andrea…

These past few weeks I have enjoyed surrounding myself with the people I love most in this world. I have spent a lot of quality time with both my friends and my family.

Among the highlights:
*Miss H has me hooked on scrapbooking, and more importantly, scrapping with her! It’s nice to spend some quality time with her, doing something that we both now love! It’s also nice when we take a break from scrapping to watch old videos from when we were around 17ish. It’s amazing to look back not only on yourself, but on the friendship. It’s shocking what a difference five years make.

*I prepared an entire meal all by myself last nite for my mom, carlo, g.ma and g.dad and the little ones. I’m 23 years old and that is the very first meal I have prepared without assistance (aside from the the numerous phone calls I made to my mother all day haha). I was rather impressed with how well the meal turned out. Yay! It was also nice to spend time with the fam. For as much as they tend to drive me crazy, last nite was one for the books. I didn’t get into an argument with anyone which is shocking. Plus the little ones were here. Dylan and Lauren are sooooo adorable.

*Miss Simmy was home for a week and a half and I got to spend much quality time with her, not only just hanging out, but also working together! It was nice to have her around the office for a few days. Breaks up the monotony of it all. We had some good talks. I’m so excited for her to come home for good in just a few short months. I miss her when she’s gone.

*Spending a lot of time hangin’ with Mr. Cooper (haha) and his friends. I always considered Chris a friend, but these past few months that he has been back from Port Elgin have been awesome. Our friendship blows me away sometimes. He has proven that he will always be there for me countless times, whether it be through my lunch hour bitchfests or my tear-stricken 8am phone calls. He also makes me laugh. He’s a funny, funny man. Nothing like a little Cooper & Co. to cheer you up! Especially when it involves an empty bar with stripper poles! haha.

*Tyler and John came over on St. Patty’s. Those two are the biggest source of entertainment I have ever met. They need nothing but each other to make the hours pass by. Also, a little alcohol never hurts the mix! From running into walls with beanbag chairs, to sliding down the stairs on a giant stuffed koala, to jigging in the pub, these two never cease to make me chuckle. I’m always thankful to have them in my life.

I find myself enjoying life more and more these days. Every day is a new surprise. I adore living on my own. After just about 24 years of living with people, whether it be family, friends, or roommates, it’s nice to be on my own. It’s freeing to be able to do what you want, when you want. I enjoy the fact that if I so choose, I could sit around in my underwear all day and eat a pint of ice cream and watch chick flicks, and no one will say a thing. I have even begun learning how to prepare meals! I don’t live off pizza pockets and kraft dinner as everyone tends to suspect of me. In fact, I made bacon and eggs for breakfast this morning! Overall, I’m surprisingly content with my life as of late. Things are starting to fall into place.

And I’d just like to point out that I get to see Matt Good in 17 days! YAY!

i find myself with plenty of time to think now that i’m on my own in the house. that’s not necessarily a bad thing. i just think about the people of my past. and the future that lies ahead for me and the people in it.

i wonder what the world has come to when a 23 year old girl can’t live on her own. i have only ever either lived at home, or with a roomate (or more than one roommate). when people find out that katy has moved out, the first question is always, “so are you getting a new roommate then?” no, no i’m not. i’m a big girl. i live on my own. it just seems to shock people when i say i’m content to live alone and i don’t plan on looking for a roommate. and the fact that i live alone with my two cats seems to possess a stigma. i will not be a cat lady. i refuse!

there’s only one little thing lacking in my life that prevents me from being considered a cat lady. something that i long for. and that’s to be loved. it is becoming increasingly difficult to meet people these days. i try to hang out with new people. my curse, however, is that i tend to become “one of the guys” which is all well and good, but it doesn’t really get me anywhere in the love department. i’m surrounded by male friends whom i would never date. i try to meet their friends in hopes of maybe finding a connection, but i once again become one of the guys, because said guy friend treats me as one of the guys so their friends react the same way. the other curse with being “one of the guys” is that if i were to date one of the guy’s friends and it went downhill, there’s a good chance he would have to decide between me and his male friend at the demise of the relationship.

i know that they say it comes when you least expect it, but i have little else to expect in my life. i have a home, a car, a job, and plans to further my education. i have a great group of friends. the only thing lacking in my life is that companionship.

seriously. someone hook me up with your hot male friend who you think i might like. no blind dates though. jeeeeez. does anyone even do that anymore? and there’s something about online dating that just freaks me out. there’s got to be some way to meet people. anyone? anyone? (bueller? bueller?)

so this house is finally turning into a home. i spent far too much money this weekend on stuff for the house, but it’s been well worth it. i have curtains in the living room and basement, i have pictures for the walls! i have simple things like a paper towel holder, and a proper garbage can. I have a few more odds and sodds to get, then it will be perfect. i even bought a mop!

living alone has both its perks and its downfalls. among the perks are the fact that i don’t have to fight with anyone to get in the bathroom, i can pee with the door open, and the house is organized how i want it. the downfalls are simply that it’s very quiet. but that can also be a perk. overall, i’m enjoying it. i get my cats on thursday, so that should help with the quietness. yay!

so matt good is doing an acoustic tour, and you better believe i’m going! i’m so pumped! he’s playing at brock university, sheridan college, and the mod club in toronto. you better believe i’m making the effort to go to at least two of those! it amazes me how much i used to dislike matt good. now he’s pretty much all i listen to. i’m currently listening to indestructible lol.

mom is still making snide remarks regarding my lip, and i’m really getting sick of it. i’m actually getting quite sick of all the remarks i’m getting from people at the office as well. i would simply love nothing more than to find a new job and quit, right now. then they can see how important i really am in that office and treat me with a level of respect. i’m hoping it dies down soon. my mother is behaving like a 12 year old with her comments and quite frankly, i’m thisclose to telling her to fuck right off. she doesn’t have to like it, but she has to respect that i’m a big girl who can make her own decisions and that i’m not going to simply take it out just because my mommy doesn’t like it. i know she did some stupid things when she was young, so she’s hardly one to judge.

i’m looking forward to hearing back from the universities i applied to. here’s hoping brock accepts me! keep your fingers crossed!