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Name: Maggie
Country: United States
State: Indiana
Metro: Marion
Birthday: 5/19/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: Coffee, music, art, literature, poetry, hats, shiny things, Thai food, the color green, and chapstick.
Expertise: Losing pens.
Occupation: Student
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
1/28/2006
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| So...
Umm...
I'm engaged! Yes. Will and I are getting married.
It's about time, right?
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| I have to wonder when the glares will be directed away from me and mine.
Will it be when we suddenly start doing things "right"? What does that even mean?
Will it be when life is more settled? Does that ever happen?
Or will it be when this town is behind me, when I'm so far away that I can't see those glares, subtle or blatant, anymore. Or, then, will I just be blamed for leaving as I was blamed for coming?
Can it all really be our fault?
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| So, I have moved.
I love my new house. And I have learned a few things:
- I have experienced nothing so satisfying in my life so far as making a house into a home.
- Even through blinds, one can read by the light of Handy Andy at night.
- There is no reason groceries should be so expensive. I still say we should bring back the barter system.
- It's weird to start school again after being in work mode for a year.
- Just because a matzo soup mix is 25 cents doesn't mean you should buy it. Seriously. Don't.
- Marion really is run down. I guess I never realized just how run down it was until I actually lived there.
- It's very, very, very disconcerting to be living on your own and without a job.
All worries about said not-job aside, I seriously love this place. It's not as weird as I thought it would be to be on my own, I guess because I'm not really on my own. I live with a great friend, and across the street from two other friends and the guy I love. It was really more like moving back home than moving from home. I'm going to be sad when I have to leave this house in September, even if it's going to be for a few months. This house is home.
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| I am moving on Saturday.
Sara called me yesterday and said she had our keys in her hand.
I'm packed. It's amazing how much stuff you accumulate over 21 years. I have 13 boxes packed, and that's everything I have that I need or even want. My room is still completely full of worthless junk.
Since this ends the year I've spent here at home, I will tell you some things I've learned. I will use hyphens profusely, so hyphenphobics should stay away.
-No matter how much you love the family you grew up in, there comes a time when the family you've created becomes the family that comes to mind when you think of your family.
-God really does show up if you really want Him to.
-Traveling is fun, and living kind of like a hobo is okay with me.
-Praying unceasingly doesn't mean closing your eyes and folding your hands and saying "Dear God," and ending with "Amen" all the time. It means being in constant conversation with God in your mind.
-Sometimes, it feels like no one is there for you. But sometimes, when you need some one, when you really, really need some one, just the right person shows up.
-Growing up is something you only see in retrospect.
-"For there's one thing to be sure of, mate: There's nothing to be sure of."- Pippin
-The attitudes of the people you work with make all the difference.
-Some things should only be played on record.
-Watching a friend get married is a completely surreal experience.
-Ice cream sandwiches are best eaten after 1:00 AM.
-Will just rocks my face off.
-You forget a heck of a lot from high school once you've been out for a while.
-Iron & Wine should only ever be recorded lo-fi. Ever.
I'm tired of writing this thing, and if you've read this far, I'm sure you're tired of reading it. So, all you Marionites, I'll be back in town on Saturday. For good. Thank God this year is over.
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| So guys-
I'm moving.
Within the month, I'm moving to Marion. I don't know exactly how everything is going down quite yet, but it's happening.
Ever since this all came about, it's been such a roller coaster. And I am so ready for the ride to be over. I just want to be somewhere.
But yeah, that's about it. There's a lot more to it, but that's the essentials. I'm moving.
I'm ready.
I need to get out of here.
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