A new blog for a new life.

I am less than 2 months shy of turning 24. I have finished my bachelors degreet. I have earned my teaching credential. Although I could continue attending school and work towards a masters, I am putting that off momentarily. What does this all mean? Life has started. Or, at least, it should have.

However it has not. I am nearly 24, a college graduate, a credentialed teacher – and have nothing to show for it. Except working for $12/hour for a tutoring company part time.

I know, it’s something. It’s a job and I’m better off than a lot of other people. But I don’t think I ever saw myself still living at home at my age and living off my parents. As much as I bitch and complain – they have been great in being able and willing to support me. They pay for my food, healthcare, well-being in general. I pay for my gas, insurance, car things, clothes, and extras – but they are all just that – extras.

I see Lindsey and I feel so grateful for what I have. Her mom has used her and abused her over her teenage/college/adult years. She now has to have her mom co-sign a loan for her but she isn’t even sure if her mom will be approved. I have no doubt of that with my parents – they have managed their finances well and they are financially secure (to a certain extent). Lindsey, for this coming semester, has to go to school part time and work full time in order to stay in LA. She had to look into moving to Colorado so that she could live rent-free (and possibly food-free) with her mom and sister. She wouldn’t have been happy – it’s not what she wants – but she had to look into it. Of course, I live with my parents – so it’s easier. This isn’t about Lindsey, though, so I’ll stop there on that.

The point is – that real life, for better or for worse, has basically begun for me. I am not a student anymore. That is the big change. So with this new life…. I decided it was time to make a move. I can’t move physically, but I can move in the virtual world of blogging. Although I have a few readers at my LJ I thought making the move to WordPress (which I have found to be much nicer than LJ) could be good for me. I have been looking at other journals/blogs and have found some very interesting people. I’d like to follow them… their blogs, that is. A lot of them are on WordPress. Of course I could still see their blogs without having my own – but after going over it in my head for a couple of days I decided it was time to move. I spent 5 1/2 years at LJ. Maybe more like 5 because I did take a break from it for a period of time (and went to one of my sisters servers, instead – that was short lived, though. I found LJ easier, just like now I find this easier).

I have started to copy and past my entire LJ so that it doesn’t get lost in the WWW. It’s not hard to do but it is tedious. I have to go page by page and delete things that don’t belong (dead links, dead pictures, etc). I have 4 months done. Out of 5 years! It will take me quite a while to get through it all, but slowly and surely it will be done. As soon as it is all pasted into a word processor I’m still going to have to edit it so that it is in prinatble condition. More work!

Now that I have written all that… I’m tired and want to go to sleep. I have to get up at 8 or so tomorrow and be at work by 9. I work until noon (I think, or one) and then I babysit until 3. I want to keep blogging, however, about other things. This, though, will have to wait until after work and everything tomorrow.

So for now, this is all.