360 days until 15 May 2010.

Time to start setting up some benchmarks to plan things out. I know it may be silly, considering I have waited for this day for almost five years now, but I am nervous all the same.

Got to start prepping the resume and everything else.

Normally I look forward to Fridays, as they usually entail securing from work around noon to have an informal morale building lunch with my coworkers. Reading inbetween the lines, that equates to an excuse to hit a tavern for beers, chow, and copious amounts of sea tales ( Read more... )

They sit together staring into the setting sun and taking in the remains of the day. She rests her hair against his shoulder, ignoring the grime that a day of manual labor deposited on his shirt, and glances briefly towards him and then back to the rose she holds in her hand. She knows he got it ( Read more... )

Dear knees ( Read more... )

Well I am now down to this computer, a mini-tv/portable DVD player, and a bed I will not keep once all is said and done. The condo is 90% emptied out and will be fully emptied in the very near future. In theory, I should still be able to make the trip on the 28th, but while I want to be there, I can't make any concrete promises just yet ( Read more... )

http://www.movoto.com/real-estate/homes-for-sale/VA/Alexandria/4301-Lawrence-St-310_FX6936975.htm

This may be the house we get in DC. More details to follow after tomorrow.

Wish us luck...

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.

No spoiler: The Sox won last night. After making me call them a bunch of heartless bums for 3 7/9 worth of games, they have clawed their way back into making it a 3-3 final game tonight. Now once I get out of the Redskins game, #3 for those of you playing along at home, I have to rush back to make it home to pace the floor and curse for another ( Read more... )

It began with a stray comment about the latest unsolved murder in DC the moment my dream persona had established its shaky control over my mind. Now murders were nothing new to me, as apparently in this dream I was an amateur sleuth in my spare time, but there was something different about this one, something that struck me so close to home that I ( Read more... )

Paul Newman: Fine actor and from all accounts from those in the know, a much better man ( Read more... )