It dawned on me the last time I looked at my blog that I haven't posted anything for over three months. Part of the reason for this is that I really have nothing to say and the other part is that I just got out of the habit. Not long after my last post I was laid off from my seasonal work at Hobby Lobby and spent all of January and most of February completely stressed about not having a job or a way to pay my bills and therefore time I would normally have spent updating my blog was instead put toward finding a real job as quickly as possible.
On that topic, thank goodness for friends who tell you about job openings at their company so getting a job is quick and painless. I now work from home processing and adjusting insurance claims for eye doctor visits and eyewear (glasses, contacts, etc) and make a decent amount of money doing it.
I actually spent six weeks in Mason, OH (aka Cincinnati) in training at the main office for this job and lived with my friend's parents who basically decided I should just pretend I was their daughter instead of an unrelated boarder. They were incredibly easy people to live with. I also got involved in a great group of 20-30 yr olds at a Vineyard church and made some really amazing friends and want to move to Cincinnati as soon as I am able.
However. There's a glitch in that plan.
During my last week in Cincinnati I got a call from my dad. He had taken my mom for a checkup with her oncologist. The growth came back. Despite all of the chemo treatments and medication, the cancer came back. Now she's begin her radiation since there's no point in continuing chemo if it isn't doing any good. She began yesterday and will have 25 treatments, one every single week day for the next five weeks. If this doesn't work to kill the cancer... Well, we're just taking it as it comes. Being in Cincinnati helped me to forget, for the most part, though I was on the verge of tears at all times and the smallest thing would set me off. Now that I'm home the reality of it is all around me, there's no escape, but we're trying to live life as normally as possible. Whether or not I move to Cincinnati is entirely dependent on how Mom's treatments go. Since it's semi-likely that I'll be staying here for awhile I'm checking out an apartment on main street in town on Monday morning. It'll be weird living right around the corner from where I grew up, but it'll be easier for everyone involved, especially me.
On a lighter note, the weather has been absolutely gorgeous, I turned 24, one of my best friends got engaged (finally) and my little sister got engaged (even more finally) and I'm in both weddings. Anne even went so far as to make me her maid of honor! So 2011 will be my year for weddings, though people are getting engaged left and right and it's slightly annoying. I posted that on my FB wall and a friend said 2010 could be my year. Had he told me that in person I'd probably have laughed in his face. Were it not for the fact that I made a vow of year-long singleness I could conceivably agree with him, considering the fact that I have a knack for making boys fall in love with me. It would just be nice if I loved them back and felt I could deal with him for the long term. As I haven't found someone like that yet I'm perfectly content to stay single and have absolutely no problem at all with my younger sister getting married first. I'd rather take my time and find the right guy than rush and marry the wrong one.
Tomorrow is Saturday and I will finally get to enjoy a full day of the beautiful weather we've been having. Perhaps I could even sit outside and get some sun! I'm going to Passover at June's church tomorrow night (Saturday) and I was invited to the going away party for J.D. but as I'm not the type to enjoy a kegger I'm not really sure I'll be going. Then Sunday is Easter and the family will be together and oh the fun we'll have.
Ok. That is my update! Except for a tiny bit of loneliness I'm loving life right now, the weather is beautiful and time feels ripe for a huge change...
