probably a boring update :(

Okay, from now on I promise to try and write in here a few times a week, so I won't have to do some super lame summary. I'm probably not going to really go BACK at this point... I'm just going to update on where I am now, and where I'm moving from here. So here goes:

Currently I am in the last month of my lease at the apartment complex that I'm in (Raindance). I will not be resigning another 6 month lease, because if I do they're going to jack my rent up by like 50 bucks, which on my poverty wages is an effing joke. So, I met two girls through craigslist, and I'm moving in to a house with them at the end of the month. It's near the dog park- which is so money- and it's $100 less per month. That's what I'm talkin about, bitches! Plus, we'll be splitting utilities 3 ways, so hopefully they go down a little as well. They are two 22 year old UCO students. They seem pretty suh-weet, and we'll be getting together tomorrow night for dinner... thai food. I've been dying to try some thai, so that works out beautifully!

As far as work goes... I'm enjoying what I'm doing and I'm learning a lot of stuff. It will be a great experience when all is said and done. I have about 7 months left. But that includes a few days off here and there, Erin visiting in September, and two full weeks of winter break :) After I'm done my year term on March 1 (I think) I'll be heading home within that week. I'm currently toying with the idea of temping, or working for my mother for a month, so that in April I can volunteer abroad in South Africa. I found a grant that will pay for volunteer travel, so I'm going to apply for that. If I get it, then I'll do it. If not, I'll decide whether I want to fundraise all the money, or if I should think about doing something else... or maybe I'll just temp longer to get the money :) At any rate, that's my asperation, and I'll probably do it... because that's how I roll. After I get back from that I'll continue taking American Sign Language courses at Philadelphia Community College. I'm starting the ASL courses here at OSU-OKC in a few weeks, and I want to finish the program through and be certified as an interpreter. I think it will be a good skill, and a great way to earn extra income, or even as a full time job for when I have kids or want to travel. I can make a flexible schedule to accomodate either of those things... so it sounds perfect to me! After I finish that program I'm going to start applying to get my master's. I'll probably apply to Drexel, Widener, St. Joe's, Villanova, etc... local colleges to get my master's from. For work during that time-- who knows? Hopefully I'll get a decent job that I can hold down and enjoy for a few years that will help me go toward the type of job I would ultimately like.

Okay, enough about all that... I guess that's all been in my head and I didn't realize it until I started to write it all down!

Other than that, both Zulu and Lucy are doing very well... I'll try to add pics of them on here tonight-- if I remember. My computer is floppy and pretty much a POS... so I'll have to go through and add them through their picture URL. Fun.

I've made some friends along the way here in OKC so far. I hang out with Sarah and Chris the most. They're a pretty bad-ass couple and I enjoy doing stuff with them. Sarah and I are going to a free women's self defense class this Saturday morning. We have played disc golf together, gone to a movie or two, some dinners, some drinks, many nights at their house playing pong, guitar hero, and just chatting. All-in-all, I'm actually kind of happy here, but I do look forward to getting back to the Philly suburb area... even though it's nowhere near as nice, or pretty, as OKC is. And I'll also miss the friendships that I'm finally fortifying here! It's always a catch 22 in my life. But I think it'll all work out for the best. Mostly because I'll make it :)