jackofallgeeks | Coming up for air.

I haven't posted much at all lately. Not that I haven't had anything to post about, quite the opposite. I just haven't taken the time to sit and write anything.

It's been so busy. I'm back home, in Maryland. It's great to be back; the trees make me happy, which probably sounds like a really strange thing to say. It's true, though. I've seen friends and family, though not as much as I'd like. Maybe once I get settled in and start getting paid again I'll be able to plan that sort of thing.

I started work last Monday. A week or orientation and paperwork, and now a week of meetings and presentations. Next week I start my first 'assignment,' 90 days or so in the lab getting a feel for what's going on back there. After that I'm told I'll be moving more into my 'real' job, which is applying what happens in the lab to real-world projects that we get called in on. I'm looking forward to it all. I like where I'm at.

I'm buying a house. And by "buying a house," I still mean looking at properties and nailing down financial paperwork. But everything's moving well. There's a townhouse in Annapolis I like, but on Wednesday I'm going out to look at places in Laurel and Glen Burnie, which are more-local and would cut my commuting time down significantly. (Plus put me just down the street from my cousins Christina, Lisa, and Molly.) Whenever I think about it I get lightheaded, but I'm really excited about getting my own place.

Trevor and Rose got married this weekend; I was one of the groomsmen. It was actually really awesome, lots of fun, and I was really happy for them. I'm glad they 'made it' (despite their on-again/off-again history), and I hope they have a long, happy life together.

I should write a whole post on the wedding, and I'd like to (it was great), but lest I simply not say anything at all... I caught the garter. It's even funnier than that, though. There were, oh, 6 to 12 single ladies who fought for the bouquet (some more than others). There were around 24 or so single guys. Trevor threw the garter and, as one, the other 23 guys pushed me forward. -smirk-

I guess that pretty much covers all the news points. I feel... hazy, in a way. I feel like I missed the last two years of life, what with my cousins going off to college, and my little cousins all in high school and getting boyfriends and stuff. And now I'm here and I'm getting my own place, and I'm living life. It's still all rather unreal. But I'm liking it. I'm happy.