moving out, moving on?

so i haven't posted since about...halloween...which i'm pretty bummed about. there's been a slew of changes in my fabulous young life which have put the blog on the proverbial back-burner.

i have moved out of my parent's basement (hurrah!) and back to the town of my alma mater. you may think this is chickening-out on the whole launching my post-college life thing (i'm actually writing this from the library of the university), but to be honest, in case you haven't noticed, time's are tough and i opted for a safe bet on jobs and friends rather than a giant leap of faith to some unknown city far away.

i love this town, i really do.

i'm working at a cute, locally-owned toy store in the center of the quaint, new england town which is exactly what you'd imagine it to be -- full of fair trade/wooden/european and sustainable toys. super cute. the mothers that come into the store a lot of times ask if i'll take the product out of the packaging which is both annoying and endearing...as they're looking to see where the stuff is made and if in fact, it will fall apart in two minutes after leaving the store.

we do not sell barbie dolls or any of the other trappings of the highly sexualized and/or gendered toy market. this is such a relief for me...all of these aspects of the store, because i do not feel as if i've betrayed every single one of my values when i leave work everyday.

granted, this is not what i thought i'd be doing with my cum laude degree in sociology, and my minors in african-american studies and women's studies...but then again, i'm not sure what exactly i thought i'd be doing. i'm thinking about grad school of course, but that's still a couple of years away, and in the meantime i'm content to walk (quickly because of that ever-present 20mph wind that rips right through you) to work in the center of town, and sell toys that teach kids to count in swahili, tie their shoes, and share with their neighbor.

the only annoyances in all of these new developments is that i still haven't found a place to live (ugh) and i've been bouncing between friend's houses since right now is the in-between period of leases. the earliest that i'll probably officially "move-in" to "my" place would be december 1st or january 1st..and i'm not sure if my mental health will hold up until then.

i've had serious p.m.s. this week and i'm glad i'm not the type to exercise my 2nd amendment rights or else it wouldn't have been pretty. the poor boy has had to put up with a whole lot. maybe i should do something nice for him.

speaking of...i continue to see boy i mentioned earlier. henceforth he will be known as FunnyFace, and not because his literall face is funny, but because he possesses the ability to make any situation side-splittingly funny.

which can come in handy when you're homeless.