Here and There

My goodness this year is flying by... in no time at all I'll be applying to graduate schools, hearing back from them and jumping on another moving carpet that is always speeding up. :-) It's at once new and exciting, bittersweet and exhausting.

I look back at all the time I wasn't using, and while not quite berating myself for its lack of use, wish I could spend a few of those frittered hours now with Annie: talking, walking, singing. There is something about being with her that makes me operate at my best.

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I am glad I can be a source of inspiration for Taylor. I remember the first time he told me how I affected him, soon after we started dating. He had a paper to write, and he decided to write it at my place instead of his dorm room. Time wore on in the evening, and it got later and later. I decided to go to sleep, but he wanted to stay and finish his paper, which was fine with me.
The next day, I found out that he had stayed up much later than he had planned, and he had a full day that day. He told me, though, that whenever he felt like giving up, he would look over at me, asleep, and he was somehow able to keep writing because of me.
I don't quite understand it. I don't know how I can be such an inspiration to someone--I don't think I'm particularly amazing. But I suppose that's the grace that comes with Love: one is transformed into someone new, and wholly good in another's eyes. He loves you so much, he sees you as God sees you. It's beautiful.
And I love him.

Work and Test Preparation

Hello all,

Sorry it has been so long... this whole new work/school combination takes some getting used to. I'm working for TINCAN teaching E-Commerece to a sweet bunch of high schoolers with awesome ideas. 5 hours a day 5 days a week. I'm also studying hard for the LSAT (September 30th) and the GRE (September 9th) which is taking between 5-6 hours a day. Add in meals, wifing, property management, and other various stuff... and... im becoming a normal person! Weird. ;-)

Annie and I are going over to Seattle this weekend to see off Cory, spend some time with Maddy, and work on our books for Valinor Ventures. After that another week of work, the Black Family Reunion, and California to help out Annie's parents... whom we won't be able to see for another 6 months or so. Sadly we're going to miss Aunt Wendy's wedding in Leavenworth. :-( Ah well... it is hard fitting everything in. We love her and her awesome new husband-to-be though.

Annie has been keeping very busy helping me out with the property management stuff and keeping me well fed and loved. She is also finishing up her Masters with Fr. Dallen and hopes to have her thesis completed by the end of September.

Married life is wonderful and God is Amazing!