Back in NYC
Well, I'm back here in the City now. I've gotten all settled into my new apartment and the new job. The apartment is beautiful and the transition was pretty smoothe since all I had to bring was my clothing and some sheets since everything else was already here. The living room gets some nice sunlight (I'm up on the 4th floor) and it has an exposed red brick wall which really warms up the whole room. The bedroom and bathroom are small, but still just big enough. The bedroom is painted a really nice blue-green color that reminds me a lot of my blue bedroom back home in my parent's house in AZ. Very soothing and relaxed. Also, very importantly for me, the kitchen is awsome! All the appliances are pretty new and in excellent condition. She already had all of the smaller appliances I needed (coffee machine, toaster, george foreman grill, blender, etc) so that saves me some time and money too. All and all, I think it is going to be perfect for these last 6 months I have left in the city before I graduate and it was such an awsome deal and time saver (no moving!!) that I am really happy with it all. Hopefully Will will like it as much as I do, I'm sure he will.
As for my new job... Well, it is pretty nice. I mean, I have my own office, my own computer, my own enormous filing cabinet full of surveys to input and all sorts of office-y things. It can get kinda boring after a while, what with sitting at a computer doing data entry for hours on end but I try my best to stay focused and get a good amount of them done each day. The professor I work for is super nice and I am really happy to be working for him this summer. He has already taught me a lot in just this first week and he has a lot more to teach me over the coming months.
Hmm, what else is going on in my life these days? Will just left Kuwait to head back towards Cali. I'm happy he is heading home but I am still kinda sad that now he doesn't have any phone or regular email. **sigh** Just a few more weeks of this deployment BS and then he'll finally be home. I miss him so much these days, especially now that I'm not in Germany and I'm all by myself here in NY. I guess it is going to make me stronger, but right now I just feel kinda depressed and lonesome.
I've just got so much on my mind right now and I have so much to do with the wedding and it is next to impossible to do anything without him here and without some more concrete answers from both of our families about the big details that need to be tied up. I've basically given up on the April date because his family is being very adament against having it at that time and I am tired of fighting over it. I just told Will that it is going to be his decision - he can choose to appease their wishes or else he can choose to do it when we originally wanted it, but since it is his family then HE has to make the decision. I just wish that everyone would just give us the freedom to make these decisions for ourselves as a couple because it is our wedding and we should be able to have things the way that we want. But whatever, I'm giving up on the wedding plans until he gets home. Instead, I am just going to focus on taking care of the Catholic side of things and getting the marriage ceremony requirements pinned down. I've been attending church regularly since I've been in Europe and I am happy that I've been getting more in touch with this important part of my life. I guess this is a good thing of all this postponing is that it is giving me more time to get re-aquainted with my faith and re-connecting with my church. I have to contact my childhood priest and contact my old parish in PHX where I think I want the wedding to be. Hopefully nobody is going to fight me on all of these details. **Sigh** Whatever, whats another 12-18 months of engagement when we've already been engaged for more than a year? I'm not in any hurry but at the same time I am tired to pushing things off forever. Whatever, it will happen when it happens and I'm sure that God has his reasons for putting these trials upon me right now - I just wish I could see the reasons more clearly. Something else for me to ponder in these final weeks before Will gets home.
Anyways, I've written a novel by now and I think I've updated on every major aspect of my life right now. Nobody seems to write in LJ anymore but I guess I'll just post this for my own sake. Whatever. Anyways, I should get back to work. -Laters-
As for my new job... Well, it is pretty nice. I mean, I have my own office, my own computer, my own enormous filing cabinet full of surveys to input and all sorts of office-y things. It can get kinda boring after a while, what with sitting at a computer doing data entry for hours on end but I try my best to stay focused and get a good amount of them done each day. The professor I work for is super nice and I am really happy to be working for him this summer. He has already taught me a lot in just this first week and he has a lot more to teach me over the coming months.
Hmm, what else is going on in my life these days? Will just left Kuwait to head back towards Cali. I'm happy he is heading home but I am still kinda sad that now he doesn't have any phone or regular email. **sigh** Just a few more weeks of this deployment BS and then he'll finally be home. I miss him so much these days, especially now that I'm not in Germany and I'm all by myself here in NY. I guess it is going to make me stronger, but right now I just feel kinda depressed and lonesome.
I've just got so much on my mind right now and I have so much to do with the wedding and it is next to impossible to do anything without him here and without some more concrete answers from both of our families about the big details that need to be tied up. I've basically given up on the April date because his family is being very adament against having it at that time and I am tired of fighting over it. I just told Will that it is going to be his decision - he can choose to appease their wishes or else he can choose to do it when we originally wanted it, but since it is his family then HE has to make the decision. I just wish that everyone would just give us the freedom to make these decisions for ourselves as a couple because it is our wedding and we should be able to have things the way that we want. But whatever, I'm giving up on the wedding plans until he gets home. Instead, I am just going to focus on taking care of the Catholic side of things and getting the marriage ceremony requirements pinned down. I've been attending church regularly since I've been in Europe and I am happy that I've been getting more in touch with this important part of my life. I guess this is a good thing of all this postponing is that it is giving me more time to get re-aquainted with my faith and re-connecting with my church. I have to contact my childhood priest and contact my old parish in PHX where I think I want the wedding to be. Hopefully nobody is going to fight me on all of these details. **Sigh** Whatever, whats another 12-18 months of engagement when we've already been engaged for more than a year? I'm not in any hurry but at the same time I am tired to pushing things off forever. Whatever, it will happen when it happens and I'm sure that God has his reasons for putting these trials upon me right now - I just wish I could see the reasons more clearly. Something else for me to ponder in these final weeks before Will gets home.
Anyways, I've written a novel by now and I think I've updated on every major aspect of my life right now. Nobody seems to write in LJ anymore but I guess I'll just post this for my own sake. Whatever. Anyways, I should get back to work. -Laters-