the fortunate.

I haven't been taking my time lately.

I haven't been taking time for anything other than, well, trying to catch up on my life since my run with retail during the holiday's is done.

Sidenote: DON'T DO IT. I'm not kidding. I never truly grasped the concept of just how horrible the human race can be when it comes to holiday's and shopping. That coupled with some 14+ hour workdays and giving up my weekends (people are seriously THAT MUCH WORSE then) while making pittance just, wasn't worth it. At all. Had I known then what I know now, the "oppertunity to make some extra money" would not have looked so golden, at all.

As it is obvious, I have since somewhat recovered and am on the track back to being somewhat normal, with a normal schedule. Just, you know, more broke.

But I've been trying to live this life, and take it in. Sure, there was Christmas (always fun), New Years (I got drunk, thrown out of a bar, and then had to work said retail job at 11 the next morning. Again, fun.) and everything in between. Maggie turned ONE on Monday and we had a party for which I hand-decorated 6 dozen cupcakes for. It was worth it though. it's all been worth it. Every single second.

I guess what I'm getting at is the fact that while I've been obsessive with documenting and doing all of these things to MAKE SURE that I remember what's going on with my life, I'm in a phase right now where I'm just not feeling it. Sure, Facebook is updated occasionally and I turn into a paparazzi whenever I am around Maggie, but I'm more than content to just sit and exist where I'm at most of the time. When I'm with people, doing something, I'm lucky if I remember to snap a photo. It's just that, I forget. I get too wrapped up in the moment(s) of it all and nothing else matters.

I've been feeling really fortunate lately. Just, fortunate for what I have. Sure, there are always things that I want, and that I wish that I had but for the most part I'm pretty content. I'm content to have a group of people around me whom I adore and love spending time with. Whom I miss when I don't talk to for a few days and who call or text "just to check in." For living in a place that seems to breed adventure in my soul. For a place that I feel like I belong. I'm fortunate, for all of it. For everything.

I couldn't ask for much else.