Well blog followers all I have to say is I AM SORRY. I neglected you. No excuses on my part, just laziness. I have to say though, aside from my laziness of blogging, I have been quite productive in life. Let's recap shall we?
In August I started dating the love of my life, Nick :) We quickly fell into the frenzy of love. He is everything I have been looking for in a MAN. Notice I said MAN not BOY. He treats me right, he is patient (most of the time), kind, thinks I am the most beautiful thing on Earth, and makes me laugh like no one ever has. And the best part about him is that he loves me. He loves me for me. I don't need any added bonuses, I just need to be me. I love the feeling of knowing I won't be cheated on (as I had in previous relationships) or lied to. I have chosen right, and have found a good honest man. ANNND quite frankly I think I deserve that.
Anywho. We started dating at the end of August. He left for a month and a half for Australia (note: he's an infantry man in the army). During that time I decided to leave Honolulu and move to the North Shore (note: still on the island of Oahu for those of you on the mainland who do not know these said cities) I was having trouble finding work and a place to stay so I stayed at his place while he was in Australia and I was finding a job. It took me about a month to find a steady job (which was nice for my tan). Just before he came home I got offered my now teaching job and when he returned he asked me to move in with him.
QUICK! I know, I know. If you know me well enough you know it is quite out of character for me to do such a thing. I was one of those individuals who tsked tsked at couples who lived together too early or got married to early. Then I experienced and felt what they must have been feeling. Being with Nick just felt right, and neither one of us wanted to be separated from each other.
Sooo he returned on Thanksgiving day, we had our first Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentines Day and life was grand.
Work for me is good. It is not the exact position I want to be in at the end of my journey, BUT for now it suits me well. I am a lead teacher for a 4 year old preschool room. The place that I work at is nice. The people are friendly, and I love my T.A. but sadly she is leaving me after next week. The hours are flexible and the pay is decent. However it is still to much of a daycare setting for my liking. I am hoping, when I get to back to the mainland, that I can find a more suitable job for me, perhaps in a school system.
Last month Nick and I moved out of our favorite place on Pukea Road, because we were having some roommate issues, and moved to our OWN place in Pupukea. We now rent a brand new one bedroom studio, that may one giant room (besides the bathroom) but feels like home to us. Our landlords, and the people who own the house we live above, are amazing. They have the kindest and most pure souls I have ever met in my life. This Nick loves, as he is gone for the month (in New Zealand this time), and knows he can count on them to take care of me.
As I settle into our new place, with the a man I am deeply in love with, and gather with friends that have been here for me through the hard times, I can't help but pat myself on the back and tell myself "Jenna, you made the right life decision by moving out here." Don't get me wrong, I miss my friends and family SO incredibly much it hurts. However, if I would have stayed in Minnesota, I wouldn't have become the person I believe I should be. I wouldn't have lived my life the way it was meant to be lived.
Thank you for all of you who have supported me along the way.
I love you
Aloha
Jenna
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