Months pass in the blink of an eye

I don't even know how many months have gone by since I last wrote. A lot has happened in this amount of time however. I have been back to see Kristine and she told me that the reason I haven't met you yet is because of another man I've been involved with. That makes a lot of sense. I know I need to completely separate from him but it's difficult because he's my best friend. I saw Kristine a few months ago and she told me around March/April that things were going to fall into place for me. It's now April and I'm trying REALLY hard to stay positive. I'm working on buying a house. Actually, I put an offer in on one I was excited about just to find out another offer had already been made for over the asking price. Needless to say, the owners went with that one. It's sometimes rather difficult to not get discouraged with everything. One good thing to note however, I was hired an additional day during the week and have been full time since March 1, 2011. Not sure yet what will happen during the summer when my school contracts are finished but I've been picking up on some information which leads me to believe I'll have the option of working more than 3 days a week for the summer. *Fingers crossed*. Haleigh has her first boyfriend. It's really cute but I've been talking with her about her focus. I remember how exciting that was in high school and I want to help her to be able to have more time with him by making sure she's taking care of all her responsibilities and giving extra attention to Mom and Dad's trust. I probably didn't help matters for her given my high school history with boys. My hair is a lot longer since last summer when I chopped it all off. I can't wait for it to be long again! Hopefully I can keep it healthy and not have to take drastic measures again. I do have a whole lot of white hairs though! Hahahaha. It really doesn't bother me though. I got "the gene" from Mom and there really is no reason to be upset over it. I have some serious grow-out right now and it's funny cause it bothers everyone else more than it does me. Anyway, not sure if you really care about my hair! Hahaha. It's a girl thing, I know. I can't believe that summer is almost here again. I took all the dogs for a walk the other day and it actually felt like spring which was wonderful! I think I'm ready for some warmer weather. I opted out of the May Vegas trip this year. I didn't really have that good of a time last year because I wanted to make sure I was safe and couldn't trust anyone else to do it for me. On top of that, Stephanie and I are not close anymore. I'm not broken up over it though because I was starting to be resentful and I don't want that. Sometimes it's just better to let a friendship die out than put too much into it just to have it fail anyway. We still talk here and there but I'm pretty distant. OH! One important thing to mention, I don't drink anymore. I haven't had any alcohol in a week. It isn't much right now but I've made a conscious decision not to drink. Some specific events took place which influenced my decision but really I had been thinking about it for a long time. I really don't want my children growing up with a mom who drinks and I don't want that for you either! Why not experience life to the fullest? I don't need to alter my state of mind in order to enjoy life. Hmmmm, I wonder how you're going to take this information when I first tell you. I'll be curious to learn what your drinking habits are, if any. My good friend Shelby wanted to introduce me to her personal trainer, Jon. He seemed nice but I was afraid I'd corrupt the poor boy, haha. He's very Christian, does not drink, and is a virgin! None of that really bothers me, at all! I just don't think it's a fit. Where are you My Love? xoxo Katie