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" Aside from the whole money thing, having an entire week off makes me long for my unemployed days, when I could sleep in, not shower if I didn&amp;#039;t feel like it, work out in an empty gym and complete errands without waiting in long lines. This time around, I have the added benefit of having Jenna around. As far as the apartment goes, Jenna isn&amp;#039;t super in love with it, but she&amp;#039;s not in a hurry to find another one just yet, either. Basically, she said, &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;ll do. Thanks for your help.&amp;quot; Today, we went to a morning yoga class, followed by breakfast. &amp;quot;I think Ben&amp;#039;s going to propose,&amp;quot; she said while she buttered her toast. &amp;quot;In New Zealand. Do you think so?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;It crossed my mind,&amp;quot; I admitted. &amp;quot;But I really don&amp;#039;t think so. First of all, we haven&amp;#039;t been together that long. And second of all, I think he&amp;#039;d be too nervous to ask on vacation. What if I say no? Then we&amp;#039;re stuck together on the other side of the world. I really think this is just a vacation.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Pretty expensive vacation for just a vacation,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s all I&amp;#039;m gonna say.&amp;quot; Talk turned to New Year&amp;#039;s Eve. Ben and I had decided we wanted to have a relatively quiet night at home, but we didn&amp;#039;t want to do it alone. We invited Mitchell and Ursula over. Then Jenna, who invited Leslie, and Brad. Then Mark and Chris, Ben&amp;#039;s college rock-climbing buddies, and Chris&amp;#039; girlfriend Allison. Then Meg and Tex didn&amp;#039;t have plans, so I invited them. And neither did Ben&amp;#039;s friend Caroline. Or Ben&amp;#039;s other friend Neil, who he had reconnected with at Rob and Amelia&amp;#039;s party, and had been in contact with pretty frequently since. Sarah, who was in town, had some invites to big bashes but really just wanted to hang out with a small group of friends, so she wanted to come, too. It was a great group, and I was looking forward to it. &amp;quot;So things are cool with you and Sarah now?&amp;quot; Jenna asked. She looked skeptical. &amp;quot;Cool-ish,&amp;quot; I said. She shrugged. &amp;quot;So who are you hanging out with these days?&amp;quot; she asked. &amp;quot;Ben, mostly,&amp;quot; I admitted. &amp;quot;Brad. Ursula once in awhile. Meg once in awhile. Marni when she has a party. Jane once in a blue moon.&amp;quot; I hesitated, almost not saying what came next. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m kind of lonely, I guess.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s stupid,&amp;quot; she said, which made me laugh. &amp;quot;Now that I&amp;#039;m back, I don&amp;#039;t want to hear that. You want to go out? You call me. You need someone to talk to?&amp;quot; She looked at me, waiting for me to respond. &amp;quot;I call you?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Damn right.&amp;quot; I smiled. And then I realized that I haven&amp;#039;t exactly been ostracized by my friends. I&amp;#039;ve just gotten lazy about spending time with them. If I feel like I have no one to talk to, it&amp;#039;s my own fault. I&amp;#039;m hereby adding this to my list of 2011 resolutions: work on my friendships with Marni, Jane, Ursula, Meg and yes, even Sarah, too. 7:29 PM "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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