So it has been quite some time since the last time I wrote on this thing. A lot has been going on. Some things I will write about, others I will not. Well ... the good news is, I write this today from the comfort of my cubicle in Ashton. Meaning that I got to come back for spring semester. Although I didn't register until yesterday - I finally did. The sad thing is, it will be the last time I register for Indiana classes (although not so sad that I won't have to deal with that screwy registration system anymore).
It has been a trying semester financially. Very trying. Honestly, looking back I can't figure out how I got through it with out jumping off of Balantine (tasteless I know but I don't care). It took everything in me this year to put all of this crap that's been going on with the Bursar/Financial Aid/Sallie Mae in the back of my mind. I can't even begin to explain how much stress was lifted when I clicked that submit button for my classes.
So over the break I was recruited by the NUPOC program in the Navy. It's the Nuclear Power Officer Candidacy program. Basically they're gonna pay me to go to school. It's a good deal. It looks like my way to financial freedom and I'm pretty sure I'm taking it. This brings up a lot of questions, however.
How long will this "war" last before we really go full blast? It's a concern of mine. The Navy is the safest branch in active duty service however and an airfcraft carrier is the safest place of all really. Where will I go to school? Right now it looks like the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. It's a great school and it's close to home. Mom will be happy. What happens after I get out? I guess life starts over ... I'll have two degrees: Telecommunications and Engineering or Physics and I'll be about 27 years old. It's really not that long in the grand scheme of things. The most difficult question to answer though is what happens to me and Jeni?
This is what I can't be sure of. In my ranting and raving with my parents I brought up that I was brought to IU for a specific reason. When I visited this campus, I felt that it was the only place for me to be ... call it being led if you will. When all of this crap started happening last year I started to question if I really belonged here. Soon I found out that it was Jeni. If I get nothing else out of two years at IU that'd be okay. At least now I can say I've been in love (that for real love. Not that love that inexperienced kids think they have but just say to everyone they know). That's enough for me.
The only real answer to all of these questions is time, though. I don't know what the next few years will bring but I hope that I get to keep in touch with the AMAZING friends I've made here. I appreciate all of you guys more than you know and hope that we can really live up the last few months I have here.
On a closing and lighter note: GO IU BASKETBALL! Way to show those Purdue bitches what's up. | 
