Chinese 101: How I got here

Backdrop:

I don't know how this happened...or maybe I do, but in either case it is not without tremendous joy and suffering that I have reached the point in life where I now find myself. I recently graduated from the University of Kansas and moved to Los Angeles to join my boyfriend who was pursuing his dream in the world of car magazines. I was so so proud of him and so deeply in love that although I had no job and no friends I happily moved to join him. Unfortunately, what I feared the most happened; I didn't find a job. Becoming lonely and depressed I took my disappointment out on him and after five weeks of enduring my terrible behavior he left me. Distraught and devastated I moved back home to New Mexico. It has been weeks now since our breakup but it has been hard to find any relief. I am filled with tremendous guilt and anguish but somewhere deep inside is the echoing of my mother's voice to push me to start again. This is my attempt.



The Attempt:
There is something about Chinese food. Have you ever notice that Chinese food appears in almost every capacity necessary? We eat Chinese in celebration, sorrow, rainy days in and of course for some of us on Christmas. Considering all of the circumstances, there must be something to it, right? Well, I hope there is something in it for me because this is my attempt at my new beginning. Every week I will open a fortune cookie and try to live as it suggests I should. Learn Chinese, learn life...wish me luck!