an addition to my last blog post - another decently big thing that happened recently in my life was - i escaped for almost a week for a little road trip!
i first went up to bloomington to visit my friend katie. it was sooo good to stay up every night catching up and discussing this and that, just like we were back in our little sojo cubicle pushing our roll-y chairs together or laying around in our bedrooms or the dining room at the house. we checked out the art museum on the iu-bloomington campus, local restaurants, the target (of course), and i got to see her office space in the social psych department where she does all kinds of important and exciting research on "subjects" in the lab.
then i went to harrison, ar to go to my friend joe's wedding reception - he and rachel were married in greene chapel in conway back in march, went to paris for their honeymoon, and celebrated with folks at rachel's parents' farm with bbq, cake, and fireworks. it was nice to have some quality time to catch up with joe and both of them together.
and my car isn't too much worse for the wear - i already got up to the mileage suggested for getting the oil changed - after making its way from north texas to nashville, then to indiana and arkansas, and back, it was ready for it.
and i was also glad for the escape - it was very good to have some me-time, and some dear friends-time. i have good people in my life, and it's always so very good to be physically present with them for even a brief while. it was also good to mark the end of the school year and get away between job training and starting job/moving. i got my little bit of vacation between life as student and "real-life" / life as direct support professional.
life is generally pretty good. i still have a number of little to-do lists floating around - both loose ends and thank you notes still from getting graduated, and from beginning progress/moving stuff - but i'm starting to feel like i can get a handle on it all. yay!!!
love, jess
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