i realize that i rarely update anymore, and possibly it is because there is both so much and so little happening, i'm not sure what to say.
catherine and i are more or less settled in columbus. we're still waiting on a few pieces of furniture and there are no wall decorations gracing our walls, but we managed to program the tv remote to include all of our separate pieces of technology, so i suppose that's a step in the right direction. i am writing a list of things that haphazardly got left at home during my hectic 12-hours of unpacking and repacking my life, so eventually everything forgotten will end up in columbus as well.
so far, both of us are still jobless, more or less. catherine has an interview monday for Pier One (she's a shoe-in) and i have meetings to fill out paperwork for several school districts early next week. still, the prospect of subbing looms relatively far away on the horizon, since school doesn't start for another two weeks and not many teachers need subs at the beginning of the school year. so i'm hoping another job at Barnes and Noble pulls through soon to give me something to do over the next month.
it's wonderful to live so close to aaron. we're about 15 minutes away from each other, which means that we more or less still maintain separate lives. however, it's close enough (sort of) to zip down the street for an hour or two in the evening if we want to see each other in person. the first few days felt frenzied--we were nearby, so we had to spend every moment together, because we're used to having that time limited to only a few hours. as the week progresses, it's settling into a more relaxed feeling. we can sit and talk for as long as we feel like it, but it is significantly easier to say good night at the end of the evening, knowing that our next encounter is hours or days away, instead of weeks.
i am surprised at the pace of our relationship as well. if someone would have told me four months ago that i would be dating someone this seriously and considering a future together, i'm not sure i would have believed it. things are almost frighteningly fast and yet surprisingly comfortable, because aaron is not a stranger; he is a man who has grown from a boy who has loved me forever, and it is enlightening to see his patience in waiting for me to reciprocate....surprisingly enough, reciprocating is the only thing that comes naturally to me right now, and i cannot imagine not wanting to.
enough sappy introspection. until next time.
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