I always seem to write ten bazillion times more than you guys, so I am apologizing in advance for the length of this one…

First off, let me just say, I miss you guys so much!! I am all sorts of excited about all the neat stuff that I am reading about y’all, once again, thank you shira for setting this up for us!

as far as my world goes, this past weekend was graduation weekend, so I have been reliving bar crawl and the weekend festivities from last year very vividly. I’ve also been looking at a lot of the pics from moltenchocolate.com and seriously regretting not spending as much time with you guys as I should have. I am however, finding some pictures that DO have all of us while I am attempting to pack up all my worldly possessions. Moving day is this saturday/sunday (I know that’s two days, but I think I’m going in stages), and I have packed one box so far. I have two of the gigantic binghamton city garbage bags full of stuff I can no longer keep just for the fun of it, but there is still so much more to pack!

I’m moving to Holoke, MA to this great townhouse on Mt. Tom, right across Rt. 5 from the Conneticut River. it’s outdoorsy to the extreme, which makes me happy, and it’s only 6 minutes from my sister’s house, which makes me EXTRA happy. The problem arises in the fact that I am only renting a room in this fantastic townhouse, so I now have to squish my apt. style living back into one bedroom. it is 12 x 15, so it’s a little bit bigger than my first apartment here in bingo!! I have my own bathroom right off my bedroom too, which is definately a plus, and there is a backyard, DISHWASHER, GARBAGE DISPOSAL, WASHER & DRYER, and a living room I think I will be comfy enough to curl up with a book in. the living room even has a working fireplace!! (although Pam did mention it’s more for ambience than heat. well come on now, if I’m lighting a fire in the fireplace for ambiance, I’m hoping for plenty of heat elsewhere!!)

although the boy front seems to be a bit dry at the moment. apparently Mike my Army Guy is just like every OTHER guy I have met recently and took the one opportunity given to him to completely blow me off. He was on leave these past three weeks and talked a whole bunch beforehand of wanting to come see me, calling me, etc. guess who didn’t call? guess who DEFINATELY didn’t make any effort to get together? yeah. I understand if it turned out to be too weird and that he was wicked busy, but a little word would have been nice… Also on the boy front, things are very bizarre with Steve. NOTHING has happened (well, nothing news worthy, a little kissing and attention never hurt anybody… I think); but he certainly is being more friendly than before, and I’m starting to get sad over the fact that for the first time in five years, he’s not going to be a major part of my life, if a part at all. He’s going home at the end of the month, and then joining the peace corps as soon as he hears from them (I’m sure he’s going to get in).

as far as work and school go, I’ll be working at EMS Holyoke, working on finding a full time job, and school is a big question mark. apparently my program (graduate elementary education) usually starts June 7th, but nobody felt the need to tell me that, so all my financial aid is filled out for the fall. Eek! and Grrr!!

ok, this is once again, ridiculously long, so I’m going to stop here. I miss you all tons and love to hear about what’s going on in all your worlds. I will be sending out a mass email with my new contact information, and my email address will stay the same. love you sooo much!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo