Almost finished with grad school again.
It has been more than four months since I posted. I am sure there's no one left, but I always wrote for myself and just hoped for an audience.
Adam is away again. Not England this time, but China. He was in Shanghi, Guilien, Henan (home of the Shaolin Temple), and now Bejing. He comes home Sunday. I miss him terribly and I really never want to let him go away for so long ever again. This is two years in a row that he has been gone for 2 weeks and I am telling you now, I do not want this to happen again.
I am very close to graduating. Again. I have taken the comprehensive examination and, so far, not gotten a call to say I have failed. I am finished with all of my classes and I am starting student teaching in a little over a month. I am finished in December and I must start looking for jobs again. I am l excited about student teaching, but I am not looking forward to job hunting AGAIN. My employment life feels like a constant dejavu.
My tuition is all paid as of today and I am pretty much broke at the moment. Thank God for my parents; they did not pay for this degree, but they have been supporting me financially more than I can describe.
In regards to the wedding, because they and Adam's parents are splitting the reception, my folks are giving us half of the cost of everything else. This is critical since the reception is here. If not for them, we'd be having a BBQ in a park. And we considered that as a real possibility. My mother wants big deal, she is getting big deal. Once Adam saw the castle, he wanted it, too, really. And what makes him happy, makes me happy.
So, life at this point:
Classes done
Wedding 85% planned
Apartment almost ready for two people
Regarding that last part: I told Adam that I would be making room for me while he was away. I cleaned out his closet and put everything in storage in the nice dry basement. I put up curtains, as well, so now it does not look like he is going to move out in a week. Plus, we have privacy, as well. He has shades, but not on the kitchen window. I would be brushing my teeth, look in the mirror, and see the people upstairs walking into the house . Now nice tab-top white curtains prevent that from happening. He will not be happy about the valance in his office, but it is perfect there; the colors match a map he has on the wall.
Tonight I had nothing to do but relax. So, of course, I miss him terribly.
Sunday... so close yet so far.
I just want him home safe.