dystopia

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I will be traveling tonight, among thousands of others on the road, going to see family and spend Thanksgiving eating turkey and watching the Macy’s Day parade. I’ve made my Christmas list and have told several people what I want. However, my fiance, keeps asking. Boy, he doesn’t listen at all. I even made him a list and gave it to him. But he must’ve left it at home. I made another list and e-mailed it to him, plus printed it out just in case. He has yet to really tell me what he wants. I have already bought some stuff for him though. I think I am going to buy a few more small things. I have no idea when that’s going to happen though. I don’t know how long we’re going to spend in Roanoke with his family. I’m guessing we’ll be heading back home either Saturday or Sunday. He has homework to do. He only has five weeks of school left. I know when I had that much time left, I was ecstatic. I can tell he’s getting excited about finally being finished with his bachelor’s degree. It feels like it has been forever. He’s been going to school for 6 years or so now, ever since I’ve known him. It took him so long, because he didn’t go full time because of course he had to work full time and could only go part time to school. But, now he’s so close to being finished.

I have no idea yet if he’s going to continue on and get a master’s degree or stop where he is and maybe get some certifications. Not to mention that he’s still working on getting his commercial license to fly. He’s got so many different options, that’s what’s so great about it. I guess he really took the saying “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” to heart. That’s good, you need a lot of options in todays world. You can’t pigeon hole yourself into one career and think that you’re going to stay there forever, because as we all see stuff happens. As for me, I’m done with school. I’ve thought about getting a masters and right now I’m against it. That’s not to say that one day I might change my mind, but we’ll have to wait and see where life takes me in the next year or two. I’m thinking about marriage and maybe starting a family in the next couple of years. I wanted to be finished with my bachelor’s, be a home owner and have my finances in order before starting a family and that is where I am now headed. I’m finished with my degree, I’m a home owner, although, I’d like to have a larger house. We’ve been talking about it and think that we’ll stay in our current house another year or so, we’ll probably sell in 2010 and start looking for something larger then. We’ve got some more work we want to do to improve the house and make it more appealing to buyers. We live in a really nice neighborhood, a pretty good part of town and it’s a perfect starter house for a couple or small family or an elderly person. I’m certain in another year or so we’ll probably be able to sell it with no problem. I can’t wait for next year. I’m getting married, we’ll do some more work to make the kitchen and sun room look better and my fiancee will hopefully get another job that he’s been interviewing for, maybe i’ll get another job too, that pays more than I’m currently making, plus something more stable. That would be awesome. I’m looking forward to 2009 with a very optimistic and positive attitude. I hope it doesn’t let me down.