Well, I somehow just remembered it has been AGES since my last blog on here. Things got pretty hectic for a while. I re-read my last posts and I suppose I need to reflect on the goals I wrote about 9 months ago.
As far as the job situation, I got my foot finally in a door. I got called in from a civil service exam I took and now have been working for Erie County as an Engineer's Assistant for 3 months. I am quickly moving around here now... I am due for a raise January 1st, and have an exam in two weeks for a promotion that equates to a $5,000/yr raise.
I fully wanted to enjoy myself this year as I expressed in previous blogs....so I did a few things for myself and spent a little money somewhat frivolously in my young age. Hey! you only live once! I started the year out with one motorcycle and one dirtbike, bought two more motorcycles, enjoyed them, and delivered one of them to its new owner just yesterday. I mostly decided it's time to start "thinning the herd" because I recently piqued interest in getting myself into a house.
As far as Jill, who I spoke optimistically about in january when we started dating, we broke up just a week ago. Things were fantastic the first 4-6 months or so, but she was not very keen on the trip to Europe I had booked and voiced that pretty regularly for about a month or more before I even left. Her attitude changed drastically once I was there and really rubbed me the wrong way. We had a large argument when I came home about it and broke up. A few days later after the air had cleared, we elected to try again because we both wanted it to be the way it was the first 4-6months we were together. Ultimately it didnt seem it was going to work that way without ALOT of effort, so we elected not to waste each other's time.
The trip by the way, was the single GREATEST experience I have ever had. The sights were astounding, and me and my best friend mike made numerous new friends from around the globe. It was fantastic to see builings and sites that I studied in school for architecture up close and personal in the flesh!
So it seems yet another chapter has written itself in this book I call life. I suppose it would be fitting to voice some new personal goals to acheive over the next few months. I would like to eliminate one more motorcycle and get my debt paid off and some money in savings. after the first of the year I am going to get pretty serious about obtaining a house for myself. I never got around to building my kit car beyond the basic frame, but I want to wait for the right donor car to come along to build it with before I go any further with it. Now that things have seemed to come to an end in the relationship department, I think it's time to work on myself and re-evaluate my priorites. Afterall, the best things seem to surface when your not looking.
