#move 2022

I've been living at my new apartment for about a week now and I absolutely love it! I had a couple friends over for dinner. We hung out by the pool and grilled some veggie burgers etc. Afterwards we ate ice cream next to a black glass fire pit. Super fun!

I'm working ~70 hours this week so I haven't done much besides work, walk my dog and unpack a few boxes each night.

My personal clothes are unpacked and I've started restocking my food pantry. Speaking of food, I've drastically cut back on fast food...down 80%! Now I'm too tired to go out of my way for fast food since it's not along my commute. It's great and I've been eating healthier and saving more money too.

I managed to connect my 32" computer monitor to my cable and I've been really enjoying it while I eat dinner.

Oh and I paid for Russian tutoring and that starts this week :D super excited to study Russian again!!

More long time coworkers at my vanilla job are leaving :( I think I can double down on my goal of returning to escorting full time and finally move out of Colorado when this lease ends. Going to transfer at my vanilla job to my next city to help make the transition easier financially. Still looking at NYC-ORD-SFO.

I'm going into the busy season at work so I'll be able to set aside some money towards my future goals before the end of the year 🙂

I bought groceries and prepped the veggies when I got home. I also cored a pineapple and put together some baby carrots with hummus in a small jar.

I've been going overboard with my spending on food... especially fast food due to stress from running into ex fwb at work. I won't speak to him but it's still super upsetting.

Despite my poor eating habits, I managed to go down a pant size since I moved into my new apartment!

Anyways, after I prepped my fruit and veggies, I made eggplant parmesan for the first time. It turned out great!

Other updates:

- Decided to keep trying with college next semester

- Narrowed down neighborhoods for moving back to NYC next year. I need to be able to pay my bills with money from my vanilla job (55k-65k) and not rely on escorting income yet. I think I can make it work but back up plan is to move to Philly instead.

- I wear headphones a lot at my vanilla job and instead of just listening to music...I started to add free audio books (Libby) and motivational speeches.

- I starting paying an extra $250-300 each month towards my rent so I'll have paid an extra 2-3 months early by the end of the year. I want to pay off my lease as quickly as possible 😃

- I bought a stack of journals - 1 food log, 1 running log, 1 cross training log (weights & yoga) and one journal for just a diary.