I started doing my community service today. I was assigned to the YMCA. The whole time I kept thinking about the damned Village People and I couldn’t get ‘YMCA’ out of my head. That’s why I’m sitting here listening to that song. Maybe if I hear it then it will get out of my head.

There are some strange dudes that stay there. A few kept hitting on me. There was one in particular that was creepy. One of the employees told me to ‘Steer clear of that guy. He’s a nutty sonofabitch. A real live loony tunes.’ Oh great, like I need another one of them in my life.

I decided to keep my bipolar status to myself. I didn’t want that employee saying the same thing about me.

There was only one other person doing community service there today besides me. It was an Indian woman named Sue. She was working off fines for public intoxication. She only had 16 hours… I got 24 hours for a speeding ticket… WTF?

After I was done for the day I went out to my car in the pouring rain and I’ll be damned if I didn’t have another parking ticket on my windshield. I’m getting tired of this city. Our local government is even more greedy than the federal government. I can’t wait to move out of Oklahoma. I hate it here. The only reason I haven’t left already is my . Now, I’m starting to put myself first and Oklahoma isn’t good for me. I need to spread my wings and go somewhere new. A fresh start.

My lease is up in April. It is my goal to move out of this P.O.S. state by then. I’m not sure where I want to go. I do know I want to go somewhere that isn’t as hot and humid as it is here, I’d really like to live by the ocean, but that isn’t a requirement. I’m considering Denver, especially if I continue working at . They have a call center there and I could just transfer. It’s far enough away I can be free, but close enough I can visit home semi-frequently.

I listened to The Village People – YMCA while writing this post