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Andrea and I are home this weekend in light of there being just way too much stuff that needs to be done right now. She had free tickets to a concert tonight and we were thinking about going, but we mutually came to the conclusion that other matters were more pressing. I feel kind of bad about that, as though I should be doing more to keep up with things here and vaguely like it's my fault that she can't go.

I took care of studying I need to do for my Network+ certification exam that's coming up tomorrow (wish me luck), and did some cleaning up for a while. At the moment, Andrea and I are packing up $300 worth of ebay items that need to be shipped out as we listen to a mix CD (a gift from one of Andrea's sister wenches). We have, I think, over 20 separate packages, some containing more than one item. Actually, at this precise moment, Andrea is talking to her mother who called her. That's why I'm in here.

As I studied earlier, I stuck a bunch of stuff from my MP3s directory into a play list and randomized it. I left geekland just in time for Andrea to bump into me and for a song that my raccoon taught me a new appreciation of, Sweet Child of Mine' to begin playing. I never really cared for it until Andrea pointed out the "Your hair reminds me of a special place..." lyric and how much it reminded her of me. *blush* She looked at me and we shared this marvelous kiss...

The cleaning up is good. I'm hoping to get more of it done tomorrow. Andrea and I talked yesterday about the ideas we've always had about our living space. She wants a space that's beautiful and inviting. A place of velvet curtains and scented candles; fantasy scenes on the walls and stars on the ceilings; a place that's very much ren/fen, and thus very much her. Coincidentally, that's essentially what I've always imagined my living space to be like. It's what I daydreamed about creating with her before moving to Michigan.

Unfortunately, it hasn't quite worked yet. Both of us have too much stuff, too little space, and not enough time to keep up with either of them. That's part of what our ebay campaign is intended to resolve. I don't care how much you pay me for ren faire trinket #347, just get it out of my house!

We finally opened our wedding presents last night. We got some truly beautiful things that we are going to write thank you notes for tomorrow. Seeing such tangible evidence of so many people's love for us touched me so deeply and made me wish I could thank everyone in person.

I wrote a book review while I was at class yesterday. The book was so bad that I felt compelled to say something about it. It's actually complete and sitting in a folder on my server. I just haven't got around to posting it yet. Maybe I will tonight. The next book on my reading list, found while cleaning up the living room today, is Timothy Ferris' "The Whole Shebang; a State of the Universe Report". I am fascinated by popular science books. I've got Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" that Andrea bought for me (at a thrift store of course *grin*) that I still haven't read yet either along with a number of other things in that vein. Maybe I'll go through those next.

Tomorrow I want to totally rebuild my resume and start putting it out there. Several people in my class, having put their certification information on their resumes, have already received calls pertaining to possible job opportunities. On the other hand, most people in the class also have some degree of previous IT experience. Still, I am very hopeful.

I feel vaguely discontent right now and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's just the stress and lack of time. I keep countering by looking at my beloved and reminding myself how lucky I am to have found her and be with her....

*hugs* More to come. Hopefully I'll even manage to respond to a few comments that I've been remiss in addressing. 'Till later...