and i am

i've been having a hard time being sociable lately. i think it is because my current internship requires me to be talking to lots of people all day long. i am in school to be an art therapist, but i really don't know that being a therapist is a reasonable or effective profession for me. i am perhaps too introverted to really feel comfortable talking and listening to strangers all day long. it exhausts me. i come home and i have nothing left to say.

since moving to philly in september, i miss my friends in portland, oregon. i miss so many people and i feel unable to really connect with them. i feel like i am translating my philly experiences so that those folks understand what i am doing. i feel often that i translate my oregon experiences so that the folks here know what i did. i don't feel like i fit in here exactly.

this space is to help me connect with folks in a way that may not be so overwhelming as conversation over the phone can be for me. i'll talk about my delightful thesis-to-be, my internship (only 4 more weeks!), school, dating, and what-not.