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And I'm feeling... uncomfortable talking with Jarrod, because I don't want to burden him with my problems when he's got problems of his own that he's dealing with. I don't want to totally block him off but it seems like everywhere I turn there's something else gone wrong. The contract at my uni is running up (my dad is a prof there) and if negotiations for a good contract aren't settled by first July, all faculty will go on strike. If they go on strike, it looks like they will lose all benefits. And we need those benefits. I still need SI, in a really bad way - I've found nothing to replace it, and I have no idea what to do about that. And I feel so freaking isolated here - I love being with my parents and I love the alone time, but I miss being around people my own age. It's been a week since I saw a friend - and then I only saw her for two hours. Before that, it was when I saw Jarrod that I last saw someone my age (close enough). And before that, it was fourteenth May that I last saw someone my age. 
GG. I'll remember you in my prayers. I hope that your family is handling this okay. *snuggles* Kerin. How are you doing? And I guess that he would rather know, but honestly, I don't feel like telling him. It's too much crap to offload onto him, I've done enough of that in the past, and right now he doesn't need the added stress of my worries and problems. We're going to be chatting later this week, and I don't know what I'm going to be doing as far as handling stuff and not talking about the things that are bothering me. I'll probably end up spilling and then feel horrid afterwards. :-( Bec. Sounds like you're pretty freaking busy, there, sis! Where do you work?? and how are things going other than all of that? *snuggles*
I'm sorry that you're still having difficulty with it too. :-( Today is day three forty-two cut-free, and we're going to celebrate me being cut-free on nineteenth July (the day after I've taken my road test! )........ but I'm going to feel like a fraud since I've not been completely SI-free. Not yet. 
I am involved with activities at my uni - during the schoolyear. Karate, ED support group, violin lessons (which I teach), a Greek organization, chem club, poetry group, and of course walks around town/hanging out with friends/gym time. But in the summer, everything is dead. I will be starting up karate again soon, I think, if my "sensai" (haha) gets in touch with me (or vise versa), and the poetry group is still happening (every two weeks), but other than that....... :-/
wow... hehe, my mum didnt let me get my ears peirced until I was sixteen... and even then I had to put on a crying act about how much I really wanted them done... lol
Just kidding...... it's not rebellion, it's just that I like the way I look with them. If that makes sense.
I wonder what kind of mum I would be, were I to ever have kids (Heaven forbid!)... probably somewhat like that. I heard a quote once that said "When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time," and I totally take that to heart. I mean... I dress in black (or else 'interesting' shirts, like the one I have on today, light blue that says "I'll try to be nicer if you try to be smarter"), I have multiple piercings, and I used to have dyed black hair. (Natural color is blackish anyway, as seen in my pic.) But if my parents had absolutely forbidden me to do any of those things, I probably would still be SI'ing. It's another outlet for me, another way for me to let people know how I feel (although cutting wasn't originally intended as a 'cry for help,' it's kind of adopted itself into a "call me weird, I dare you" sort of thing, if that makes sense). ANYWAY... I'd better shut up before y'all start thinking weird thoughts about me... 
ne:"I've been hospitalised twice" [said with pride] "have you ever been hospitalised?" Girl No.Two: "No, but I came awfully close once." Girl Nne:"They thought I was going to die. In fact, they were surprised that I didn't. Now I'm back to being huge again" [she was really quite tiny] "and I've got tons of extra skin, see?" [she stands up and pinches an inch off her belly]). It was driving me CRAZY. Talk about freaking triggering....... if those two are huge, when they are really NOT.... what am I!?
Not necessarily what we truly want.
but I'm sure it isn't as bad as all that anyway. I mean.... it's NEVER as bad as we think it is in our heads. So... well, dunno if that's any consolation, really. ). What a huuuge decision 
[/teenage drama]. 
