I'm sorry that I haven't been on in forever! My SO Chris and I have been living together in an apartment in my hometown (about 30 minutes from his hometown) in New Jersey for the summer. It's been amazing! At first it was a rough adjustment. I'm a neat freak; he's a slob. I'm a little uptight; he's more laidback. But now everything is awesome! We're both working on losing weight and being healthier, which has severely improved our moods. We rarely fight now because we get all of our frustrations out in exercise. It's awesome! We have weekly date nights and basically everything is beautiful.

We've been dealing with a lot of setbacks though. He kept getting tickets for his old car because it could not pass vehicle inspection, totaling a lot of money. He got a new used car and it's already broken down, costing him money he doesn't have in repairs. I just got my truck's brakes fixed and now they are broken again, only with a different problem. We've both been working a lot to try to pay for all of this but it's been hard. Please send good vibes that our mechanic can finally get both of our cars fixed and running! I am borrowing my dad's old car right now but with both of us working 40 hours a week in completely different areas the scheduling is a mess. Thankfully my job is flexible.

Now for the good news! Remember a while back I wrote a blog about how my SO wasn't going to be able to go to the school of his dreams because his mother messed up his taxes and he therefore recieved no financial aid? Well his father and stepmother have offered to help pay for community college! We don't know how much of the bill yet but it's a great step! We signed him up for classes yesterday - he's going to be working on his Associate of Science in Business Administration to hopefully transfer to a 4 year school to major in hospitality and tourism. It's going to be a rough schedule - 4 classes plus working full time with strange hours (gotta love the restaurant industry) but he is so excited to finally be going back to school and I'm very excited for him!

I move back to Florida for school on August 24th. I'm trying to savor this last month with my boy - taking a lot of pictures and trying to do things with him that don't cost that much money. Going back is going to be bittersweet - I miss my friends but I'll miss my boy so much. I'm just trying not to dwell on it too much!