Current mood:

happy

I can't believe I haven't updated this journal in seven months… but it's been a very good seven months. The best I can remember having in a long time.

Firstly, and most importantly, I have a job. A real, grown-up job, which I suppose shouldn't be that surprising at 25, but I still feel extremely lucky that I'm actually hired and I'm actually getting paid and I actually enjoy it. I should have realized a million years ago that I was cut out to be a teacher; it would have saved a lot of money and problems, and I would probably have a teaching degree, instead of working on a temp. certificate. But I'm only a couple college classes away as it is.

I'm a special ed teacher, btw. It means a million things, but most importantly to me, it means less pressure from administration, and more freedom to work one-on-one with my students. Okay, it also means a lot more paperwork, but I'm getting the hang of it.

Secondly, I have a new apartment to go with my new job, along with a roommate. It's beautiful, but it's far away from civilization. "Civilization," in this case, being the nearest Wal-Mart. You want to go any place better, it's a half-hour trip to the highway, and on from there. But my apartment is spacious and pink, so I'm taking everything else as "worth it".

Thirdly, I have a cat. Okay, my roommate has a cat, but I feed her and get scratched by her sometimes, so I like to pretend. Also, I'm going to help pay the pet deposit on the apartment, once we admit to the complex managers that we have a cat.

Fourthly, I got a Nintendo DS lite for Christmas. AWESOME. However, it does give me low self-esteem, as I can only get to the second world on that Mario game I have, and I overheard one of my students talking about her new DS, and how awesome she is on her new Mario game, and I really, really wish I was making this story up. I also wish I had more games. Animal Crossing next, I think, because I heard that was a fun game.

So to sum up: awesome and happy and Nintendo DS.

Fanishly, I'm still into most of the ones I usually am, though of course I have less time to read and watch: Stargate, Harry Potter, Star Wars/EU, and lately Heroes, and General Hospital, which, with all of it's rumors and spumors, and ongoing cast-turnovers, has probably given me more grief than any other fandom so far, as well as notably less fic. But I cannot fight the lure of so much brand-new canon per week, no off-season. God bless soap operas.

Also, to my flist: Seriously? Is SPN really that good? Because you all seemed to have moved onto it, and I have the feeling I'm going to have to pick it up if I want my fic-fix.