Well, the end of March is approaching and I fully expect snow in April...friggin' Ohio. I guess I'll just keep my sights on Costa Rica in September and dream about warm weather that seems like we will never have here. I've got that trip booked, and will probably make my next payment on it sometime in the next couple weeks. I don't foresee any trouble paying it off in time, and I get to double-dip from the Army during summer camp this year since getting hired on as a technician gives me 120 hours of military leave to use while on orders. Which reminds me, I should probably send out some emails to friends that are in Iraq right now.
Things are going terrific here at the apartment. For the first time in a long time, coming home from work actually feels like coming home. It's a great feeling to wake up and be excited about the day and whatever possibilities it may hold. It's a great feeling to wake up and be in love. That may seem overly mushy, but wake up and feel it once and any skeptic would understand. I have lived my life as fully as I know how, and now I am having a great time sharing my time with a person who has spent her last few years doing the same thing. It amazes me sometimes that God saw fit to bring such a wonderful person into my path and to give us the opportunity to love, fight, break up, learn how to be friends, give each other second chances, develop respect, understanding, and a deeper love than I think either one of us imagined could be. I know you will read this, Peanut. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to be the man I should have been a couple years ago. I love you!
What else? I start stupid Spanish class for the last time today. I think it is ridiculous that OSU has such an asinine language requirement, but being so close to graduation I just need to get this over with so I can finish the rest of my major coursework and be done with school for awhile. I don't know if I will ever pursue a Master's, but it sure will be nice to finish the first degree after so long. At least I won't have paid for any of it, courtesy of Uncle Sugar and the wonderful taxpayers of the State of Ohio. My reenlistment is coming up, and I will probably take a one year reenlistment, but part of me thinks that now I've got a little job security it wouldn't hurt to start exploring other options. Maybe I'll look into working for a City garage, or a school system working on buses. As with all things, time will be the tell as far as all of that goes.
Mom is having a cyst removed this Thursday. Because of the size of it, it may go from outpatient to somewhat major surgery (although she denies it is very serious). I am a little worried, even though I know she will be ok. Unfortunately I can't be there since Brandee and I will be in Detroit for Emily and Jeremy's wedding, so I really hope that there are no complications during the surgery. She's got Casper to keep her company, though, since I dropped him off yesterday for the week. He should be having fun with Godiva, and hopefully not driving everyone too crazy.
Well, the washer just stopped to I have to change over a load, then run to the other apt and drop off a rent check for J to take down at the end of the month. It seems like everything is going as well as can be expected with all of that. I was really worried that we were have conflict about me moving out before the lease was up, but I think he understood when I told him how important this move has been for me and all I've got riding on it. He told me he would take over the rent in June if we don't find anyone to move in, which is a relief since my only other option was to break the lease, and I really didn't want to do that. The place looks good, though, and I think he will really enjoy living by himself. Now I've got to go buy books before the traffic gets heavy.
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