Hoo boy
What a ridiculous amount of stuff that's occurred. Well, let's work backwards, shall we? Most recently, I purchased a house. A nice, big one, with lots of land, very close to work. It's a beautiful place, and it feels like I've accomplished "life"..a good paying job, a three car garage, a house..I'm comfortable where I am, and that feels okay.
I'm still with that girl, Miss Crazy. This'll be our three year anniversary this year, and we're doing just fine. She lives with me and makes this place a home, for sure. Well...her and her terribly annoying cat. Unfortunately she's been dealing with a whole host of medical issues and can't currently work, so I'm bringing home the bacon. But hey, that's what love is, right?
She's definitely pulled herself up by the bootstraps. No doubt she needed my support, but she's gone from basically a write-off, to someone who can really hold her own in the world. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't tell her how proud I am with how far she's come.
I'm still in class, slowly plugging my way toward my degree. Currently I'm hating Digital Electronics, which is part of why I'm posting here. Procrastination is the prime reason to journal! I'm doing very well in college though; my GPA is consistently above 3.9, and *should* continue to rise since I don't have to rely on shitty lab partners any longer. I also joining a fraternity..nation honor society and such, which is pretty exciting(though expensive).
I was living in a trailer with my girlfriend for a while, about a year and a half..but not like trailer trash kind of trailer, I mean, a nice one. The whole community was really nice, and we had the coolest neighbors ever. As soon as it warms up and stops raining for a couple hours, we'll be having them over for some drinks and be merries.
I am now speaking with my father again. I gave him a beer, and things kinda slowly worked themselves out after that. To be honest he has been most supportive of me lately, including loaning me a little money for the house. Unfortunately my mother has gone insane and they're not doing so well together, so...whatever. Not much more to say on that.
I also purchased a 2000 Honda Insight. Tiny little hybrid, first production hybrid to hit the US, in fact. Also EPA rated at 70mpg, and the best mileage I ever squeezed out of it was 94.7mpg, just two days ago(it would have been higher, but I hit some lights)! It's been a great little car, and it's a lot of fun. Not the fastest thing on the road, but just fine for my needs. Besides, I have the Firebird and my Valiant to satisfy my speed needs. With that said, the Valiant has been sitting in my dad's yard for three or four years..I need to get that towed over to my house in order to actually work on it, and get it operable again. She /will/ live again, dammit.
Overall, things are looking pretty good for me, for now. It's definitely a change from the norm for me, so it's taken some adjusting, but I don't feel quite so hopeless as I usually do. It's mostly just stress and trying to get everything done all at once, which is difficult, to say the least. I haven't even had much opportunity to do any photography..my camera equipment is sitting around gathering dust, and that's truly a shame. I'm going to try to seek out some picturgraphing opportunities fairly soon, I think...I miss it.
I'm still with that girl, Miss Crazy. This'll be our three year anniversary this year, and we're doing just fine. She lives with me and makes this place a home, for sure. Well...her and her terribly annoying cat. Unfortunately she's been dealing with a whole host of medical issues and can't currently work, so I'm bringing home the bacon. But hey, that's what love is, right?
She's definitely pulled herself up by the bootstraps. No doubt she needed my support, but she's gone from basically a write-off, to someone who can really hold her own in the world. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't tell her how proud I am with how far she's come.
I'm still in class, slowly plugging my way toward my degree. Currently I'm hating Digital Electronics, which is part of why I'm posting here. Procrastination is the prime reason to journal! I'm doing very well in college though; my GPA is consistently above 3.9, and *should* continue to rise since I don't have to rely on shitty lab partners any longer. I also joining a fraternity..nation honor society and such, which is pretty exciting(though expensive).
I was living in a trailer with my girlfriend for a while, about a year and a half..but not like trailer trash kind of trailer, I mean, a nice one. The whole community was really nice, and we had the coolest neighbors ever. As soon as it warms up and stops raining for a couple hours, we'll be having them over for some drinks and be merries.
I am now speaking with my father again. I gave him a beer, and things kinda slowly worked themselves out after that. To be honest he has been most supportive of me lately, including loaning me a little money for the house. Unfortunately my mother has gone insane and they're not doing so well together, so...whatever. Not much more to say on that.
I also purchased a 2000 Honda Insight. Tiny little hybrid, first production hybrid to hit the US, in fact. Also EPA rated at 70mpg, and the best mileage I ever squeezed out of it was 94.7mpg, just two days ago(it would have been higher, but I hit some lights)! It's been a great little car, and it's a lot of fun. Not the fastest thing on the road, but just fine for my needs. Besides, I have the Firebird and my Valiant to satisfy my speed needs. With that said, the Valiant has been sitting in my dad's yard for three or four years..I need to get that towed over to my house in order to actually work on it, and get it operable again. She /will/ live again, dammit.
Overall, things are looking pretty good for me, for now. It's definitely a change from the norm for me, so it's taken some adjusting, but I don't feel quite so hopeless as I usually do. It's mostly just stress and trying to get everything done all at once, which is difficult, to say the least. I haven't even had much opportunity to do any photography..my camera equipment is sitting around gathering dust, and that's truly a shame. I'm going to try to seek out some picturgraphing opportunities fairly soon, I think...I miss it.