The 5th of July

I keep telling myself I’m going to write a blog post when I think of something that I should share and then when I have a moment to write about it in a way that would do it justice. I don’t know when I decided my blog posts needed to be some literary work or something. I mean, my last post was about a cats scream yawning youtube video… why do I think that I need to change my posting/writing style? I think that my 1-2 readers would be really disappointed if I started talking about some deep BS anyway. 

So this is good news, because it takes the pressure off of me and I can just post anything I want. I’ve been brainstorming things to write about: awkward encounters (I’ve had plenty since my last post… just have to choose one), funny websites, summer time, random adventures, relationships (totally not sharing that info on the interwebs… a girl’s gotta have some secrets!), or the awesome recipes I’ve tried on Pinterest lately. 

Nothing really seems to be jumping out at me though. This is probably because it is the 5^th of July. Yes, that means the 4^th of July was yesterday. On a Wednesday. Today is Thursday and everyone has to work. We are all being abruptly knocked out of our holiday coma and back to the real world a little faster than appreciated. The worst part about it is that about half of the world decided to take today off. So all of us that are working are stuck waiting for everyone else to get back before we hear responses on any of our projects. I understand that we can’t really move the 4^th of July, but there has to be some way that we can flex days off so we can all have the 5^th of July off too. I think this is really what Congress should be focusing on. I think they should pass some sort of bill reinforcing the July 4^th government holiday, but following up with a caveat that if the 4^th is to fall in the middle of the week, the 5^th will also be considered a national holiday. I think that is something both parties can agree on. I don’t even think this has to be a federal thing. Could Colorado make some sort of law or something? After thinking about this, I did look up quite a few other things that the Colorado government thought was important like “One may not mutilate a rock in a state park” or “throwing missiles at cars is illegal”. Seriously, there’s a list of ridiculous things here. If lawmakers have enough time to work on those laws, I think that it would be great to have the 5^th of July off of work. I have obviously provided quite a solid case. Boom. Lawyered.

Listening to Rusko.

It’s no secret that I was getting very tired and frustrated with my job. I decided to do something about it. I tried to work with my employer to see what we could do to fix my situation, but nothing seemed to be solving the problems within the office. I took matters in to my own hands and started looking for jobs. After about a month or so of job searching, I got an interview at an amazing job and it just so happened that it worked out and they offered me a position. I left Houston at the end of August and moved up to Boulder, Colorado.

I can’t say that it’s culture shock. Boulder feels very similar to home, so I just have to remember what it was like when I was living in Portland. I’m happy to be away from the heat and traffic of Houston. I love that I can go hiking and not have to drive forever to see trees. In addition to the environment of the city being a better fit for me, my job has been a great fit for me as well. I’m busy as always, but the environment is more supportive, happy and engaging.

I feel like things are changing for the better, but I’m left thinking about a quote by Arthur Christopher Benson explaining “Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.” This makes me wonder if the change of scene was really what I needed or if my mentality has changed. In my situation, I think it’s a combination of both. I think the change of scene has provided me with the ability to change myself. Hopefully Boulder will provide me with the scenery that I can continue to grow…