favor" and analyse some data that I helped gather (well I rewrote the program for gathering and analysing the data, anyway) and she wants to pay me. A favor, hah. My hero is more like it.

Then, I found a winter coat and paid about 50% of the normal price for it because a) it was on sale and b) I showed up on extra discount day. I also got it at a store I have a Visa for, mitigating the need to spend cash, which is sorta good in the short run anyway.

And, my roommate started jibing me about when me and Pop are gonna admit we are in love, which made me think perhaps Pop is still interested which, while maybe not something that has a serious future, is a nice distraction.

And I did better than my roommate in stats. Which I know is kind of a mean thing to be happy about but I always feel so guilty that I am not working hard enough compared to her. She is so dedicated so it feels nice to know that I do work hard. I love my roommate, I do. She just gives me an inferiority complex.

I did reasonably ok in the Self. Better than I did in stats, so I guess I should be thankful....It's hard because I don't really understand what a good grade is. Anyway, an A is 80% and over, I think so I'm probably safe.

Let's see, *~$&!~* said I should write a book. That was a very nice opinion to wake up to. Thanks.

And lastly and new today, I will be tutoring someone over the next week at $20 an hour. Nice.

So you see, I feel pretty good right now. I'm not out of the red, but I'm not hanging by a thread either anymore and that helps. I'm trying not to think about when things are gonna fall down again...

Up. Down. I keep telling myself that I have to just enjoy the ride, regardless, but man, sometimes this ride goes too fast and I want to throw up. But at least it's not boring...