I build my peace through strength, that's the best weapon you've got.

So I had my phone interview with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston this morning, and I guess it went well enough, since we scheduled a second interview for next week, with the head LICSW person and the club managers from the two clubs that are hiring. This next call, heh, comes while I'm working. Maybe I will go in late that day.

This is a good thing. It is really starting to make these things seem real. Divorce madlibs are complete except for the parts where I need A's loan balances and the amount of his life insurance or whatever. I don't know why we need that - it's not like I want him to give it to me. It's only on /him/, not us. Weird.

This is the best email ever. I got it yesterday, randomly, while I was at work:

Greetings from Travelocity!

Your friend made travel arrangements today at Travelocity and requested that we share the itinerary with you.

We provide this as a service to our customers so they may conveniently share their travel information with those who may need it. We want you to also know that we do not retain your email address, so you will not receive anything further from us unless you become a free member, make a purchase, or befriend another customer!

The itinerary for kieron is as follows:

Itinerary For: kieron
Your Trip Details

Depart: her place
Fri, Apr 12 at 7:20pm
Arrive: my place
Fri, Apr 12 at 9:09pm

Depart: my place
Mon, Apr 15 at 2:30pm
Arrive: her place
Mon, Apr 15 at 4:16pm

Okay, it's time to hit the bank and then the internship. Woot!

And we stand for the living, and we stand for the dead
And we looked out to see your enemies
and we see that you're looking all at us instead, and
You think I am being disruptive,
But no, I'm running home, I'm running
Cause I'm trying to put the atom back together
It's the Great Unknown.

It's a social work reunion!

I went to the kickboxing class tonight, and I definitely made the right choice, although I found out that Hippie Valerie and Todd joined the TKD class, and I absolutely, positively adore Val. However, she did give me a huge hug in the parking lot and invite me to her house on Thursday nights after class to watch Thursday night television which might become a regular thing. (It is a regular thing for her, she was positively gushing about it, "You should come! Shouldn't she come? Tell her she should come! You're coming, right?")

Funny, it's when things are coming to a close that you realize what you have. I've got quite a little life here in Columbus - friends, area knowledge, some semblence of security, job options, community. I have a name here, and while most of the time it's like walking around in someone else's clothes, there are bits of me in there, and I will miss these connections.

But anyway, kickboxing. This class is full of women, and all but one (and the instructor) are in the social work program or have graduated from last year. WaCkY! Every single one. And there are people that I really like a lot, like Stace, who was in my women's issues class way back and (thank goodness) is one of the few die-hard (probably queer) liberals here. Woot! But it was fun, and I had very much missed certain things from when I took it in Maine - like punching hard. Surprising people with the power of my arms. Yeah. I didn't get as sweaty as I'd have liked, though, which means I should start doing other things again, like rollerblading and jogging.

But overall, this was a good day. In summary: I got to sleep later, I had a good phone interview, I went into work late, supervision was casual and nice, team meeting was peer review which I love, my client (who I thought I wasn't reaching) shared so much today that he couldn't believe an hour had gone by (and he shared really good, really necessary stuff), kickboxing was fun, and now I have mac n yak. Yay!