Termination

I'm tired after a long day and a dramatic weekend. On the weekend, I decided to terminate a relationship that I've been struggling with since...September or so. When I moved to Montevallo, I immediately met and befriended a guy whom I'll name Fitzroy. We got along quite well, he and I, even though we disagreed on much. While we got along smashingly, there were problems -- namely in his treatment of people, as he constantly made fun of people. This did not sit well with me, as I saw no need for it. Because I enjoyed his company so much, though, I would ignore these incidents. When he began to make more and more snide remarks about me, though, and my writing, I began to realize that something was amiss. As time wore on, I became more and more tired of the way he treated others and myself. Things came to a head yesterday, when he decided to mock me on his website -- misrepresenting what I said in a private discussion of ours and making intensely personal attacks for the amusement of his other friends, who commented and attacked me. It was then that I realized that I was done with him. I sent him a message to inform him (rather politely) that he was an asshole for what he had just done. I no longer consider him a friend.

Making the decision to do this made my Sunday a touch dreary, and my spirits lifted only when I listened to a program of the local NPR station, "Getting Sentimental Over You". They played several Sinatra records, and those always brighten my mood. Even so, I was glad to go to bed, anticipating the workweek ahead of me and knowing that it would distract my thoughts from this affair and bring me closer to being able to not be concerned about how I am to pay for college tomorrow. Today was a full, and oddly fun day. Breaks seemed to come more quickly than they usually come, and my feet took much longer to grow tired. Around 3:50, we ran out of work and proceeded to simply clean up until we were scheduled to leave at four. At a few minutes 'til four, our supervisor advised us that we were out of work, and thus we new hires weren't needed for a while -- not until the agency we were hired from calls us.

So now I sit no closer to meeting my financial needs and one "friend" short. I'm looking for new work, and am anticipating being able to go to the library tomorrow.