Holy Enchiladas.

It's been an incredibly long amount of time. That's not to say I haven't had anything to write about--there's been more than enough to write about. But the funny thing is that my time to deal with all of it doesn't get any longer.

I'm very proud of my partner in crime, Mr. Jeffrey Hunt, for his move to North Carolina to attend school out there. It was an incredible loss to deal with as I'm not entirely sure on when I'll see him again, but I know he's in a place he loves and he's going to grow tremendously from the experience. I do (and will continue) miss him like crazy, but I've never been prouder of him.

Shortly after Jeff left, Mom, Brian, and Tony began the family relocation to Marietta, Georgia. I've had an equally hard of time with this as well. My habits of visiting Mom at work when I'm stressed or ambushing the boys at the house, or using the boys to get what I want ;) quickly had to be broken. I'll see them this weekend for their return to get some of their stuff, but it's a weird idea that I won't see my family for the holidays this year. I don't have any PTO left to take for the year, so traveling for the holidays isn't an option. It's something I'll have to get used to, I suppose. It'll be tough, though, as I'm very spoiled with great holiday memories with every person of the family. I'm sure my absence in the holidays will be missed as well. Surely they will miss Packles. She might need to travel for the holidays as one Christmas tree will definitely not be enough destruction for my dear daughter.

My lease is up in less than two weeks. I'm moving into Josh's house with him. Needless to say things are going really well with us, still. He's been my rock throughout all of the craziness going on and even throughout all this I can still say I'm incredibly happy. My family is doing what will make them happy, which makes me happy, and I'm doing what is making me happy. It's a good circle.

Work has been a struggle, but I'm getting into a pattern. I decided not too long ago that I have to let the stupid stuff go from work and really, really focus on school this semester. I went a while at work where I was putting in over 50 hours a week and I finally had a discussion with my store manager that the schedule wasn't going to work. I'm still working 40 hours a week with a full class load (4 classes: Stats, Psyc, Soc, and Medical Terminology), but it's working better.

I'm excited about doing very well in school this semester. Like I said I really committed to being focused on school and am aiming to achieve all As this semester. Although I was focused on school before, I'm positive I could've done better and kept my focus more. This semester, I'm ready :)

24th is coming up soon! It's pretty crazy to me that I'm already there--I remember thinking it would take forever to get to my mid-20s. Now they're here and I'm not sure what happened to all the time I had before.

OH! I need recipes for Thanksgiving. I have no idea how to really make anything from scratch for the holiday, so any recipes are MUCH appreciated. I really want to make stuffed mushrooms, stuffing, turkey, and everything also that is so delicious. I told dad even after being out of the house for so long, I still prepare food as if I'm preparing it for 8 people. Leftovers are always yummy anyway :)

This picture always makes me smile. It was taken during Jeff's going away bash. I look at it and think of where I was at in my life a year ago until now. I'll keep posting the pics I look at that keep my smiling. I have to say the cruise pictures come up ALL of the time. Nehemiah's visit, some old pics I don't even have on my comp, only on film... Nothing will ever change the time I've had. I'm so glad to have some pics to look back on some crazy memories.

Miss everyone who is reading. No worries, I look at all of your pics, too. :)

Much, much love and happiness,
Jen