It's been a long time since I actually sat down and and decided to embark on the tedious, overly zealous, and still somewhat simple task of starting and maintaining a blog; but here I am once more. I promise not to leave you hanging, wondering what happened to me. But you'll probably want to know who I am before you can wonder where I went.
To state it simply, I am Jade. I am a twenty-two-year-old college student from a small town in northern Indiana that you've probably never heard of before. Besides sitting down to give you little tidbits of my life, I like to do a lot of things. I like to sit down and watch a good movie, in good company, which sometimes is only myself. I like to read books. I like to listen to music. And occasionally you will find me outside, clumping along the side of the road or in the park, contemplating what I want to do next. I wouldn't say I'm a real "go-getter," but I don't really like to sit back and do nothing. I am stupidly obsessed with the musical group Linkin Park and professional wrestling, both of which are vastly overrated and are probably the guiltiest guilty pleasures I have.
Like most people my age, I have a job. I work in a small tobacco store called "The Smoke Shop." However, I do not smoke. Ironic, isn't it? While there, I sit and converse with people about how their lives are going, how their children are, and what they did the day before, most of which I don't care about, but listen anyway. I also try my best to sell as much of the poisons that surround me as I can. I don't necessarily support killing people this way, but I get a hefty pay check every two weeks.
Outside of my real work, I have a job babysitting for a baby boy named Damien who is incredibly beautiful and so young right now that he can sleep all day and still somehow be tired when it's time for everyone else to lay down their heads. He spends most of his days eating his fists, trying real hard to poop, drinking his bottle, and sleeping. He rarely cries and loves to snuggle into my chest. He's one of the most amazing creatures in the world to me.
Speaking of amazing creatures, I have an incredible boyfriend named Kody, who is probably one of the most annoying, infuriating, but still absolutely lovable people I've ever met. He spends most of his day working at two jobs in the next city to the north. He sells tobacco like me, and shoes. The two of us live in a small, three person mobile home with his mother (who is also the manager where I work). We live in an area that sometimes strikes me as almost retarded. I'm sorry, "retarded" is not politically correct. The place sometimes strikes me as slightly handicapped. There are constantly children running around in diapers and no shoes, without parents to see where they are going. Said parents are usually indoors, getting high or drunk, or too busy with something else because they are too young to care. However, I wouldn't live anywhere else in the world right now.
While our small mobile is already crammed with so much stuff, we can't move, we still have room and love enough for our pets. We have a boxer dog named Peyton, who is somehow so smart, he's stupid. He seems to forget, every day, that he is not allowed to sit on the furniture, and not allowed to climb into bed with Kody and I at night. He stares at us most days like he's an alien, picking our brains. However, he's still the greatest dog in the world. He never goes to the bathroom in the house. He's always there to greet you at the door. And he doesn't beg for table scraps. Along side Peyton come my two babies, who I am stupidly in love with would probably die for. I have two male gerbils named Willow and Thistle. I've had them for a little under a year, but they still manage to take my breath away every time I glance into their cage. Gerbils are such stunning creatures.
I major in Creative Writing, which I sorely regret now that I am in my fourth and final year of university. Writing has always come second nature to me, but it is somehow still just a "side thing." I'm not sure I will ever find a job with a Creative Writing degree. I am hoping to work with the local newspaper after I graduate next fall.
But listen to me as I ramble on while Damien wakes up and stares at me for food. I've already told you too much. What about all of you? Do you have any interesting stories? Who are all of you?
Until next time -
Jade
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