Way too long...
So SpeedyPete says I need to update my journal. Heh heh, I guess he's right. It's just really easy to get in the habit of reading other people's journals and not update my own. As with a lot of things, I started out with the best of intentions, I just need to get better at this whole thing.
The last few months have been good ones. I am in my final semester of nursing school, a fact which is incompehensible to me. All of this hard work I have done is paying off, and I will have a well-paying job to start at, and maybe make a dent in the $42,000 in student loans I have accrued between two degrees. Can we say overtime? Actually, I am pretty lucky in that front, as I am taking a job at the VA medical center in Lexington, and they have an Education Debt Reduction Program, which means if I am their slave, they will pay off a big chunk of my school debt. So if they pay, and I pay, then we can get these suckers taken care of quickly.
Christmas was really nice this year. Those of you who know me in real life know that last year (2005) I didn't get to go home for Christmas. We'd had a few rough years, losing an aunt in 2005 way too early (She was 51.) and uncle in 2006. Smoking is evil, and those of you who do it, you really need to quit. My aunt was a paradox...she never smoked a day in her life, but died because her lungs were shot. She had really bad arthritis, and was on strong doses of immunosuppresants to control it...she developed a fungal infection, and died waiting on the transplant list. It was sad at the time, but now we only remember the good times, and there were lots of them, right up until the end.
I don't want to sound too sad, because this is not a sad post. I am happy. I have a wonderful man (who is upstairs snoring in my bed), wonderful friends, and a cute new dog I just rescued at the humane society. Her name is Maddie and she is a Lhasa Apso. Wonder if I can claim her on my taxes? :) She's a special needs dog, go figure, as she has cataracts and is going blind. I will probably be a sucker and spring for the surgery once I can afford it, to the tune of $1800-3000. I know..believe me, I know, I'm an idiot.
Anyway, you folks take care, and know that I read your journals daily, and think warm and fuzzy thoughts your way.
Love,
Aaron
The last few months have been good ones. I am in my final semester of nursing school, a fact which is incompehensible to me. All of this hard work I have done is paying off, and I will have a well-paying job to start at, and maybe make a dent in the $42,000 in student loans I have accrued between two degrees. Can we say overtime? Actually, I am pretty lucky in that front, as I am taking a job at the VA medical center in Lexington, and they have an Education Debt Reduction Program, which means if I am their slave, they will pay off a big chunk of my school debt. So if they pay, and I pay, then we can get these suckers taken care of quickly.
Christmas was really nice this year. Those of you who know me in real life know that last year (2005) I didn't get to go home for Christmas. We'd had a few rough years, losing an aunt in 2005 way too early (She was 51.) and uncle in 2006. Smoking is evil, and those of you who do it, you really need to quit. My aunt was a paradox...she never smoked a day in her life, but died because her lungs were shot. She had really bad arthritis, and was on strong doses of immunosuppresants to control it...she developed a fungal infection, and died waiting on the transplant list. It was sad at the time, but now we only remember the good times, and there were lots of them, right up until the end.
I don't want to sound too sad, because this is not a sad post. I am happy. I have a wonderful man (who is upstairs snoring in my bed), wonderful friends, and a cute new dog I just rescued at the humane society. Her name is Maddie and she is a Lhasa Apso. Wonder if I can claim her on my taxes? :) She's a special needs dog, go figure, as she has cataracts and is going blind. I will probably be a sucker and spring for the surgery once I can afford it, to the tune of $1800-3000. I know..believe me, I know, I'm an idiot.
Anyway, you folks take care, and know that I read your journals daily, and think warm and fuzzy thoughts your way.
Love,
Aaron