Time Changes Everything

It's been a long time since I've blogged. I could say I've been busy or offer any of the dozens of excuses I can conjure up. The fact is: I couldn't be bothered. In the last four months, I've earned my bachelor degree, found a temporary job, started an internship and began the masters program in human computer interaction. I mentioned that my job is temporary. I don't work for an employment service or anything like that. I work directly for the company, but it's just a stop in the road. I make $8 and some change per hour. The economy is bad, the job market sucks, yadda yadda. I can suck it up for now.

I love my internship. I'm working for a local multimedia company. I'm doing exactly what I went to school for. I love it doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about it. I enjoy every moment there, even times when it's stressful and we have to work even harder and faster. It's amazing. I go in on my days off from my paid gig. Although I'm tired, I never feel like I don't want to go. I never wake up on those days and say, "Ugh! I don't want to go to work." I love waking up and feeling like I'm going to work and getting to do something I truly enjoy. I found out that I will most likely start getting paid for my internship - meaning it is turning into a part-time job. I'm absolutely thrilled!!! Right now there just isn't enough work to justify a full-time position. I can live with that - for now. I'm hoping that I can get approved for 30 hours per week at a minimum of $15 an hour and then be able to drop back to part time at my other job, working 15 - 20 hours per week.

Dave and I are still together, though we've not seen each other since January 13. He has been diagnosed with clinical depression, which explains his mood swings and behavior. He has been put on medication to help, but it hasn't been long enough for the medication to work. He's been off work for 4 weeks now. He has to go back to the doctor in two weeks for a check up. Hopefully the medication will work.

We're planning to be together permanently. He's coming here in October (fingers crossed) for three months. (Fingers crossed because I need my internship to be a paid position in order to afford a place for us to live.) If during the three months, we are still set on staying together, we're going to file papers for him to stay here and get married. We won't have a wedding at first. We don't have the money. We'll probably have an actual wedding within the next year when we can afford it.

I went to look at the apartments we want to live in. They are fabulous and just what I want. So hopefully I'll be moved in by the first of October - in time for Dave's arrival!

Life is busy, but I tend to like it that way. This was the first summer I didn't have classes. It was very nice until the first week was over. Then I became very bored! I'm looking forward to what life has in store. I'm looking forward to living life with Dave and to meeting all the new challenges head-on.