Happiness, Day 11

Today's gratitudes:

• I'm really glad that I have a functional computer. I"m getting more work done on my strat paper, and it's great that I can relax enough to focus on it.
• Today at the gym, there were a lot of people there for some reason and the ellipticals that I like were all in use. I went on the kind that I USED to like a lot. That was the kind that I sprained my hip adductor muscle on, and have not been on since. Going on this machine shows me that I still have work to do in getting a completely healthy hip adductor. This machine has a really fast motion; I'm not used to that yet. I think this is why my hip adductor got re-injured last spring during my fitness assessment-- they had me going really fast on the bike, and my hip adductor couldn't handle a fast sort of stress. I will need to work on improving my muscle to handle faster motions.
• Fred didn't care that I was bitchy the last time I talked to him (Friday night when I was in a terrible mood). I apologized for it, but he said he understood that I was under a lot of stress. That's what friends are for-- not caring when you act like a bitch sometimes.

Today's kindness:

My friend Al had asked me if he could put me down for a reference for some job he was applying for. I said ok, and the person had called me but said that they would try to have an agent from ND talk to me in person. Today that agent talked to me, and even though I thought it was kind of weird that I couldn't just do it over the phone, I agreed to meet with him in person. I hope Al gets the job, because he's a really smart, good guy.

Today's reflection:

I was thinking today about this guy Kevin that Aaliya had tried to set me up with after I broke up with Ray this summer. The timing had not been right for Kevin and me, unfortunately. We went on a double date at a bar to hang out for the first time, and of course Ray ended up being there, which had completely thrown me off. And considering how thrown I had been by the whole Ray thing in general, I wouldn't have been ready for a new relationship anyway. Kevin deserved more than I could have given him then, which was basically a rebound type relationship.

But Kevin is a really great guy. He's nice, funny, and I remember that we have some similar interests. He seemed interested in me too. It was really cute because he had a party that he told me was a housewarming party for his new apartment, but he told Aaliya that it was also a goodbye party for me. I went to that party and had a great time. It's a shame that we didn't have more time together.