Lady Madaysia

I think that it is funny that sometimes, while I am sitting at my desk, I can here two people talking in the other room and think to myself, “MATTHEW BRODERICK IS HERE?!” and then have the sudden realization that, no, that isn’t Matthew Broderick, but just a fellow coworker; and then I have to calm down because, no, that isn’t a celebrity in our office space.

Just because this is amazing:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/echrisindy/2769038956/

My pics of GenCon to come later.

And I didn’t know there was such a man as Catan-Man. CATAN-MAN! A real live Catan Man Super Hero carrying around his trusty sheep-kick.

Yesterday I hurt myself while playing softball. I scraped my knee and ended up getting lots of sand and gunk in it. When we got home yesterday evening, after dinner, he took a look at my knee and told me he was going to take care of it. Which was really nice, but it hurt like heck.

I just thought it would be nice to share…I don’t know. *grins*

The last few weeks have been the first time in months that I’ve felt like I’ve belonged. Being plucked from St. Paul and plopped back in Lafayette after just having a baby was very hard on me. I joined the Greater Lafayette Area Mom’s (GLAM) group here to make some friends, but I felt so culturally seperated from them. I know that sounds so odd.

In St. Paul, I was a pretty big part of the mom’s group I was in. I organized and belonged and made great friends. I found a lot of the moms to be like me in many ways. The mom’s group here already had their thing going on and I didn’t seem to fit in as well. I just think it was the things that they were interested in. Don’t get me wrong, they are a great group of women, but I just haven’t gotten to know them as well yet and I think there is somewhat of an age difference for the moms I’ve been around the most.

Since I started working at Griffin, I have found myself to be more in place. I have made a few friendships that I am hoping will be lasting and fun. I feel comfortable talking about pretty much anything with them. They inspire me to become what I once wanted to become. I sometimes find myself wishing that I wasn’t so far behind. A couple of months ago, we drove through campus during graduation and I cried. I thought to myself: That could have been me.

I don’t regret the path that I have taken in my life, but I do want to put more into my life than I have been. This job has been a positive influence in my life, thus far. I am making money; hopefully enough to get me into Purdue this coming spring. I am inspired. I have learned a lot. I’ve been thinking about things other than kids. I have friends that are my age. It feels good.

I feel like I am again contributing to something bigger than I am. I like that.

So I caved in and added a little box on my sidebar where you can suggest a topic for me to write about. I’d love some input, since I am usually wondering what in the world to write about.