Vacation is going well.  I wish I could sit around and not do much of anything and still get paid for it all the time.

I got through one of the biggest things I've been dreading on Tuesday - going to the doctor. I didn't even dread the exam as much as I dreaded her asking me about my relationship.  I cried talking about it.  I'm not really sure why I did.  I've been able to get the story out without tears many times before, but I guess I was already nervous about the whole thing so that didn't help.  But it's over with now.

Also on Tuesday I went over to my friend Nicole's parent's house and hung out with her and her mom.  I used to spend a lot of time with her family as a kid so it's always nice to see them.  I told Nicole the whole Shawn story.  She already knew a little of it from what she's been told from my other friends.  I got through that without crying!

Yesterday I got an incredible offer.  I don't know if I've mentioned this on this blog but Hanson is my favorite band.  I've loved them since I was 10 years old and they've been a big part of my life.  Through Hanson, many years ago I made one of my best friends, Talia.  She lives in Michigan.  We haven't seen each other in years and she's now married and has a baby so it's even more difficult to see her, especially since neither of us have the funds to make it happen.  Like seriously, flying from New York to Michigan should not be that expensive, but it is.

So her mom messaged me on facebook and tells me she will pay for me to come out there in October when Hanson is playing a show in Detroit so Talia and I can go together.  This is probably one of the nicest things that someone outside of my family has done for me.
 The only problem is that weekend of that Detroit show is Homecoming weekend at the school I work at, one of the very few weekends in a year that I have to work.  Of course.  So now we're looking into the weekend before that one when Hanson is doing two consecutive  shows in Chicago.

I hope this all can work out.  It would be amazing trip and I miss Talia so much.  Plus it will give me another thing to look forward to and something else happy to think about.  I do like happy thoughts.

Tonight I'm going out with Nicole and Jess and I think our friend Jesse is coming out too which should be pretty fun.