Another post from the void...I'm trying to get it in as soon as I can, because I've got two more major projects, a paper, and a portfolio due by next Thursday. Ack, ack, ack...

School stuff: Just finished designing and making a leather and suede jacket for sewing class- I spent all of Memorial weekend doing that, and it was very bloody tiring. Still working on the creative nonfiction class (i.e. the one with the portfolio due), and once all that stuff is rewritten (I don't know when I'll get to that with all the other things due...) I plan on posting the best online.

Housing stuff: Found a great apartment with great location and excellent (actually RESPONSIBLE, unlike current landlord) manager. Turns out the new roommate already lives with some old roommates of mine...talk about the odd coincidences, you know? We'll see how we get along later on, I guess...we did agree on everything regarding housing, so that was just cool.

Work stuff: Tremendous news- seeing as so many people are leaving work soon or have already, I'm getting hired on for full time until summer school starts, and don't know what'll happen after that, but hopefully working part time another year. Woo hoo! (The one bad part- I'm going to have to get a bike after all, bleech). Lately I've covered a few news stories- on weekends when nobody's been here, and am getting paid for those Friday =)

Vacations: Just to let you all know, I shall be gone from the 16th to 24th in Montana (sigh), then 25th-30th with Muzicgirl and Battlewench in Ashland. (Yes, you guys, I just realized that I've mentioned this now...but Mom swore she'd get me back in time to leave with y'all the next day.)

The Weird Ex-Friend Situation: As of a few nights ago he wants to be friends again, but with er...restrictions for awhile. He wants some level of "space" for some months (who knows how long) in which things are basically kept at some level he can handle and work out other issues.

He said that part of why he wants "space" from me is because I keep being a doormat and not telling how I feel, and he says I take it too far in avoiding him when he wants space.
So here's how I feel about being told he needs "space" from me. I hate it, I hate the restrictions (which certainly don't make it an equal friendship), I just feel insulted at being told to go away. Ok, so this isn't a total 'go away' thing, but I still don't get it. If you want someone to go away, why would you want them back later?
My logic behind not sharing feelings like this is that if it's obviously not gonna help the situation by telling, I'd rather keep my mouth shut.

The restrictions thing is making him feel much better, but it ain't working both ways, and there isn't a way to fix that. So I told him my "feelings", and of course that didn't do a lick of good other than to get a lot of apologies out of him, trust me's, and bear with me, it's not always going to be like that, and it'll all get better in time. "Yeah, for YOU." was about my answer to that. As I've said before, I am not patient.

Yeah, I know. I should cut him off. But that made me feel even worse than this when I did...not to mention that no one else in this town is clamoring to be my friend any more.

Is the whole space thing just a load of crap, or does this sound genuine to those who really believe in that concept?