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I feel like life is falling into place for my whole family. And it's nice, and well-deserved.
My parents are starting to get the house ready for retirement with the new deck, the hot tub, the kitchen coupboards (next year, though). They are at a point in their lives where they can go on mini get-aways together and where they can turn down overtime and still afford life. They don't have to pay for anybody to go to college anymore (their loans from billy and karrie are paid-off, and I worked it out with them that I would pay my second 2 years if they paid all of my first two). They have the car that they've wanted for years and just seem genuinely happy, and stress-free.
Nick will be here all summer---I've never seen Billy more excited about anything in my entire life. 2 full months of learning what it would REALLY be like if he lived here all the time. And who knows?... maybe Carrie will like her time off? Not getting my hopes up on that one though. Also, Billy seems really happy with Karin. Since most of his friends moved away all over the country, it's nice for him to have someone to spend a lot of his time with. And I like her---so that makes me happy too!
Karrie and Alyssa are doing great. They've got their own place, Karrie is really happy, they're getting a new car.... like, I'm happy for them too. And Karrie's getting some really big promotion at work, too. She deserves it.
I've changed majors and feel really good about it. Looking into the future, I feel more secure with what ever it is that I'll be doing. My debt is starting to dwindle away, and I'm getting to a point where I can actually SAVE money.... which I haven't been able to do since before I got credit cards when I was 18!!! So it's pretty nice.
Vacation is in 4 days. I'm starting to feel better, and thankfully just in time.
I dunno, I'm still sad about John stuff. I wish it would've all worked out differently, but I couldn't change the way I was feeling. I'm still pretty optimistic about us being friends in the future though. But I have to remember that losing some major aspects of that friendship was a risk I was willing to take. And besides, time eventually heals all wounds. Eh, we'll see.
All-in-all, I'm happy. I'm trying to get a lot of stuff done this week AND relax this week because I'm not working very much and once I get back from vacation, Nick will be here and Summer classes will begin. I'm not looking forward to the classes so much, but at the same time.... as I get more and more of them done----I'll be even closer to graduating next year. But this week and next week are pretty much all I'll have for Summer vacation until August 14. Then I'll have a few days off until Fall classes begin.