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[gabbydwg]

Despite working in the same place as two of my sisters, I hate my job. (I know, I know, big news flash there.) One of my sisters has an interview at a different store this afternoon, and I'm as excited as if it were me who might possibly be breaking free of the evil Big K.

I still haven't registered for spring classes. It's weird, knowing that once I finish those classes, I'll be able to start interning.

Haven't done a whole lot lately other than genealogy research. I find it amusing to enter my ancestors' names in the rootsweb database and see what comes up. There are actually people who believe they can trace their ancestry back to Adam and Eve.

I wish I had time to do laundry. Our drier broke a few weeks ago, and we haven't been able to replace it yet. I don't usually have more than a couple hours to myself a day, if that, and since line drying takes a lot more effort, my laundry has been piling up. I was going to do some yesterday, but it rained all day.

I still don't know what's going on with that person I like. Every now and then I'll think I'm brave enough to call him, but then I remember that he has my number, and if he were interested, he would have called me by now. So it's probably going nowhere. Still, it's nice to think about as long as we're in the same class.

Sometimes I think my life's not really going to start until I move out of my parents' house.

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[swedepea.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think my life's not really going to start until I move out of my parents' house.

Oh, do I hear you! And I really want to move out. But I really don't think right now is the best time. I need to get a few things (financial/career, mostly) figured out first, and I am actually on a path with that now (or a potential one anyway), but I feel sort of helpless and keep waffling back and forth on whether I am legitimately biding my time or just using it as another excuse to not just DO something...and yet, I really don't want to be impulsive and just DO something when the time isn't right. *big sigh and a commiserating hug*

[greenislove.livejournal.com]

Heh. Thing is, I don't think I'm biding my time so much as chomping at the bit. It does all come down to finances, though. I don't even want to think about trying to support myself in South Florida on $14,000 a year.

[swedepea.livejournal.com]

Ahhh...I make more around $25,000, a figure at which I could squeak by, living on my own, but things would be rather tight. And I hate the thought of putting the majority of my paycheck into someone else's pocket via high rent (the only kind there is in these parts), rather than into my savings acct, or some equity...but I don't make enough to think very seriously about buying a house, I don't think.

So, for me, it is a bit more of a question about biding time. I get along really well with my parents and all that, I just want my own place. And, unfortunately, my parents aren't in any position to make the transition any easier (financially speaking). I want to make sure I really can afford to make it on my own, because if any borrowing of money occurs in my family, it's my parents borrowing from me. :-/

[greenislove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we've got that going on, too. Not so much lately, but in the past, certainly. The baffling part is that my mom makes almost four times what I make, and yet she and my dad consistently find themselves borrowing or otherwise asking me and my siblings for help. So you can see why South Florida living intimidates me. ;)

I honestly don't know how my coworkers who have kids and don't live with their parents do it.

[angechrissy.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think my life's not really going to start until I move out of my parents' house.

I hear you! I believe part of the "becoming-a-responsible-adult" process is to recognize the failures of your parents, and accept them without being angry with them. For me, in order to do that, I moved out. It has almost been 6 months since I've moved, and I'm happier then before!

Good luck on your endeavors! :)

[greenislove.livejournal.com]

I'm not angry; just stifled. :)

I was angry for a long time, though. I'm still working on being able to accept the things I can't change, and change the things I can. It's hard waking up from a decade-old lethargy, though.

[karintheswede]

Every now and then I'll think I'm brave enough to call him, but then I remember that he has my number, and if he were interested, he would have called me by now.

He's probably sitting at home, waiting for you to call :)

Sometimes I think my life's not really going to start until I move out of my parents' house.

I moved out as soon as I was able to, when I was eighteen. Ten years later I'm friends with my parents.

[greenislove.livejournal.com]

Found out today he has a girlfriend. Glad I didn't call. ;)

I like to think of my parents as my friends, but there are so many things I can't talk to them about, not because I'm afraid they won't approve---I know they won't approve---I'm just not up for the arguments it would cause, or the concerted effort to "save" me. I've been pretty quiet about things, and they're already worried about me.

[the-duck-is-in.livejournal.com]

me either on the life not starting whilst living with ma and pa.

but, i hate your job too, my own even more, I'd ask to be switched to electronics or a cashier, but id hate that too so whats the point?

and dude, we totally got a dryer...so update. =P

[greenislove.livejournal.com]

heh. you said "whilst"!

but if you worked in electronics, we'd never be able to work together/have the same days off!