I have so much I have to do in the next few weeks, it seems a little overwhelming. Is it just me, or does there always seem to be so much more to pay for than there is money in the bank???

For instance, here are just a few things I have to get done:

-buy groceries (it seems like I’m always in need of groceries, even when I’ve just bought some. Darn that whole need-to-eat thing!)

-DECORATE!!! Seriously. This place is still very very blank. You would cry.

-sign up for and pay for fall semester. oy.

-pay rent.

-pay bills.

And on top of all that, I just received an email saying I need to apply for my MAY graduation soon. And pay the fee for it, of course. Is it just me, or does that seem ridiculously early for a graduation date that is still 11 months away??

My gameplan: win the lottery.

No problem.

When I saw the title of the news story on Yahoo “Brokenhearted Man Sells Life on Ebay”, I HAD to check it out. There was no choice, really.

Well-played, Yahoo-writer-people.

As I viewed the short clip, I found myself brokenhearted FOR him. This man is going through a divorce after being married for five years, and feels the only thing left for him to do is to completely unplug himself, sell all his belongings and memories, and leave. Just like that. While I’m all for seeing the world and living abroad (I’m actually planning on doing that myself after I graduate), I’m not sure that the timing is right. When your world is rocked, is it the best time to be alone in a foreign, strange place without any family or friends?

Included in the package for sale is his home in Australia, car, motorcycle (I think… it was included in the video anyway), a trial run at his job, and an introduction to his friends.

I’m assuming he wants the same considerations on the other end, but let’s just hope everyone is as honest as he is. His only stipulation is that he wants to have a layover in England on his way to wherever so he can visit his mom.

I’ve never been in his situation, so I don’t know exactly how that would feel. But it does seem pretty foreign to me that his method of dealing with heartache is to disconnect. Personally, when my world has been rocked previously, all I want to do is be surrounded by those who love me. If I were to be going through heartache and selling everything I know and am familiar with, and leaving my home country, I think I would wind up going crazy and disheveled, making up my own language, and naming my toenails.

Just saying.

I’d be interested to hear about the person who is “buying his life” (actually sounds a little spooky to me) as well as more about the “life” this man is trading for. I’d also be interested to hear about your thoughts on this. . . does this seem a little strange to you too, or is it something you would be interested in doing in his situation? 

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the lack of a new post for the past week. It just gets a little depressing when you have nearly 40 views your first day and a half, and then no views at all as you keep going.

However.

I was blogging before for the wrong reasons.

I am a person who craves feedback. The noncommital grunts or “whatever”s or cop-outs like that that people given when you ask for their opinion usually drive me up the wall. Everyone has an opinion, and it irks me when people don’t use the brains and decision-making capacity God gave them. Therefore, I thrive on feedback and knowing what people think and how I’m doing. Even if I don’t agree, I still love the diversity that other people bring to the table. So, having no one stop by my blog there for a while was very shaky for me.

But, I’ve reached a decision: I am going to start blogging for ME. As my own outlet. I will still be ridiculously excited to receive feedback, advice when you see something you can help with, and any other tidbits you’d like to throw my way. But having 90 people come by in one week or have 1 person come by is no longer going to be a make-or-break thing for me. (I will, however, be very much indebted to that 1 person as much as to the 90).

I want to remember this year: its my senior year of college and first year in an apartment! This year is going to be huge, and fun, and exciting, and stressful, and very memorable. And I’d like to invite you all along! I’d love to have an online support-system as I go through it all, and I would love to get to know you in turn, and be supportive in the happenings of your life through this crazy blogging thing we find ourselves in.

But if some people should choose not to stop by and say hi, I won’t let it be a roadblock for me.

Whew!  I’m told I’m an adult now, but this “asserting your independence” thing is kind of intimidating… 

;o)