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Good Times/Hard Times

This is the first summer I have taken off in four years from school. Not that I'm usually that busy in the summers anyway. I usually only take one class per summer semester, and of course, I don't work in the summer. That's not actually enough to keep a girl too busy either. For some reason, though, I'm not finding enough hours in the day to fit everything in that I need to do! I'm pretty sure that being lazy and having a new boyfriend isn't helping, but I can't seem to get my laundry and everything else done! Not working also means no income, so, the hard times (which I'm kind of used to) are upon me again.

Obi-Wan and I are also experiencing our first little bouts of "hard times". Our lifestyles are so very different, and it's been hard adjusting - for both of us.

I've been talking a lot lately about my future plans - other people's future plans . . . cuz that's what you do when you're a student . . . discuss . . . I've really gotten away from what it is that I want to do, but then again, there are so many options and things I'm interested in. I've got to decide which ones of those are truly just interests and hobbies, and which are attainable lifetime goals.

One of those interests is being a personal trainer, but I've really let myself go. I've gained 10lbs since I met Obi-Wan . . . due to eating horribly and drinking a lot, but also because I skip the gym all the time. I've got to stop that! I obviously suck so much at motivating myself that I've got to think if I would be any good at motivating other people in the same thing! After all that's what personal trainers do best . . . motivate.

So, right now I'm having some of te best times in my life, but I've also been fighting with myself a lot. But it's all good, right? One of the problems with being a person that always thinks they're right (which I am) is that you always think you have to have the answers right away, and it's actually okay to be confused a little bit. Maybe . . . I just realized that this whole post might be a little confusing to anyone but myself. My brain is fighting with itself again!

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