Hello and welcome back!
As no one may have noticed, I haven't made any updates in three weeks, I guess since I don't really have the habit of sitting with the comptuter it was harder to find time to do it when I actually got busy, and I guess it was bound to happen some time, but now I'm back and let me tell you about these three weeks.
The funny thing about time passing is that you forget how important you thought things were, so I actually don't recall much from the second week of april other than I was out of town on saturday for my baby cousin's birthday (and that I had a tooth ache). Me and another one of my cousins tried to play with the babies and it was nice, it had been a while since we had a baby in the family and I love trying to steer them in a good way (since all my aunt does is give him her phone). After that, the very next day we had a very nice lunch with my neighbours. Now, if you know my mom, you'd know this is extremely rare, she never invites new people to our house but our neighbours are really cool people, right in between us age-wise, so we were both able to keep good conversation with them and it was a very nice afternoon.
The week after was calm until I thought I might have to spend money in a new charger but my mom came to the rescue with one, so mid-week I ended up with a small epiphany. Sometimes I'm very wary of spending amounts of money on something I want or need, but don't realize how often I spend the same amount in little things that end up acumulating and I end up spending the same amount. So I decided to travel. That night I bought my bus tickets to the capital city, a friend took me in and I got to watch one of her shows (she's a profesional dancer).
If we talk about joy, which is what this was about, so many things brought me joy that weekend. I was there only for two days, I traveled overnight and did the same on the way back, and went straight to work, and I was sleepy and wanted to be dead, but isn't that what 24 is about? Do it tired but do it anyway? I'd get time to recover later.
The friend I stayed with took me to a huge warehouse where I could find vintage stuff to my heart's desire, I got three CDs (Adagios, The Cure's Greatest Hits and Classical Music for Meditation) and a Cassette (Barroco by Raul di Blasio), then I got an old skirt that's tan colored with black designs and that I can't wear for months because it's very much summery and, to give you an idea about the weather, I leave the house with a scarf every day. In the afternoon my friend had to go to rehearsals so I hung out with another friend and we had a lot of fun together. Also I'm less afraid to move around a big city by myself. I went to the show, which was in a community theater that provided soup at the end of every show. The show was fantastic, it was about being able to remember things from your childhood and not just leave them behind, it was fun at times and deep in others, and I love seeing my friends succeed too. I sadly got a migraine but I managed to get home and just sleep afterward.
The next day the three of us had breakfast at my other friend's apartment that I was so excited to see, she moved this year to a way calmer area. She had had a lot of issues in her previous one and there was always something going on, so I was really happy to see her settled in a safe, nice place where she is comfortable. Also we had some amazing croissants from this pastry stand that was on the way and the check out girl complimented my shirt.
Then we went back to the appartment and I stayed back (my friend had another rehearsal) and hung out with her roommate and his girlfriend, who are both really nice. I helped with a puzzle and read, turns out a guy friend of mine that I was hanging out with later that day knew the roommate, so he came to say hi and then we went out. The day felt slow and warm, and then it ended and I had to get to my bus.
In the bus I fanilly finished the neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante, and I felt an emptiness a book hadn't made me feel in a while. It impacted me beautifully.
I got back earlier than expected and it was freezing, but I slept better than the first time around. I had breakfast with my mom and off to work I went, I couldn't wait for the evening to listen to my CDs and show my mom the skirt.
This week was calm. We're getting a new work schedule that will allow me to get home earlier some days, which I'm happy about. I'm also planning to go to a garage sale with lots of books with a co-worker in our lunch hour.
Life is calm, but it feels nice, and that's what these two weeks have been about, taking chances and finding things to make myself happy.
Once again, thank you for reading today.