Co-Op Placements Galore

Life is good.

I sent off the applications less than a month ago, and I've already recieved three placement offers. Go me! I wasn't all that confident in my portfolio, and some of the samples I sent them were really old, but that mustn't have mattered all that much, because they're practically kicking down my door to get at me. Rabid little buggers. I'm so excited. I'm brimming. This is insane.

Okay, got to calm down. Some more sobering news: I haven't heard from Jake in over two weeks. I get it, he's moving on. It's fine. It definitely isn't the worst thing that could have happened. I keep telling myself it's more of a blessing than a curse. I should have seen it coming, the dinner and the roses. Jake isn't a romantic guy. Plus, his missionary work - the missionary stuff in general - was really getting in the way. I consider myself a spiritual person, but all that talk of Jesus and the second coming and preparing for rapture. I don't know, the more he dives headfirst into the church and his beliefs, the less I want to talk about it. I think his enthusiasm is putting me off. It's unsettling. I'm as curious about death as the next person, but when you're eating up that stuff for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well, it's a bit much.

I told myself if he doesn't contact me while he's in Africa, then he's not getting a warm welcome when he comes home. The "born-again" thing, I could live with. After all, no one would call me closed-minded. Cynical maybe, but not in any way closed-minded. It's the pushing. Constant pushing. My family, my friends, even me, to some extent. If I can respect his beliefs, why can't he respect mine?

Anyway, Jake's out. I'm going to have to accept that he isn't the guy he was when we met. People change, and I'm different than I was when I was sixteen. I suppose he just went another way. I'm not even that upset about it. Almost nine years of being with somone. I feel like I should be more upset.

Anyway, I have to go and start working on this article. I've procrastinated far too long already. How do you make a primary-school picnic newsworthy? I know I'm not getting paid for this one, but every single thing I do gets dropped in my portfolio. It all has to look spectacular for when I do get the opportunity to charge by the word.

Wish me luck, world!

Nat.