Happy Thoughts

• Only 20 more days til I'm in Seattle with Michael for the long weekend. 
• Only 64 more days til I'm in my new apartment
• I've sold my loft bed on Craigslist finally
• I don't have a gas bill this month, somehow I have a $5 credit on my account that will be taken off next months' bill.
• I am a student at J Sargent Reynolds Community College to start the fall semester 
• I have a play date with one of my girlfriends next Wednesday on my day off
• I got my hair done again (first time I've been able to afford it since Christmas)
• My phone bill is current for the first time since like ever
• I have enough food in the pantry to not have to worry about where dinner is coming from for at least a few more weeks
• My laundry is almost completely done
• My dishes are all clean
• I have no trash in the apartment
• I have two more bags of things for GoodWill
• I only have three more episodes of season 2 of The Walking Dead to be finally caught up for the new season

So far, everything seems to be going my way. And it will continue this way because I got this.  Being a grown up gets easier, but it takes time and effort and sometimes it's really, really frustrating.  I wish someone had warned me how hard it was when I was younger so I'd have been prepared for it to be this bumpy.  I never saw it being hard for my parents so I kinda assumed it wouldn't be hard for me too.  Boy was I ever wrong! But now that I'm at a good place, I can see a bit more clearly where I want to go with my life so here's to making my vision a reality.  Soon I'll be done with school and I'll have a degree which will enable me to get a better job with benefits and paid time off and sick leave and everything I took for granted when I worked at Circuit City and Panera.  I will be able to enjoy life a little more living with my amazing boyfriend.  I love how things are just coming together.

Edit: I ended up getting 20$ more for the bed than what I asked since the girl was so stoked that I held it for her for an extra day.  Sometimes it pays to put your prices lower and to be a nice person :)