Well, I'm glad to say I'm over what happened mid-January.

I've moved on with life, and I'm much happier now. It's funny; soon as I split up with Shu, I find myself being asked out by other people and whatnot. Admittedly there's one I wouldn't mind being with, but for the time being I'm working hard at revaming BeLink'd, and getting a new Wordpress theme on it - not necessarily too much time to stop and think about the other gender, or even relationships in general.

Though there's one thing that bothers me.

My credit score was delivered to Shu.

And I need it. And he blocked me from GTalk. Why do I need it? Well, not only am I looking to finance a new car, as well as am looking at hefty loans (thanks to getting into Sacramento State), I also have heard from my bank that apparently, someone took out a mortgage in my name in 2004.

The problem with this?

I was 14 in 2004. There is no way that this should have been approved, let alone have happened with me at such an early age.

In any case, the site redesign is going well. I've asked exor674 to install Wordpress on the server, as I hope to actually host the blog there, rather than have it on Blogspot, with hopes of drawing in more traffic this way. I've been working on it almost nonstop all week, and today I finally converted most of the files to PHP, as well as finished the jQuery programming for the portfolio, and finished coding out the rest of the pages.

Meanwhile, this weekend!

This past weekend was, to say the least, very amazing. Saturday morning, we leave early for Fresno to visit my brother, Reno, and we arrive around noon.

Well, a friend of mine that I had previously only met online decides to come over.. bringing with him a cheesecake! This friend, by the way, goes by the name of Arnold.

Saturday, we spend the day walking around Riverpark, not necessarily going into shops but not necessarily going anywhere either. Just walked and talked.. and talked.. and talked! I had See's Candy for the first time - it was delicious! (I do not believe there was any See's Candy on the east coast.) We then go to dinner at PF Chang's, where we sit very close.. everything just felt so very right, and I know in those moments that there is something here - something that I hadn't felt in a very long time.

Now, mind you, Arnold knows the kinds of things I went through with Shu. He knows about the battles over trying to just go out, and the last two months which I spent with Shu in which well... I basically did all of the house work, and how he laughed at me, and how he showed more care for his video games than he did for me. So, yes, Arnold is very respectful of the difficulty which I went through with Shu, and trying to get back together with Shu, only for Shu to block me from GTalk and laugh in my face. Thus, he knew to give me distance this past weekend in order to recover completely.

That said, Sunday finally came around. My friend, averagerook, drove over from Fremont to hang out; we waited at my brother's house first, and then sat and talked, before heading out to the nearby mall. We walked up and down the mall again, not really shopping for anything, until averagerook had to go home. We then had dinner with my family at a nearby pizzaria, which was definitely very fun! (I personally love this brother.) Then, off to the mall again - only this time, it was closed! But it was a wonderful night - not terribly cold, and though it was wet from having several days of rain, I don't think we really noticed as we once again.. walked and talked.. and talked.. and talked.. and talked! We suddenly found ourselves on a bench, just sitting and chatting - it was certainly amazing how quickly time simply flew (not to mention disappointing!)

Well, Arnold drops me off around 8:30 again (he promised my parents both nights that he would), and the next morning...

Shows up for breakfast! We bid farewell to my brother and his wife, and well.. I honestly don't remember where we eat, but it was certainly very good. We then say goodbye to Arnold as we leave, and drive for an hour to Bakersfield, where we spend an hour - in nice, beautiful weather at my cousin's. Then, on home!

Then yesterday, was hiking.

Rika and AJ and I went.

I overslept a smidge more than I meant to, and wound up waking up late - just like Rika did the last time we tried to go hiking. Only, the difference was that I didn't have her waiting until 4 PM while I tried to get ready; I was ready to go by 1. Then she gets angry at me because for once I was the person who was late, so I offer to get lunch.

Well, we go to Smith's. I buy donuts for everyone (lunch!), and water. We head on out to Red Rock, and generally have a good time taking pictures, until around 2, which is when Arnold was getting out of class, and I just wanted to text him to let him know I was still hiking (Rika texts around me quite a lot.) She snaps at us quite a lot, but neither of us say anything.. I really don't want to start drama, because I've only just started getting over the drama that started mid-January - I don't need an argument with one of my best mates to get in the way.

Well.. then we go to dinner. I get a little miffed, because Rika basically wants to spend $40 on food, when honestly, we could have probably all gotten our stomachs full on less than half of that. So, I essentially can't really afford the tip, given that I'm trying to get a new car, and haven't had very much in the way of steady work for the last two weeks.

All that aside though.. it was a blast! ^_^

All in all, definitely an interesting week! How interesting.. to go from being completely mopey and depressed, to finding someone that I realize I can tell anything to.. and who just seems to GET me. It's pretty nice really =)