Oh boy...
Things have changed so much over the past few weeks and months. I have been so incredibly busy, I've barely been able to sleep, let alone post in LJ. I guess I'll start with boys and the relationship front...
Things with Craig went cool for a while, but then got to be a little much. We have tons of fun together, but neither one of us want a relationship and we were starting to spend way too much time together. We've decided to cool things off. It's convenient right now too, I was home in Cleveland for a week for my brother's wedding (it was awesome, more later) and he's now visiting his parents in Chicago for a week. We're cool though, as far as friends go. I'm house sitting for him while he's gone. I'll be home again in two weeks for my other brother's wedding (more later), and then I leave for South Carolina 13 August. It's all good though. I'm just glad to have a new friend that isn't from my office.
Speaking of people from the office. Doug has gone completely psycho. He's been a complete dick to me and only speaks to me when necessary - we play softball together. He's become psycho-stalker-obsessed with one of my girls from work. She's completely weirded out by him, and now no one wants to be friends with him. She's told him straight-out bluntly that she only wants to be friends and nothing more - ever. He won't drop it though, and has put their friendship (and his friendship with everyone else in our group) in jeopardy. It just flat out sucks. There's no other way to put it.
Things with Matthew look promising. We spent the whole week (actually 10 days) together while I was home and he came to Indiana with me for the wedding. It was like nothing had ever changed, and it felt SO good. I didn't want to leave. I'm very homesick right now. He's working on trying to move to Maryland to be with me. I really hope that happens. I love it out here, but miss him uncontrollably. Even though I've tried dating other guys, I find myself constantly thinking about him and wanting to be with him. I'm going to keep my head up and hope for the best. I have a feeling it will get more complicated before it gets better though.
Ok, so last weekend my brother Matt and Stephanie were married in Mishawaka, Indiana. It was a beautiful wedding, and everyone had a blast! It was the perfect princess dream wedding. Stephanie looked amazing. And I have to admit, I looked HOT in my red strapless bridesmaid dress. ;) I can't even put into words how awesome the whole weekend was. I only took 6 rolls of pictures!!! My other brother, Bob, and Alison are getting married in Cleveland in two weeks, 30 July. Please pray for beautiful weather. It's an outdoor evening ceremony, followed by a vinyard reception. It's going to be awesome. I'm in that wedding too, and my dress is great (again). It's a black strapless tea-length A-line. I love it! It truly is a bridesmaid dress that can be worn again!! :) I can't wait to go home again for the wedding. I just wish I had more leave available so I could go home for longer. I fly home Wednesday night after work, and fly back to Baltimore Sunday night. Just not enough time for me.
Work is going extremely well. It's a little slow right now becuase I'm trying to close out my cases before I leave. I'm going to the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in August to become a polygraph examiner. When I return to Baltimore in November, I will switch offices and begin administering polygraph examinations. I'll get a hefty 15% raise too! :) If I choose to continue (which I probably will after some time), I can transfer my 21 graduate credits from DoDPI to Argosy University towards the Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychophysiology track. I'm super-psyched about that... and the gov't will pay for it all!!! :) So yeah, I'm moving AGAIN! I have an apartment lined up, but don't have the exact address yet. It's all gov't funded, so I'm just waiting for it to go through. I can't wait. It's going to be a lot of hard work, but I really feel like I'm going places. Now, if Matthew were to move out here in the next year or so, everything would be perfect. :) I so want to get my own place, even though I enjoy living where I am now. If he moves out here, splitting rent would allow for a much nicer apartment or even townhouse.
Despite some confusing boy stuff, life is really good right now. I even successfully did some plumbing and fixed my sink on my own today! Not to mention, it's FRIDAY!! :)
Things with Craig went cool for a while, but then got to be a little much. We have tons of fun together, but neither one of us want a relationship and we were starting to spend way too much time together. We've decided to cool things off. It's convenient right now too, I was home in Cleveland for a week for my brother's wedding (it was awesome, more later) and he's now visiting his parents in Chicago for a week. We're cool though, as far as friends go. I'm house sitting for him while he's gone. I'll be home again in two weeks for my other brother's wedding (more later), and then I leave for South Carolina 13 August. It's all good though. I'm just glad to have a new friend that isn't from my office.
Speaking of people from the office. Doug has gone completely psycho. He's been a complete dick to me and only speaks to me when necessary - we play softball together. He's become psycho-stalker-obsessed with one of my girls from work. She's completely weirded out by him, and now no one wants to be friends with him. She's told him straight-out bluntly that she only wants to be friends and nothing more - ever. He won't drop it though, and has put their friendship (and his friendship with everyone else in our group) in jeopardy. It just flat out sucks. There's no other way to put it.
Things with Matthew look promising. We spent the whole week (actually 10 days) together while I was home and he came to Indiana with me for the wedding. It was like nothing had ever changed, and it felt SO good. I didn't want to leave. I'm very homesick right now. He's working on trying to move to Maryland to be with me. I really hope that happens. I love it out here, but miss him uncontrollably. Even though I've tried dating other guys, I find myself constantly thinking about him and wanting to be with him. I'm going to keep my head up and hope for the best. I have a feeling it will get more complicated before it gets better though.
Ok, so last weekend my brother Matt and Stephanie were married in Mishawaka, Indiana. It was a beautiful wedding, and everyone had a blast! It was the perfect princess dream wedding. Stephanie looked amazing. And I have to admit, I looked HOT in my red strapless bridesmaid dress. ;) I can't even put into words how awesome the whole weekend was. I only took 6 rolls of pictures!!! My other brother, Bob, and Alison are getting married in Cleveland in two weeks, 30 July. Please pray for beautiful weather. It's an outdoor evening ceremony, followed by a vinyard reception. It's going to be awesome. I'm in that wedding too, and my dress is great (again). It's a black strapless tea-length A-line. I love it! It truly is a bridesmaid dress that can be worn again!! :) I can't wait to go home again for the wedding. I just wish I had more leave available so I could go home for longer. I fly home Wednesday night after work, and fly back to Baltimore Sunday night. Just not enough time for me.
Work is going extremely well. It's a little slow right now becuase I'm trying to close out my cases before I leave. I'm going to the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in August to become a polygraph examiner. When I return to Baltimore in November, I will switch offices and begin administering polygraph examinations. I'll get a hefty 15% raise too! :) If I choose to continue (which I probably will after some time), I can transfer my 21 graduate credits from DoDPI to Argosy University towards the Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychophysiology track. I'm super-psyched about that... and the gov't will pay for it all!!! :) So yeah, I'm moving AGAIN! I have an apartment lined up, but don't have the exact address yet. It's all gov't funded, so I'm just waiting for it to go through. I can't wait. It's going to be a lot of hard work, but I really feel like I'm going places. Now, if Matthew were to move out here in the next year or so, everything would be perfect. :) I so want to get my own place, even though I enjoy living where I am now. If he moves out here, splitting rent would allow for a much nicer apartment or even townhouse.
Despite some confusing boy stuff, life is really good right now. I even successfully did some plumbing and fixed my sink on my own today! Not to mention, it's FRIDAY!! :)