Great day
I was recently reminded that I have a tumblr (by losing a bet and having to give my tumblr handle to a coworker).
I've had a particularly good day today and had some great vibes from people recently. I want to make a conscience choice to appreciate this.
FYI the next part is going to just be a ramble without much attention to grammar or conciseness. If I had more time, I would write less.
Today I invited an old high school friend to come with me to my boxing class, it was great working out with her and we walked back for about 45 mins to her place. She showed me her new neighbourhood (she just moved downtown with her boyfriend) and it was really nice catching up with her.
On my way back home, right as I was about to go into my building, I decided to cross the street and get some Tim's or a Pita, and I run into another old friend (from middle school, but I went to karaoke with her last week for her birthday). She stayed with me as I ordered food and then we parted ways, (she's off to compete in Italy soon!).
Today I grabbed a coffee with an old intern of mine (over a year ago), and she mentioned how she's had a few internships since and judged them all based on how good the one with me was. She mentioned how much she learned from me and was seeking career advice. It was really great chatting with her again.
On that note, two interns recently finished their term with me (last week) and both gave me some great gifts - a poke gift card, a framed picture of 4 of us on the team, some homemade cookies, and best of all a very long card from both of them expressing how much they enjoyed this internship. They also mentioned that HR told them how lucky they were to have me as their boss.
Another old intern recently reached out as well and we scheduled a coffee chat sometime soon. Maybe I'm not so bad as this whole manager thing.
Yesterday I was invited to a cottage trip, in which I only know the 2 main hosts, but in my friends words: "I feel like you fit in anywhere". This was such a nice thing to hear. They told me that space is limited so I shouldn't mention this to the rest of the group.
This is becoming a bit of a trend, of me hanging out in a bigger group, and then a subset of the group invites me to join them in other things. I recently joined an escape room event organized in a similar fashion, one my friend couples, introduced me to their friend couple and now 5 of us hang out every now and then. It's a really nice feeling having people want to spend more time with you for no other reason then you being yourself.
This tuesday I also had a day off and spent it with another close friend of mine, we went to a grocery run to get smoothie ingredients, and went to my place to make smoothies and play videogames. It was such a fun day. The day before this, I randomly called him up and told him I was outside his place and he and his gf invited me over and we hung out for 30 mins or so. I think I just really enjoy surrounding myself with people that I like and that who like me.
Anyway I could go on for longer, but this is already probably incoherent, so I'll stop here. Just recording this to remember the good vibes of this week.
