Long Time No Update

Gomennasai. o(_ _)o

I just haven't had time for the internet. Or anything else for that matter. School and work. Any free time I do have I spend sleeping or hanging out with Meg or Aaron, usually Aaron. But, now that school is out, and my short yet much needed Christmas break has arrived, I've decided to play catch-up and hopefully give myself the opportunity to stay caught up. I hate getting behind. And all of you have no clue about the happenings in my life as of late. I used to type every mundane detail of my life out in my journals. What wasn't covered here, was covered at m-b.net, and vice versa. I'll try to tell you everything without taking hours of your time to read this entry.

Oh, where to begin...School. School sounds like a good place to begin. This past semester was my final semester of high school...ever. I'm done. Graduated. I won't actually walk the stage until May, but I begin college at Tusculum in January. I admit it's a little scary, but I'm determined to face this change head on. I know I'm mature enough and smart enough to dive right into college with batting an eye. It's my tendency to cling to routine and sameness that worries me. Change is scary for me. While it's good for me in many cases, I like to stick with what I know. School has been so routine up to this point. College will be completely different. But I'm confident that I'll be just fine.

I took a month off of work starting on the 22nd of this month through the 20th of January, excluding two Sundays in January that I said I would work to make it easier on them. We're always super short on Sundays. Hate to make them scramble any harder than they already do on Sunday mornings. Work has been a little on the stressful side lately, so I'm glad to get the break. I've been having "problems" with some of the managers. Something that usually never happens with me because I tend to be a goody-goody. But there's only so much being walked on like a cheap rug that even I can take. I need the break to get used to my college schedule so I can better know what I'll be able to work and still balance it with school, homework, and having a life.

My college plans have changed a bit. The University of Hawaii cut their Japanese program down A LOT. So I'm just going to get my degree at Tusculum for free. I'll be learning Japanese on my own with the help of books and computer programs. I might pay to take some extra Japanese language courses at ETSU, too. I'll be majoring in Art with an emphasis in Graphic Arts. I hope to use this degree to get a better job after teaching English a while in Japan. I can put my love of languages, art, and graphics to use in the advertising/marketing department of some big company, I'm sure. Most Japanese companies could use the translating skills I plan to sharpen. I not only want to brush up on my Spanish and learn Japanese, but plan to learn Korean, Mandarin, and Cantonese once I'm living in Japan. I don't know why, but I love foreign languages. It's not the grammar or the structure that amazes me. As a matter of fact, that's my least favorite part. It's the sound. And the words themselves.

Anywho, on to the people in my life. Meg. Bestest friend a girl could ask for. She's sad that I won't be attending high school with her anymore, but we'll still see each other. Spent the day with her today, actually. Promised to help her clean her house from top to bottom next week, too. Now that's love. ^_~ Of course, being OCD about organization, I enjoy cleaning and picking up. Woo!

Aaron. He is the love of my life. I know I'm only seventeen, and that I've had my heart broken more than enough to last me a lifetime. But I decided to take a chance and allow myself to fall completely for this one. I'm glad I did. He is AMAZING. He's romantic and funny, but he can be serious, too. He knows me better than anyone, even myself. We talk on the phone hours a day and see each other as often as possible, which is unfortunately only once a week on Saturdays after work. Though we'll be seeing more of each other over the Christmas holiday.

I know I'll end up marrying him one day. He's practically already asked and been accepted. It's just nothing official. No getting down on one knee. No ring. No big tadoo. All in due time. We know we need to wait a while before rushing into that. We aren't even legal adults yet. But in both of our minds, as well as in my family's and our friends' minds, we are married. People ask me about my husband. He calls me his wife. He tells girls that hit on him that he's married. My family has accepted him as part of us. He'll be part of all our holiday festivities this year.

We've had a lot of silly arguments lately, but they're quickly resolved. I'd rather we get the fighting out of our system now anyway. Every relationship goes through the fighting stage, but most of the them don't make it out. I'm glad ours will be over and one with before too long. We forgive each other in minutes usually. And if it takes a few hours, we're ever more the sorrier for dragging the argument on. We both try to take the blame and apologize profusely for the next two hours. ^_^;; Still sucks when we fight. But I know that when the fight is over, we'll still love each other. And that's all that matters.