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K. and J. and I have decided that all the various crap that's happened to each of us over the course of the last week just limit the amount of rude surprises that are going to show up over the course of the year. We've all already got quite a start on meeting our quota of "stuff that makes us miserable" for 2002, so that means there will be less later on. *sigh* At least I got a job somewhere in there, and a paid trip to Austin later this month on top of that.

Spent a wonderful evening curled up on a couch with K. and J. talking and watching "Josie and the Pussycats". (I love Parker Posey.) We don't see each other very often, but K. was right when she said that despite that fact, when we get together we can just pick up right where we left off and we're totally comfortable. I think she's right about that. I also think she's going to be okay and get through this situation intact, I really do. J. has been so good for her, and I thanked him for it tonight. It's good to see her so much better off than she was when she was with that other person. I realized how long we've known each other when the kids stood up; I still was picturing E. as the kind of chubby, adorable 5 year old that I knew, and she's almost 10 now (the kids weren't around the last few times I saw K.). Had a few moments of reflecting on how time really is just slipping away without my realizing it before I snapped out of it.

Oh, how I hope we're right about almost filling our quota already.

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Today is Pungenday, day 8 in the season of Chaos, 3168.

It's time for more ink. It's turning into the official "end of relationship" activity, I suppose, a way to mark the ending of one period of my life and the beginning of a new one. When I last got inked, I was worried that it would turn into an eternal reminder of the fact that that relationship didn't work out, but it didn't end up that way at all; instead it was something quite positive. I have some ideas about what I want, I just need to get them down on paper. I've got some time to think about it, as I can't do anything until I get paid and discover if my entire check is going to cover next month's rent or not.