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| Well, I guess when I talked in my last entry about the world falling asleep I did that a little bit myself! I sit here today one week away from graduation having completed every assignment I need to complete and just waiting for the ceremony. It is definitely a strange feeling-in fact, the last two days I keep thinking in my brain that I can only relax for this many more minutes and then I have to get up and do work like I have all semester, but then my brain slowly starts to digest the fact that I don't have any more work.
To pre-emptively answer the question that has been asked by a million people already (so it's really only a pre-emptive move for like two of you, oh well), no, I do not know exactly what I am going to do after graduation. I can tell you that Emily and I will be here until late spring/summer at least, and until then I will simply be gaining experience at the church that I am heavily involved in. It's hard when everyone else is trying to push their definition of happiness on you-Emily and I have talked this out, and we're happy with this decision that will be re-evaluated when we move. Thank you to all those who have accepted us being happy, instead of trying to change our decision so much that we become unhappy just trying to deal with all the questions.
I'm incredibly thankful for good friends as well. Last night, we were at a gathering, and I was completely relaxed. I think most people know that I am almost never that way, so for me to be that way was such a relief. I had a great time, and it's sad that I will probably never see about half of the people there ever again. Oh well, I guess it's a function of going to a college in a different state-many of the people who you get to know really well will just live a long way away from you, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Well, I'm excited for the next challenge, whatever it may be. For now though, I'm going to rest-it's been a long, long time since I've done anything like that. I am open to seeing plenty of friends during my resting time though, and I hope to see you all starting after we come back after New Years. For those I'll be seeing between Christmas and New Years (and for one of you reading, 6 days!), I can't wait to see you all.
Have fun everyone, and have some wonderful holidays!
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| Isn't it amazing how often we go through our lives asleep? When we are going through trouble, each day can be separated in one's mind quite well. This is the day this went wrong, and each day seems like it takes forever. When we are not going through as much trouble though, all the days start to blend together. We look back and think about all the time that has passed, and really don't understand how it has. That's the way I feel right now. I just looked at my watch and realized this is the two month anniversary of the wedding. We've been married for two months-in one way it's hard to remember not being married, but in another way it feels like the first couple of weeks were just a few days ago. The difference is-I'm relaxed. It's just a different experience, but all of our different experiences can quickly become something that is just the status quo. I challenge everyone to count their blessings-I know I am so blessed. I have a loving wife who means so much to me, I have now two families, and I have great friends who I always knew respected me. That always meant a lot, even though I don't have much in common with many people. I guess I have a little bit of a different attitude towards the life ahead because I realize we won't be here for that long-another year, maybe a little more. I have so much to do in that time. My church is going through a transition time, and normally that would not be a time of change. I realize though that if I want to see some things go through, I need to start working on them now. So often we dance around life, not wanting to rock the boat in any way. We don't call people because we don't know what they will think if we do. We don't suggest ideas because we want to be the ones to show our cards last. Finally, we treat people differently then sometimes they want to be (even when they say they do) just because we have expectations of what should happen at different life stages. This has been a good summer-but we want to take more advantage of our time here. So, I'm saying-we're available. Not completely available, especially since my better half has started orientation on her job (Yeah!) I guess I'm feeling this also because several people that I came to when I was in trouble are in different spots around the world right now and completely unavailable. It makes me realize how little time some relationships have, and that I cannot just expect to see them the next month or the next year. I may not have much in common with many of you, but I want to thank you for sticking by me these last couple years through some bad times. I tend to place people very close to my heart, and you don't know how much all of you are dear to me. So-look for some opportunities to rock the boat-it's the only way to make it move sometimes.
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| Well, I don't really know what to write, but I thought I'd update. We're still working on getting everything arranged in the apartment, but we are back in town at this point. I start class on Monday, and we'd love to see some people-just give us a call please! We should be getting the wedding pictures soon-I can't wait to see everyone again!
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| One final left! One final left!
Oh this is quite a week...Emily is graduating in the morning, driving here on Sunday, we're moving and she's doing job interviews and I'm doing my last final on Monday and Tuesday, then we drive back on Wednesday..where we have 2 1/2 weeks from there to get ready for the wedding...defenitely will be frenetic out there. I am sort of in waiting mode right now. We will be here over the summer so anybody who is here who wants to get together, let me know. We're not sure about our shedule, because of course, job interviews are still proceding. Pray especially for the interview on Monday as it would be an area she definitely would be interested in. Otherwise, things are about the same. I'm just trying to race around to say goodbye to all these graduating seniors-it is so sad every year to watch friends pass out of your life, and know that they will never truly know how much they meant to you. I hope everyone has a great end to the year, and I hope to see all of you soon!
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| Well, I realized so much has happened in the last few weeks that I
better update everyone. Hmm..let's see. I found a place to
live for the next year, changed my major, and nearly collapsed from
exhaustion after taking two tests and a French paper today (after an
exhausting last two weeks as well!). I am doing well-today is 2
months from the day from when my wedding is. By the way, some of
you who will not be receiving an invitation does not mean that I don't
like you-it means 1 of 2 things 1) I already have 300 people coming, a
lot being family and church or 2) I didn't think you would come...and I
only got so many invites. So sorry to those who eventually don't
get any...but I still like ya!
I was told I better make one of these short every once in a while..so I'll stop it here. I hope to see everyone very soon.
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