Hello live journal!
So... I have returned to the internet.
Wow, so much has happened in the last few months... Maybe I should throw out an update.
I've been working at a local high school since October, and I love my job as a Technology Assistant. It looks like I'm safe from the budget cuts, but I won't be getting a raise. For now, I'm just happy to have a great job.
I'm still mentoring a group of high school guys on Thursday nights, and it is the sole reason why Thursday is my favorite day of the week. I'm so proud of those young men! I'm really glad to hear that one of them has learned that his family will definitely not be moving for another year or two, at least.
I moved in with three guys from church who are now like brothers to me. I can't even begin to explain how awesome our house in Sterling is! I'm easily the smallest guy there, and with the three other guys all being cops in reasonable fitness, our wrestling matches are tough! --So much fun! We've made videos of us doing ridiculous stuff, and we have some serious entertainment systems set up. It's been nice having a place to invite people over to, as well. Not that my folks didn't encourage me to have people over there (they still do, in fact) but this house is easier to clean and it's part mine. The rent is cheaper than it should be too, since my buddy (one of the three guys I live with) bought the place. We've had a lot of fun fixing the place up some, too. I helped cut some flag stones to go around the fireplace! That was a fun project. My room is small, which I kind of like since it forces me to clean it sometimes, but it's still plenty big enough for me.
I'm single now; Lyndsay broke up with me. I admire the loving way in which she did it, and her courage to do so especially while other areas of her life were being difficult. I still disagree with her assessment of our relationship, but done is done: now it makes no difference. I won't lie, it hurt a lot when she said she didn't want to do the work we needed to do for us to get married. It was either get married this summer or not at all in her mind, and I knew we were not ready. Waiting another year would have been intensely difficult the both of us, but the fruit would be even sweeter. I believe I was proven right about our readiness, but still... I was shopping for a ring, and it sucks when things fall through like that. It's a blessing that I hadn't made a purchase yet! Though I hope to enjoy being single for a while now, I'm still glad to have dated Lyndsay. If I had the opportunity to do things differently, I still wouldn't change the decisions I made. I think she wouldn't either, so that makes the relationship a success, I believe. Now we're both working to cement the friendship we have. I hope to one day go to her wedding, and I will have genuine joy for her and her husband (I'm sure he and I would become good friends).
What else is lj worthy... Cruise! I'm going on a cruise this summer with my family, my grandma, 6 aunts and uncles, and 8 cousins! I'm so excited! I've never been on a cruise before, and given that I'm committed to the highly lucrative field of public education, I will probably never go on another. I'm saving up so I can go kayaking or snorkeling at one of the ports! I am soooo excited!
Well, it's time to start cooking dinner. I have plenty of other things that I will be writing about later, I'm sure. My thoughts have taken a poetic turn lately, and I ought to write some of it out.
Wow, so much has happened in the last few months... Maybe I should throw out an update.
I've been working at a local high school since October, and I love my job as a Technology Assistant. It looks like I'm safe from the budget cuts, but I won't be getting a raise. For now, I'm just happy to have a great job.
I'm still mentoring a group of high school guys on Thursday nights, and it is the sole reason why Thursday is my favorite day of the week. I'm so proud of those young men! I'm really glad to hear that one of them has learned that his family will definitely not be moving for another year or two, at least.
I moved in with three guys from church who are now like brothers to me. I can't even begin to explain how awesome our house in Sterling is! I'm easily the smallest guy there, and with the three other guys all being cops in reasonable fitness, our wrestling matches are tough! --So much fun! We've made videos of us doing ridiculous stuff, and we have some serious entertainment systems set up. It's been nice having a place to invite people over to, as well. Not that my folks didn't encourage me to have people over there (they still do, in fact) but this house is easier to clean and it's part mine. The rent is cheaper than it should be too, since my buddy (one of the three guys I live with) bought the place. We've had a lot of fun fixing the place up some, too. I helped cut some flag stones to go around the fireplace! That was a fun project. My room is small, which I kind of like since it forces me to clean it sometimes, but it's still plenty big enough for me.
I'm single now; Lyndsay broke up with me. I admire the loving way in which she did it, and her courage to do so especially while other areas of her life were being difficult. I still disagree with her assessment of our relationship, but done is done: now it makes no difference. I won't lie, it hurt a lot when she said she didn't want to do the work we needed to do for us to get married. It was either get married this summer or not at all in her mind, and I knew we were not ready. Waiting another year would have been intensely difficult the both of us, but the fruit would be even sweeter. I believe I was proven right about our readiness, but still... I was shopping for a ring, and it sucks when things fall through like that. It's a blessing that I hadn't made a purchase yet! Though I hope to enjoy being single for a while now, I'm still glad to have dated Lyndsay. If I had the opportunity to do things differently, I still wouldn't change the decisions I made. I think she wouldn't either, so that makes the relationship a success, I believe. Now we're both working to cement the friendship we have. I hope to one day go to her wedding, and I will have genuine joy for her and her husband (I'm sure he and I would become good friends).
What else is lj worthy... Cruise! I'm going on a cruise this summer with my family, my grandma, 6 aunts and uncles, and 8 cousins! I'm so excited! I've never been on a cruise before, and given that I'm committed to the highly lucrative field of public education, I will probably never go on another. I'm saving up so I can go kayaking or snorkeling at one of the ports! I am soooo excited!
Well, it's time to start cooking dinner. I have plenty of other things that I will be writing about later, I'm sure. My thoughts have taken a poetic turn lately, and I ought to write some of it out.