Updates

Two days in a row? I know, I'm spoiling you!

I'll just give a quick update on a few things from the past year:

School/work: I will begin student teaching on January 2nd. In order to do this, I have to quit my job and try to survive through the semester on student loans and prayer. Probably more prayer than student loans at this point. My last day at work is on the 27th. I am TERRIFIED. It's not like I didn't know this was coming, but it was always in the future, and since I turned in my official notice at work, it is sinking in more and more every day. This semester is over, and I have managed to continue my run of a 4.0 GPA. I have passed one of five Praxis exams I plan to take. You will be hearing more about this, trust me.

The drrrrama: So I've mentioned the divorce before. That ended up being finalized at the beginning of the year and sadly, you will not see any more of Spidey's antics on this blog. That's about all I'm going to say about it, other than I wish him the best and I've realized this really was the best thing that could've happened to me. It's still not fun to have the "twice divorced at 30" label.

I also went through another relationship this year which got intense way too quickly and did not end well. Once again, though, no airing of dirty laundry here. I just know that once again, it was a good thing this ended and I've learned a lot from it.

Now? I've been dusting myself off, taking my lessons learned, and applying them to dating, which is this newfangled thing all the cool kids seem to be doing these days. Historically, my relationships have basically went from 0 to 80 instantly, with no natural progression in between, so you can imagine what this dating experience has been like for me. There are some unique stories to tell, which I will save for another day. Sadly, this experience has not restored my faith in men all that much.

However, there may be one shining light in this new journey. I've been dating K for almost two months now, though we talked through email for about a month before that. K is hysterically funny, sweet, and just a stellar guy all around. Because of his work schedule, we've only been able to go out every other weekend, but every date ends up going for hours because we can't seem to stop talking. The last date ended with a kiss and him stating "I've been wanting to do this for a while." This weekend, I have been invited to a game night with him and his three best friends, so we are moving to the mysterious "meet the friends" phase. So there is definitely potential here.

Things are going very slowly, which is good considering my history, and understandable concerning his, but this also makes things difficult to gauge. It seems like there is this whole mysterious interpretive dance portion of dating with a lot of unknown moves and steps that I struggle with. I try to be a pretty straight black-and-white person when it comes to my feelings, and apparently that is not how dating is done these days. However, I will continue to be patient and have faith this will work out one way or another for the best. And especially because my normal way of doings things seems to not work out so well for me.