Things are back in order. . . .

Aside from moving in and getting settled into my apartment here at Sunchase as well as becoming familiar with my new classes, life has pretty much been put back in order for me, and I'm so thankful and blessed. First of all, I owe it all to God and I must say the power of prayer cannot be matched.

By the title, I mean of course that I can no longer gripe about things not going my way. As of the middle of last week, my exgirlfriend (now girlfriend again) and I reconciled and we're back together. I must say, this is what I wanted from the start -- I didn't want to break up, but she needed space and I gave it to her. Now it's safe to say the best things are worth waiting for. We broke up on good terms, which probably helped in figuring everything out. So, life is great at the moment: I've got my family, I've got my friends, and I've also got Maria. I'm so glad we were able to get things right instead of throwing in the towel before we even started. She just makes me so happy and I'm in love, for those who are skeptics, and nothing could really keep that from me.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and now I can concentrate on everything instead of being preoccupied without a focus on anything. With such a stressful situation worked out for the best, I can now focus on my senior year and getting done the things that need to be done in order for me to graduate and receive that good ole B.A. in History. Once I get that, I know I'm pretty much set. My goal is to significantly raise my already nice major GPA and in turn bring up my nasty cumulative GPA. I wasn't so proud of my freshman and sophomore self, but I want to honestly say I worked the hardest I possibly could for my junior and senior year at Longwood. You know, put some concrete meaning behind the piece of paper that says I've completed all the requirements to receive my B.A.

I really just can't wait to graduate, get a job, get that Honda S2000 I keep talking about, start my career, and then go to night school in order to earn my M.A. in History. I may follow the course to becoming a History professor in college, but who knows? We shall see. Life is really just beginning, so I'll just take it day by day and enjoy the little things.

Other than that, this year should be my best year of college. I'll be going to PANAMA (the actual country, not the place in Fla.) with Fernando, Thomas, and Patrick for about 6 days for Spring Break 2006. We're going to spend 2 nights or so in the capital city, and then head to the beach for about 4 days. Me and Fernando graduate in May, so we'll HAVE TO enjoy this Spring Break since we won't really have a summer. And we'll do everything in our power to take full advantage of the sun and the beaches.

Until then I'm going to study hard and just kick it w/ everyone here at Longwood. Yes, including YOU, APRIL. I finally gave you the shout out you deserve, happy now?

So....... here goes -- wish me luck!