Tonight

Tonight was a really good night. I had dinner, and then talked with a friend on the phone, and then met up with another girl in my program. We talked for a while and then went for a walk. It was getting dark so we didn't stay out too long. Then we walked to the yogurt shop and I got frozen yogurt to bring home. It felt like a really normal interaction between two friends, and that makes me happy. Just feeling like I can talk to someone my age and go for a stroll and have a good time. It reminds me that I can just be "normal" and talk with a friend. I feel "abnormal" so much of the time, it's really nice to just to feel like an average young adult.

It's these moments that I'm grateful for. 

I'm also grateful for a positive body-image evening. Usually by the evening I am REALLY uncomfortable in my body... but tonight I actually feel ok. I am wearing shorts and a tank top and I haven't had the urge to change clothes and haven't felt like crawling out of my skin. Another thing to be grateful for. 

Overall a good day. I feel like I've handled this change of houses pretty well. I could have fallen apart by now, but I am keeping myself together. I can do this. I AM doing this!

Baby steps.