Working Life
Right, so I realize ever since I’ve started working I haven’t really provided any worthwhile updates. There just isn’t really much to say: work keeps me busy, I’m not miserable there, I have time in the evenings to watch a little sports or chat a bit online – it’s not a bad life. But I definitely do get the feeling that I’m not making a lot of progress, and that does bother me.
I can’t remember if I’ve talked about this, but essentially everyone I work with is in a serious relationship of some sort – most of them married. A lot of them aren’t a great deal older than me, but I still get the sense they’re very much in a different stage of their lives. They’re just not the sort of people I’m going to have a beer with on the weekend, basically. There is one girl that is somewhat interesting (predictably enough, her name is Heather), but she’s among those in a serious relationship so I’m not pursuing that any for obvious reasons (not to mention the mess that trying to date someone I’m working with would be anyway).
Admittedly, I have still been chatting with people sparingly on okcupid – I haven’t met anyone since the infamous Robin, though there is a girl who lives close by that I’ll probably meet soon. I am still making an effort to meet people more often “in person” (I even told some of the girls at work that I was open to any blind dates they wanted to set me up on!), but, frankly, it just seems to go a whole lot smoother online. It’s not that I’m particularly interested in starting “online” relationships or that I’m afraid of meeting people in person, but people do consistently respond to me better on here. As long as I use it as a medium to move towards meeting and developing relationships with people in person, I’m satisfied with it. But I don’t want to make more friends that I just sit around and chat with online – I have all of you guys for that and you’ve already set the bar far too high!
But yes, the basic story is that my life hasn’t developed much in the last month since I started work, but to be fair, I’m still settling into my job and figuring out the pace that my life is going to have when I’m working. Hopefully things pick up soon.
Hullo Matty!
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Just keep at it, love. Persevere. It will pick up if you keep trying.
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People I know who I didn’t go to HS with are from work, for the most part. Otherwise I meet people through Wine Guy, and most of those people I went to HS with. I don’t know how to meet people either. I’m hoping that living on my own will open me up to inviting more people over or whatever to hang out. Who knows. Good luck. ~I’ll be
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no worries, i’ll be moving up there soon and you can continue to fall madly in love with me.
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I find it hard meeting people too: I think maybe because the jobs I work it are more transient there are enough people that talk to me sometimes, and definitely a lot of people who go out drinking etc. I remember working at the factory when I was a kid and lived alone and not speaking to anyone for nearly a year. Pubs & clubs are a lot easier. Bar work is definitely a job full of single people. Idon’t know. It is really hard, when you feel like you can’t talk to anyone at work, and you don’t have anyone at home (I guess your parents aren’t really your mates, and goats don’t talk back.)
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ryn: I guess you missed earlier entries about how I hadn’t actually paid bills for six months! When I was younger I used public computers a lot, or at my bookshop job, libraries, nicked student log ins, Natalie’s. My first computer, the one Kira got off her mate, I was using someone else’s (so slow) AOL connection, like a proxy(?) thing? Later I did pay a few times. I dunno, I didn’t set it up,K did, I didn’t pay for it though, not for at least the first six months. It ain’t the cheapest thing in the world having a computer, but it pales next to gas bills and buying cigarettes… There you go, I’m sure my finances are fascinating to you (or maybe they really are, if you’re an accountant!)
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I think I understand. I’ve never actually persued meeting people online…but I do naturally somehow. I’ve probably met 3 or 4 people from the internet. Most of which turned out bad but I think that was a judgement call on my end because I was very young. More recently its gotten better haha.
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Ha. You said frankly. Maybe you should get a part-time bar job? I don’t know. I hope things pick up soon, because I can’t imagine you’ll stay particularly satisfied for long at this rate.
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seriously, dude. you need to save up all your money for a year and then set out for an adventure. see the world a bit. you have your whole life to work at a job like that, but exploring is best done now.
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Catching up cause I read the most recent and I was like say whaaaaaaaa
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