I am still on my "adventure" . I finished my work out about 50 min. ago and I am feeling to resentful right now. I hate anyone who eve smiles at me and I honestly have no reason to be so hateful right now. My room mate/friend is the person who is helping me work out and right now I don't feel like she is really doing it to help me. I feel like she is doing this for her know amusement . I feel like I am her play thing and she is an evil cat.
On top of that today during my work out he said one of those most trite phrases ever. "Pane is beauty" At that moment I started to cry because if pain is beauty than people who go through traumatic experiences and hurt every day emotionally should be considered absolutely gorgeous. I should be considered gorgeous already if that's the case , because that is real pain.
On top of that I don't feel any better about myself , I feel worse and feel more less attractive. I don't even want to look at myself in the mirror and when ever I work out she makes me look at myself and I hate it. I want to quit and just be done but I know I shouldn't.
I do not like the body that my soul is inhabiting right now. I am
extremely over weight , not happy with myself , and have self esteem
issues. I don't like they way my clothes fit and I don't like the body
, I don't like the way it feels or looks and I don't understand how my
boyfriend even loves it , touches it , tastes it , let alone looking at
it and admiring it. So I do things for attention that are out of
character just so i can feel good even for a little bit even if its
false.
These past couple of days have been the hardest for me with out a
doubt. Yesterday I admitted to my friend and room mate Kathleen that I
have been having problems and that I did something truly terribly ,
selfish and weak. Not only did she make it clear that she was truly
disappointed in me but she questioned my relationship with my
boyfriend. Because of the conversation this conversation I cam to a
conclusion of about all of this. So during this conversation i with my
friend I broke down and told her everything about how I have a history
of doing out of character things for my low self esteem. As a good
friend she decided that she was going to help me. I am taking on a new
life style , and its hard core. I walk from school every day , do a
work out video every Tuesday and Thursday and every Monday and
Wednesday i do an intense work out in the work out room in my school.
Today it was very intense because I had not worked out , like a real
hard work out in so long. there was lots of sweat , pain , and tears. I
was forced to look in the mirror at myself and did not even want to. I
didn't like what I saw but I kept going. To make it home today and
survive the day was amazing for me. This is my new journey. I am now
facing my own demons. Because it hurt to find out how much I actually
weighed and how out of shape I was. It was tragic and terrifying and
overwhelming. I have been fighting with my boyfriend and the only thing
I wanted to do was call him and cry. I know this is going to be very
hard but I just hope that I am strong enough to go through with this
journey untill I am comfortable and satiuntilwith my body.
I am screaming and dying inside. The things she says she has no business saying. My mother seems to think I am extremely ungrateful. I don't see how. Because everyday since she got married to that crazy woman I gave her my silence so she would think I was OK with it. I could never voice my pain about my parents divorce , or my disappointment in her choice of a new partner (she could have picked someone so much better and drama free) , I kept silent the tears pouring from my eyes to wash the blood from my feet for everyday I walk on glass and egg shells for a woman undeserving of my mother , my pain , and my cooperation. I always put on a smile so she could live the life she wanted so badly. I did it because I love her so much and it kills to think about. I cant even open talk about it with out flood gates leaking and rattleing and being tempted to break. Than I make a simple mistake and all of a sudden I make things hard for everyone involved. Well my mother should be the one to talk. A marriage she didn't even tell me about until after the fact. A wife with more baggage than the cargo area of a plane. a step daughter who hates our family who is on a continuous mission to break them up , and in laws who would love nothing better than forget my exists have my mothers wife committed as well as forgotten.(they were so close with that last one , except we rescued her from the funny farm in Tinley park IL that looked like one of those mental institutions from a horror movie. I make the simple mistake of order my birth control from the Walgreens by my apartment in Chicago (so I can pick them up when I go back on Sunday) and all of a sudden I'm making things hard for everyone involved. It has been 4-6 years since all of this bull shit started and it still feels like a fresh cut , like it just happened yesterday. I have been trying to let it go but I just cant shake it and I know it's killing me.
I am finding it nearly impossible to find work right now and its driving me nuts! I have been applying for job after job after job , and nothing.......... Its stressing me out to no end right now. Whenever I go visit my my family back in WI I am required to go see my aunt and every time she gives me money and random stuff like laundry detergent and this time it was a 12 pack of toilet paper. I feel like a damn Charity case and it eats at me all the time. some people might say I need to stop being so prideful because I'm a College student and we are all broke but I don't feel like it should be this way. I hate having to ask anyone for anything and borrowing and all that shit for some reason make me feel like I am less of who I am for it. I just want a steady job so I can buy groceries regularly , and be able to go out like I want , and start paying off school loans. Just because I am a college student doesn't mean I have to broke. I have 5 weeks to find a job and If I don't I am going to flip shit!
I don't understand why it is so hard for men to think before they speak especially in a conversation with their girlfriends " You don't take your girlfriend to the club" is something you think about before you say it. It will save you an argument and suspicion , but no it just comes out and they expect for you to not get upset and think What the fuck. Women are not difficult men just say dumb things and expect women to not get upset.
I live in a city where everyone lives in their own little bubble and these people have other people that have special access to their little worlds. In this city that I live in I spent my day observing everyone and their bubbles and since the weather is getting warmer there are more couples to observe but there seemed to be more than usual today. My love lives in the next state and seeing everyone together made me miss him and feel so lonely. I road the bus today watching all the people and couples and there was one couple that will always be special to me. I just happened to be coming to a stop light and so I looked to my left and there they were on the side walk. They were funny looking young lovers , with styles of their own. The young guy was tall and thin and artsy looking and the girl was short and funny and angelic. They were just loving each other , openly showing their affection with hugs and soft sweet kisses. I envied these two because they were so happy to be together and have each other . I couldn't help but to stair and feel so lonely without my love. Well the funny looking young girl of the couple turned stepped out into the street and waived to me. I didn't think she was waiving to me at first so I looked around to see who she was waiving to and there was no one so I turned back around and she pointed at me so I waived back and she waived again and than happily blew me a kiss as if to make me feel included in the romance that was buzzing in the air today. Se smiled and so I smiled back and the bus drove off. This was the sweetest part of my day. In a city buzzing with busy lives and many bubbles that one is not apart of someone stepped out of their bubble and for a moment made me feel that I was not alone and that someone out there cares for me. Yes it made me smile but at the same time it almost brought me to tears. The feeling that I got from that kiss was completely platonic , like a good friend would hug you to make you feel better. Now this simple action could have been done to mock me but today I wont be a cynic and I wont make it a possibility. I will always remember the silly young couple that made me feel not so alone on such a pretty day. It almost felt like they were there at that perfect moment just for me , like angels. I don't know who you two were but thank you silly young couple for making me feel not alone in a busy yet lonely city.
For most of you this experience might not make sence but on a lonly day simple things like this show of effection make a diffrence in ones life and you feel like humanity isnt loosing its self.
After My stressful morning and my last final of the day it was time to go out and play. My friend Bridget and her friend Larry and I went further down town to Millennium Park. It was a beautiful day and the people were out walking , talking , playing , loving and living. The busy hum of down town is un like any other. What I experienced today was something only a newbie or an outsider can appreciate and see. My walk downtown was an intimate peek at the individual lives being lived amongst each other. To realy watch and pay attention is something very under rated. The pregnant woman and her husband enjoying the day , the couple kissing on the grass the small children being ever so curious and asking questions about the big building , the lesbian couple holding hands and braving the public. Believe it or not this is something to appreciate. The busy hum of a city as dark and intimidating as it is beautiful and freeing is a heart beat. A heart beat that I have become fond of and one that I will miss if I ever leave.
I hate men. Plane and simple. They drive me crazy!!!!!!! But its so hard to not want them. What do you do witch such a necessary evil.The only ones I like are gay ones because they are just like my girls
So I am going to just come out with it. I had a pregnancy scar! It wasn't like I was being careless I always use protection , but I was late by like 3 weeks and got worried and so I told my boyfriend. We were both freaking out until I took the test today and It said I was not. I was late most likely due to my stress and the fact that I had been off the pill for like 3 months and I actually take the pill to be regular.
The funny thing is that My cousin used condoms and birth control and still managed to get pregnant. I guess that's a wake up call to the fact that these things are not 100% affectiveve the way we would like them to be. Plus she and her husband are really healthy people so I am nosurpriseded that she would bet he super fertile type. Unlike me and my boyfriend . I have extra baggadge and dont have a regular cycle and my boyfirends smokes.
Well I guess thats it for now. lol I am thanking God though that there is no bun in my oven.
OK so......... So here is the break down whats been going on so far .......
1. I have been living in Chicago for the past month and a half for attendance at Kendall College.
2. I have a great room mate who has become one of my really good friends here. I have met her best friend and her boyfriend who have become friends of mine also.
3. I have attended like 3 dinner parties.
4. I have a new best friend who's name is Bridget and she is so cool. We hang out every week and she is great.
5. I have made a shit load of new friends. I have my own group and they are my people. People who are weird like me and have my same sense of humor. I love them all.
6. I have met some new guys here in the city. I have gone out a couple times to test the Waters a bit. I haven't seen anything that I liked to much.
7. I am back with my Shawn again. He is coming to school in Chicago in April. We had the best valentines day ever together. It was just him and I , we cooked for each other and had some amazing food. We reached a turning point in our relationship. He didn't really show emotion before and never let me know how he was feeling and Saturday night he literally cried in my lap and let me know what was weighing down his heart. We sat and cried together and it opened up a new kind of trust and brought us closer together.
8. I am having some of best sex of my life!!!!!
9. I am doing better in school than I ever have before.
10. I am starting a club/organization for school and the new students coming in
11. Life is better right now for me but at the same time I still have allot of stress and things to do and deal with .
So as you all know I have recently moved to Chicago for school at Kendall. I love my apartment , I love my room mate I love my new friends and I love school. Everything is great EXCEPT THE WEATHER Chicago looked like it was being dumped on by a giant snow man this morning on my walk. It has been redonkculously cold ( yes I said redonkculous) lately and I hate it. For some reason it feels colder than Wisconsin. I didn't know that was even possible. Also everyday I hear sirens from police cars , fire trucks and ambulances , sometimes twice in a day which is also something I am not use to , but over all I like it here and its great.
SO I finally moved to Chicago. I settled into my apartment and met my room mate . Everyone kept telling they were worried about me and hoped that I would be OK. They hoped I wouldn't get a bitch for a room mate or have bad experiences at school. Well to tell you the truth I love it here. My room mate is a real sweetheart , and all of her friends are totally cool. I like my teachers so far and have had not one bad experience except for the cold thin Chicago air and me being late for class the first day due to me reading my classes wrong. I have dinner parties to go to every Friday and hockey games to go to and and everyone always goes out and its great. I really like my new life.
Plus the view from my apartment is really nice too.
OK so the ones of you who read my blog (whenever I actually do one) know that I tried to go to San Fran for school back in August and it didn't work and totally bombed. Well the time has finally come. I'm moving to Chicago tomorrow Friday the 2nd of January for school.!!!!! I am so happy its finally happening and I couldn't be more excited , happy , nervous , scared , jittery. Anything I could possibly be feeling I'm feeling. I know that some of you are probably so whats the big deal. Well if you knew the whole story and everything that has happened in my life leading up to this point you would know why this is big. Its a whole new beginning. New people and places , tones of great food and night life. I will be blogging more about my new adventures in Chicago later.
Wow haven't been on here in so long!!!!! How is every one doing ??
1)Well this is what has been going on lately. I have applied for Kendall College for Culinary art school and the process of getting a private loan is kicking my ass because the economy sucks!!!!!!!! But I still am not loosing hope... I am really excited because Its in Chicago and Chicago is such a great city and there is lots to do .
2)I don't know why men who have GIRLFRIENDS feel the need to come after women single or not when they already have someone. Its so irritating. I am talking about and to one guy imparticular ( You know who you are!!!!) Its extra irritating when they basically ask you to cheat. For all the guys out there like that , You don't deserve anyone for being so shitty!!!!!!
3)I am very excited for our new President , this should be interesting.
4)There is someone new in my life , but like I said NEW so we shall see what happens , he is single and sweet , charming and a gentleman. (Don't be jealous) Yes I am single again (long story)
5) I am on a quest for honest , unconditional , raw , love. Some of you may be asking why at such a young age? Well because its a battle and sometimes a life long search , and sometimes its a debate on weather or not it really exists. So if this sight still works when and if I find it ha ha I will let you all know.
Its been a little while since my last blog so this is whats been going on.
I have been on a job hunt to find a better job so I can buy a car , currently that's not happening.
My boyfriend is going to move out of his friends house and get his own apartment!! (yay) I can spend the night with him and he offered for me to move in when I get a new better job but I'm not sure if I am going to I don't know if I'm ready for that.
I am going to visit Kendall college soon (Great culinary arts program) but I am not sure what kind of financial aid I will be able to get because the economy is shit .
My friend who has cancer is doing well and has two more sessions of kemo left.
(Clarification.)
Allot of people don't really know what nationality I am and why I don't know. One day I was at the store with my sis when she ran into her former coworker and the laidy said I have slanted eyes and called me CHINA and said I looked Asian. I am African American and it pisses me off that people cant comment on my "exotic" looks with out being rude about it or sounding ignorant. Don't get me wrong I like my look but others find it weird and get insulting about it.
So October first has come and gone and I cant believe it . It has been a year since my boyfriend and I got together. We had some really dramatic and sometimes rocky situations and even though I didn't think we would , we made it to a year.
Lately things have been extra hard for us because my mother has jumped into our relationship and put a big strain on it. I know its really hard on my boyfriend because we cant spend the time that we want together but he is very determined and doesn't want to give up on us even though my mom is making it really really hard.
Allot is coming up in the next couple of months and I hope we can get through it and I pray for relief for the both of us so we can figure out the next step for us what ever it may be.
I know I complain about him sometimes and talk about how shitty he is sometimes but I love him so much and I really hope that no matter what happens we will always be apart of each others lives.
OK so Wednesday is my one year anniversary with my boyfriend but here is the kicker. My boyfriend called me and we were having a conversation that somehow led to the subject of me being to clingy and emotional and wants me to pull back on that. Basically he wants me to be more accommodating on top of the accommodations I already make for him. What is super shitty is that he doesn't bother to really try to accommodate me in any way. He has a habit that actually makes me physically sick and its like he refuses to not do it in front of me. what the fuck !!!!!!!!
I am to damn nice when he doesn't deserve it half the time. I swear he is just going to piss me off so badly one day and he wont even see it coming and he will wonder why I flipped out on him.
I love him I really do but he is just really stupid about some things.
OK so as you all know my boyfriend and I engage in the old past time I like to call sex. Well yes my sister and my mother found out. There was fire and I swear the earth started to shake when my mom was yelling at me about this. I am a 20 year old adult. I don't think it is called for to be yelled at by your mother and 37 year old virgin sister for getting laid. My family is very old fashion. No sex before marriage its a sin , my mother practically begs me to marry a guy of the same race and I shouldn't marry a man who makes slightly less than me. Well I say FUCK it all!!
I could understand my family being angry with me if I was not using condoms and birth control but I use both regularly. To me sex is a natural thing that should be apart of every consenting adult woman's life. It relieves stress and its good for the heart. I can understand that no one wants to see that their children have grown up but come on! My mother proceeded to call me a slut! I could understand if I was sleeping with 10 different guys and sucking a random guys dick in a public bathroom whenever I got the chance but I'm not like that. I have sex with my one boyfriend and we are committed to each other.
About once a week I get yelled at by either my mother or sister or both ( by the way dad doesn't know because if he did there would be a missing persons report filed for me) because they don't agree with what I do. Well I just don't think Its that big of a fucking deal , its being blown way out of proportion!!
Since I moved back home I have not had sex with my boyfriend and its killing me. I am randy every day. I use to get it like 2 sessions a week with 4-8 rounds each. My boyfriend thinks I'm a nympho but I dint think so. I just know what I like and what makes me feel good. I guess I am one of those people who have an addictive personality.
I miss the intimacy and that amazing feeling of pure satisfaction. Sex and chocolate are two of my favorite things and I cant live with out either of them. Part of the problem is my boyfriend and I don't see each other as much when I was living with my sis but I am going to have to fix this because I think my boyfriend and I are both having issues.