Admittedly, this past week has been the proverbial "rock bottom" so many depressed seek so they can shout up the mine shaft and listen for an echo. In the course of 24 hours I found out that a friend in NYC is not going to be recovering from his coma, and I got dumped. WHOOPEE!!
So what could have happened the rest of the week, you might ask, and you'd be right to do so. Well I've got a cold, which doesn't help when I'm trying to see the upside of reaching what I hope is the bottom and I've been applying for any job that crosses my path with little result. Unfortunately, with only transportation work experience on your resume, the transition to other forms of employment is close to impossible. All I have to say to myself at this point is "Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch."
On the upside of things, seeing this time as a point where I can only go up from (difficult to convince myself, but I'm trying to find some good in all of this) I am working towards getting my shit in order and changing myself around for the rebound. As I said before, I'm in the process of applying to other forms of employment, I'm researching masters/PhD programs across the country for possible alternate paths to take with my life, and I'm chatting with random peeps on the internet.
I've found a rather enticing program being taught at the University of Central Florida where they have a Film Entrepreneurship Masters. Looking over the requirements and classes, I'm starting to feel a twinge of excitement about getting back into academia and I sense that this is where I would like to continue my education. Of course there is the rational part of me shouting that if I'm going back to school it should be for a degree I can sell myself with, so I read through all the other programs offered at the schools I research. Close seconds to a masters in Film are Library Science/Information, and English PhD/Journalism masters. I would love to find a school that would pay for me to get a masters in Film, but as might be expected there is little money to be made while supporting a film student.
Now, as for the title of this entry, I want to state the obvious and say what a change sitting in sunlight can do. Amongst all the unfortunate going-ons in my life I haven't shed one tear, or felt anything except numbness. I'll laugh here or there, feel warmth when I'm talking with a good friend, but its fleeting and points to the serious problem that I need to fix myself. That being said, I had to drive into work early one day and the sun was still out so I was able to feel it on my skin for the entire length of my commute. Just that short drive with the sun out made me feel better about things. Granted you can only go so far while you're waiting to hear when the funeral is for one of your close friends... but it atleast got me to feel something.
In the next few weeks I hope to have taken my GRE, developed a website for my business, continue research into further education, and take multiple walks outside in the sun. Always nice to have a to do list.
I wish you all the best in your endeavors and hope to soon be more social than I have been in the last few weeks.