Pride weekend felt really overwhelming so my girlfriend and I got a lodging in this creekside log cabin lodge and spent the weekend wading, exploring, reading, laughing, and celebrating our relationship(my only goal for pride weekend). Felt like my soul took a deep breath in, sure we had a bit of fomo but the respite we got instead of the hangover was well worth it!
it's so nice to come back to the comfort and familiarity of where i came from. it was so hard to be here for a long time but now that I've gone away and changed its really good to come back.
I went home for the weekend and I loved it. I used to hate going home but tbh it’s so fun to explore surrounding areas now that I’m not a kid, it’s healing growing to love the area I grew up in:,)
after five years of grad school and subsequent job search, i can finally say i have successfully changed careers 😭 i start my new job counseling kids at a community mental health clinic on Monday. yesterday was my last shift at the grocery store that was an escape from my horrible corporate job and a sustaining force throughout grad school. it’s so bittersweet to leave the sweetest coworkers i’ve ever had and the most fun i’ve had at work. it’s immeasurably healing to quit a job for only good reasons. my coworkers got me a cake, everyone wrote notes in a card, and the goodbyes throughout the day made my heart swell. i even got to tell the good news to my favorite instacarter 🥺 after i clocked out for the last time, my friends joined me for gelato at the cafe and we strolled the store for a final time, this time as simply a loyal customer.