Hello, folks!
  I'm feelin' good today. Wanna know why?  Well, I got a bunch of cleaning done... including my desk!  It's been piled high with junk pretty much ever since we moved into this apartment.  And now, it's beautiful and organized and dusted and CLEAN!  Woohoo!  What a liberated feeling this is...

Sometimes I forget who "me" is. "Trying" to make friends doesn't work.  Either you click with people, or you don't.  I know that some relationships take effort, but nowadays, it seems like a lot of relationships take money, too!  You gotta have money to go out for coffee or lunch or a night on the town.  I want people I can relate to with whom I can just hang out at home--mine or theirs or anyone's.  My bff lives in NY... and has a kid... making it hard to get real conversation time.  My college bff's I'm not very good at keeping in touch with.  I am weary of mostly having "close" friends that live far away.  That's where the money problem comes in.  To travel to see current friends, it takes money.  To make more friends in the area, or become better friends with the ones I have, I have to get together with people for the aforementioned "coffee," "lunch," or "night out." Friends cost money.  Sucky, huh?  I think so.  And I feel a little stuck.