Ahead of schedule
Havent been here in a while, and honestly havent really thought about it much... except for the occasional prodding from friends and my girlfriend. It still surprises me the amount of stuff I now have to do, since Ive begun dating. And Im not saying that in a bad way at all, let me clarify that. I just never expected it or saw it coming... so my absence has been because of that, a situation going on at home and my limited access to the internet, all combining to not make this journal of mine a priority.
Allow me to elaborate.
Im not going to explain (in detail) the schedule being full because of dating, cause most people would know that everything I do, everything she does and everything we do together doesnt make for much time for a lot of other stuff. And I know shed agree, although let me say she has much more of her own stuff to do right now... so the stuff we do together just adds to the seemingly, non-stop shuffle of her life.
Now to the situation going on at home. Circumstances have come about that my sister can no longer afford everything associated with her house; and gotten to the point where my parents have been paying her bills for a little while. Now all this, and adding in her recent desire to go to school... has led to her deciding to move home, move back to my parents place; where I am, or was. Now, I do love my sister, and I dearly love her children... but I just dont feel comfortable staying at the house with everyone: my parents, my sister, my niece and two nephews, my sisters two dogs, my parents two dogs, etc etc.
So, although I havent been forcibly removed from the house, I decided to remove myself from the house; and considering my girlfriend and I spend a lot of time together, it seemed stupid to pay rent and utilities on a place Id barely stay... so, although its a little quicker than I thought, Ive moved into her townhouse and am living there now.
It wasnt a tough decision, although my tendency to overthink everything made it more of an issue than it should have been. Ive already mentioned to her that I wasnt exactly expecting to be living together after only 6 months (itll actually be six months in 5 days)... but quite honestly, the only real two differences between now and before is 1) now I spend the night every night of the week and 2) most of my stuff is there now, or will be soon.
Of course the only real drawback, and she knows full well, is the internet access. You see, the company that owns the townhouse shes in has a lifetime contract with a rinky-dink, ass backwards cable company that, not only, doesnt offer many options besides basic cable, but also does not have cable internet capability. Of course, the next logical step down would be DSL... but that went out the window, because SBC wont come out and do anything; either because we live too far away from the Central Office (I think three miles is the cutoff) or the phone lines out there simply cant handle the pressure.
So, even though I said Id never do it, I have been (or will be) forced to go back to dial-up internet; I cant even pick up a stray wireless signal. She doesnt like it any more than I do really, but shed already signed the lease before learning all of this herself. I should be making Dennis Miller really happy right now though, being the NetZero user that I am now (or will be soon).
So thats the most recent story; I traded a house with two parents, a sister, three kids, four dogs and broadband wireless internet... for a townhouse with a beautiful woman, a dog, three birds and NetZero. All in all, like I said, it still wasnt a tough decision.