Catching Up

If you read my last post, you know I went to Ohio over Christmas/New Years. I've been back for almost two weeks now, but I've been pretty busy. Busy enough not to post anything here anyways. The trip was amazing. I loved everything about it, except the fact that the weather gave me some killer headaches. But I got to see snow falling for the first time, went tubing, visited four new states completely on the other side of the country, and met some of the coolest people ever. Dani's family is great. They taught me a new dice game, aptly called "greedy". Im addicted. And to add to my list of addictions (Cheeze its still probably ranking number one), I am now hooked on Wii. I want one of my own, but not until I find a full time job. I don't need any more distractions from that than I already have. I would love to live in Ohio-- at least I think I would.  They tell me the weather gets pretty old after a while. But they don't live in Arizona where there aren't even seasons. Here there is just hot and hotter. I am really looking forward to going back when there is more green there. They say it's beautiful.

Since I got back from Ohio I have been busying myself mostly with job searching, some school, and of course, spending time with my love. So far the job market is as disappointing as ever, but I am not willing to give up hope. I have marriage to look forward to, and I need a job for that to happen. I don't even have enough money to buy a ring right now-- not a nice enough one for her anyways... Let me be more specific, so you don't get the wrong idea about her. She is awesome. She would probably be happy with a ring out of the little quarter machines at the grocery store, but what I meant is that I can't afford a ring that even comes close to what I want to get for her. We went looking at rings "for fun" today. More like to decide what kind of ring she wants so that I know what to buy when I get enough money. It was alot of fun. She was nervous about it and about marriage in general, but we were both really excited. We know the kind of ring she wants now. Have I told you how beautiful she is? On second thought, I don't want to brag, you might get jealous and we don't want that. *cough*

The jewelry stores in the mall are very pushy, but they disguise it well. They want you to buy a ring. Thats about it. They find one that you say you like and they start pulling out paperwork and telling you how to pay for it. "Sign up for our account and do financing"... we heard that from every one of the people we talked to today. "We're just looking today, thanks".

I can't even describe how much I want to marry this girl. I wish I could propose right now, but "Love is patient", and that means I have to be too. I've been praying for a good full time job opportunity, among other things. Marriage is going to be hard. It really is. But it's so going to be worth it.

Well, I'm expecting a call (or text) before 9:00, so I'm off for tonight. God Bless. I hope your day was as good as mine!

-myii