Engage Warp Drive, Mr. Spock

You know those old Star Trek episodes where William Shatner or Patrick Stewart would lean over and tell their workers to engage the warp drive? And then that screen of all black with the fuzzy white dots would start stretching as they sped up? Well that's what my life is feeling like right now. So the Willie situation is just about over, as I've decided I don't really want to deal with her bullshit anymore, and I've decided to get my own place. It is SOOOOO amazing, like oh my God. It's got a master bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, dining room (more like area) and it's 700 sq. feet for 728.00 a month. Might seem like a big jump from the 472.00 I was paying a month, but this is totally different. For one thing, it's my own place with no one else inside. Just me, myself and I. That's a huge difference. Secondly, for DC, under 800 for a place like that, is magnificent. I can't wait to get all my stuff there so I can make it my own. It's going to be really nice to be able to come home and relax and do whatever the hell I want without having anyone, anywhere tell me what or how to do it. I look forward to that immensely.

So in other news, I actually met Chris Monday night. He came over to the house and we sat and started talking and chilling out and I learned a lot about him. He has a Master's Degree in Geology and likes to make maps, which is what he does for a job. He had an ex of 8 years from Louisiana and he's cool with the foot fetish thing too. Apparently very cool with it because things got...shall we say...rather scandalous. LOL. But yeah it was good. And he left and I emailed him today we're keeping in touch.

What else...? Oh yeah. I actually got paid for once on Monday. Turns out my monthly checks are pretty damn good. Much better than I expected. 946 a month. Out of 1216, not too bad. So I did some calculations, and turns out I'll be able to pay off the school, Pembroke Place and my phone bill and still have plenty of money every month for the apartment, and putting some in the bank. I guess it's time to be sophiscated and grown in that regard, huh? Gotta have something there in case it goes wrong. But that means it will be a HOT minute before I go and cop that Playstation 3, since I just don't have the liquidity to just drop it at the moment. That'd be suicide. Which could end me on the streets. So if it's the choice between eating with an apartment in my name or playing PS3, as much as I'd love to put Sony on that pedestal, I like sleeping in a bed too much for that.

Yesterday was the huge Summit that my office has been planning for a year now, and it was wonderful. All these people were there from all these different organizations and everyone was there to experience and learn new things about disability employment. It was really quite wonderful. While I was there, I ran into Rebecca, (the super powerhouse packed into a 4-foot frame) and she introduced me to a few people that were absolutely amazing, and that has some real potential for my after ODEP work here in DC. First off, was Betty. She works as the director of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts here in DC (which is DC's Juliard) and when I told her I had a degree in Musical Theatre, she went absolutely beserk made me promise to call and email her. She said I could some things with the company here which would be amazing. I have missed the arts terribly for about a year a half now, since I had to stop doing them to focus on my English degree. But I'm feeling the itch again and I want to do something about it. Then there was Marci (I think) and she was telling me about this disability group that runs a function for Fashion Week, and that was ALL up my alley. So definitely made sure to give her a call. And then Joyce Bender came and was practically offering me a position at her company Bender Consulting, so I just got done sending her a resume. So with all of this, who knows? Perhaps next week when I'm staying with Scherronne, (we'll get to that later) life can start looking even better than it does now, and it's getting much better by the day.