Well, I think it's been even longer for me than it has for anyone else who still checks for these updates. Something tells me my fan-base has decreased ever since I made my link private, but it was necessary. I originally made this online blog to keep my close friends in the loop with my life on the coast, because I knew I would lose touch. Then it ( Read more... )

Things keep getting better and better. 2008 has been the best year for me in a long time. I got my relationship back in order with Matthew after the drama and paranoia of 2007. We started talking about seriously moving in with each other and possibly getting engaged next year. He's my lover and best friend, and for the first time I finally trust ( Read more... )

JMU has turned me into a scientist...  Now EMU wants to  turn me back into an actual person...  I'm just trying to find my actual identity in this psychology world.  I thought sitting with my clients, making that connection and forming that alliance, would be the easy part.  So why is it so hard for me?  Because for the past few years I have been ( Read more... )

"America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
--Abraham Lincoln

( My Only Politcal Ramblings I Will Probably EVER Post of LJ )

A great deal has happened over the past month or so. First of all, there was the whole “ring” deal which was a huge drama. My mom’s diamond engagement ring was allegedly pawned by someone she trusted, but then he denied that he ever had it to being with. It was all very confusing with everyone pointing fingers at each other, and I just didn’t want ( Read more... )

Just so you know, I don't feel as though I am the yin to your yang anymore.  Maybe I never was, though you told me differently.  You were once somebody that just clicked with me, but now I realize you click with a lot of people.  That is not a compliment, by the way.  What uniqueness would you have if you fit with everyone?  And you tell them you ( Read more... )

Things that Belong to Us:
- Back roads in Rockingham County
- The backseat of the Subaru station wagon
- Central America
- The Caribbean
- The bleachers of the new HHS campus, the lake, the JMU classroom, the parking lot, EMU Hill, the Sunday School room, the basement, the Jacuzzi, the beach house, the park, the cemetery, Riven Rock, the planetarium...
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How the hell am I supposed to be an accomplished and competent psychologist, making a living off other people's mental and emotional issues and then guiding them toward resolution, when I can't even sit through a damn movie without being an emotional wreck by the ending credits.  Therapists are supposed to remain in a constant state of neutrality ( Read more... )

And so I recently caught him looking at Veragio diamond engagement rings...

We used to have the hypothetical conversation a lot.  You know, who is going to be my maid of honor and his best man, a church wedding or an outdoor wedding, a Fall wedding or a Spring wedding...  All the normal stuff you talk about once that stage in the relationship is ( Read more... )

He said:  I've been trying to reach out to you, but you won't let me.  I don't know what to do.  It's taking a toll on us.

She said:  I feel like I am losing myself.  I have everything I have ever wanted, and I have worked for it all, but it's almost numbing.  I just need to figure out some things on my own before we can move on.

He said:  I ( Read more... )