Back to the Beginning...

I realized that maybe my posts thus far have been confusing a bit so I'm going to try and explain the various aspects of my life...I also edited the previous post slightly as I realized I had made a consistency error. It should make more sense now.

The various aspects of my life: my Sweetheart, school, work, CLUB, planning a wedding, my crazy family, and a large great group of friends.

Sweetheart--I live with him and have been with him for just about 4 years now. He is my best friend and I can't wait to marry him in January. I am responsible for feeding him and he does the dishes--this is our major agreement for life. I love to cook and HATE dishes. We met at college when he started the year after I did and started dating 7 months later after getting to be friends as a result of each of us being members of CLUB. We've been together ever since. We have a good fighting relationship--meaning that we fight a fair amount but know how to recover from a fight and resolve it at this point. My family love him and I can't wait to marry him.

School--I am currently getting my doctorate. I am in my second year of graduate school and have 2 more to go after this one is over. I can't wait to have a job and be in the real world...after being in school for this long it has gotten old. Though I have made some good friends at school. Spring break was not long enough but thankfully we leave next week for a conference in North Carolina.

Work--I work as a graduate assistant for one of the professors so I basically do whatever he doesn't want to do. I have worked for him for a year and a half and really don't enjoy working for him but it pays for school and gives me a small salary so I'm ok with it.

CLUB--is the organization Sweetheart and I met through. It is a national co-ed community service organization that we were heavily involved with in undergrad. A large number of our friends are a result of our involvement with CLUB. We are still involved (heavily) as alumni volunteers. I was elected by the undergraduate students to help about 7 schools worth of chapters. So, we travel around our area a lot visiting school, hanging out with undergrads, yelling at them when the don't do what they are supposed to and rewarding/celebrating with them when they do an awesome job. I really enjoyed the service I did with this organization as an undergrad and really love helping current students fo great service for their communities.

planning a wedding---sweetheart and I are getting married in my hometown in January. We've been engaged for 2 years and are still not prepared for the actual having a wedding. We're fine with the being married part. I'm finding planning this wedding in a different state somewhat stressful with money concerns and with being busy with everything else I'm doing. All I really want it to be married and to have a big party but it seems like stuff keeps getting out of hand.

my crazy family---I have my parents and little sister that live in a different state. I am extremely close with my mom. My whole extended family all still live within 10 miles of each other. They've never left. My moving 2 hours away is a huge deal but I had to get out of there. I didn't really want to live in a place where everyone knows everything about me. Until recently, my dad's mom lived at my parents' house and they recently moved back after my dad was transferred out of state for a couple years. My grandma dislikes my mom so much she immediately moved to a nursing home after they moved back.

A large great group of friends--you'll get to know them and their exploits as this goes on. See the previous post for a description about how I know the most important friends in my life.

Hope this clears some things up and I'm going to work on posting more regularly. I really am still trying to find my voice for this and how I want this blog to go. I appreciate the patience of anyone who is reading this.