So long 2007 !
It was a good year all in all.
Why not say the best year in my life? Well, that's tough to say, there were some negative things to it, but I feel the good things far outnumbered the bad ones.
It was a successful year in terms of school. I improved my GPA from the range of 3.0 to almost 3.3 with two very good semesters in a row.
My social life was I would say fine. Not as much contact as I would have liked with my friends, but there were some good times. I've met new people and I'm more confident socially I believe.
My love life was probably the most satisfying thing about the year. It was a steady loving, fulfilling relationship with one boy I've learned to love immensely. Craig and me have our fights here and there, but they have been about stupid things 99% of the time. The ones that were slightly more serious actually turned out to be necessary and beneficial for the growth of the relationship. I have some work to do, to become a better boyfriend as the days pass and I spend more and more time with Craig.
As far as my stay in the USA, it was a good year. I've come to love Chicago and all it has to offer. Of course, every city has its negative aspects, but I believe I am now in a better place than where I was in Nebraska. It was certainly enlightening to go back to Nebraska for Jessie's wedding and compare the two settings (Chicago & Nebraska, both Omaha and Lincoln) I've spent the most at in the last few years of my life.
My stay in the USA needs to continue and for that I need to get some work done in order to renew my student VISA for at least one more year. The one I hold now expires in May 2008, which won't allow me to even graduate by MAY 2009 if it is not renewed beforehand. My dad proposed a novel idea that would probably get me safely pass this obstacle. I will probably meet with a immigration lawyer or some type of official that specializes in the subject so he or she can help me out sort this business, all with the objective of eventually becoming a resident in the USA and eventually the citizenship. This is something really important I must work on to have a year free of trouble when it comes to my status in the country.
The year would have been ideal if it wasn't for a few things that I would say had to accompany such a great year otherwise. The first is my mom and how she has handled my homosexuality. It has been tough to see her so sad and frustrated, thinking she's responsible, that she made mistakes when she raised me because she believes gays are not such, she regards me and others as people that have mental disorders, and seek for the company and the sexual gratification given by men. She's terribly ignorant about the subject obviously. It's something I would have to keep struggling with as the issue expands to other members of my family, some of whom I hope would be more understanding regarding this matter.
The passing of my uncle at the end of December was also tough. It lingered for weeks in me, and months, if not the whole year in other people in my family. It saddens me to see his little daughter, roaming around without her biological father, who loved her and cherished her even when his life had been a mess for a long time.
Lastly were the issues I had with friends at the end of 2006 that killed the two friendships entering 2007. Incredibly enough I still think about it even when I think it was the right thing to do.
I miss the people I've met online over the last few years too. Some of whom have been really important to me, for what they made me feel at some point and how they helped me figure out things about my daily life that I needed to resolve. Among these are of course my good friend DJ, my favorite Trinidadian Richard, and the absent Chris Fields who I still think about on occasion, I wish I had handled our long-distance friendship better, I truly do.
There are other nice people I've met of course, and you know who you are. I wish I could have more contact with all of you as well...but there's only 24 hrs a day for a lazy boy like me.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!
Niels "so done with 2007"
Why not say the best year in my life? Well, that's tough to say, there were some negative things to it, but I feel the good things far outnumbered the bad ones.
It was a successful year in terms of school. I improved my GPA from the range of 3.0 to almost 3.3 with two very good semesters in a row.
My social life was I would say fine. Not as much contact as I would have liked with my friends, but there were some good times. I've met new people and I'm more confident socially I believe.
My love life was probably the most satisfying thing about the year. It was a steady loving, fulfilling relationship with one boy I've learned to love immensely. Craig and me have our fights here and there, but they have been about stupid things 99% of the time. The ones that were slightly more serious actually turned out to be necessary and beneficial for the growth of the relationship. I have some work to do, to become a better boyfriend as the days pass and I spend more and more time with Craig.
As far as my stay in the USA, it was a good year. I've come to love Chicago and all it has to offer. Of course, every city has its negative aspects, but I believe I am now in a better place than where I was in Nebraska. It was certainly enlightening to go back to Nebraska for Jessie's wedding and compare the two settings (Chicago & Nebraska, both Omaha and Lincoln) I've spent the most at in the last few years of my life.
My stay in the USA needs to continue and for that I need to get some work done in order to renew my student VISA for at least one more year. The one I hold now expires in May 2008, which won't allow me to even graduate by MAY 2009 if it is not renewed beforehand. My dad proposed a novel idea that would probably get me safely pass this obstacle. I will probably meet with a immigration lawyer or some type of official that specializes in the subject so he or she can help me out sort this business, all with the objective of eventually becoming a resident in the USA and eventually the citizenship. This is something really important I must work on to have a year free of trouble when it comes to my status in the country.
The year would have been ideal if it wasn't for a few things that I would say had to accompany such a great year otherwise. The first is my mom and how she has handled my homosexuality. It has been tough to see her so sad and frustrated, thinking she's responsible, that she made mistakes when she raised me because she believes gays are not such, she regards me and others as people that have mental disorders, and seek for the company and the sexual gratification given by men. She's terribly ignorant about the subject obviously. It's something I would have to keep struggling with as the issue expands to other members of my family, some of whom I hope would be more understanding regarding this matter.
The passing of my uncle at the end of December was also tough. It lingered for weeks in me, and months, if not the whole year in other people in my family. It saddens me to see his little daughter, roaming around without her biological father, who loved her and cherished her even when his life had been a mess for a long time.
Lastly were the issues I had with friends at the end of 2006 that killed the two friendships entering 2007. Incredibly enough I still think about it even when I think it was the right thing to do.
I miss the people I've met online over the last few years too. Some of whom have been really important to me, for what they made me feel at some point and how they helped me figure out things about my daily life that I needed to resolve. Among these are of course my good friend DJ, my favorite Trinidadian Richard, and the absent Chris Fields who I still think about on occasion, I wish I had handled our long-distance friendship better, I truly do.
There are other nice people I've met of course, and you know who you are. I wish I could have more contact with all of you as well...but there's only 24 hrs a day for a lazy boy like me.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!
Niels "so done with 2007"