Kentucky

I meant to start a blog about living down here a while back, but never got around to it. We all know why I ended up here – I’m not going in to details about it. Life down here is okay. I miss both of you very much. There is no way that this is permanent. My job is not the “opportunity of a lifetime,” as Earl put it. I don’t want to say that I’m trapped down here, but career changes take time. I’m sorry that I moved down here. I’m sorry that I’m so far away from you. I miss you both more than you could ever know. It won’t always be like this. Things will get better. That’s the way life is. Things are good, then they get worse, then they turn back to good again. Then there are those great moments that we wish could last forever. Like the times we spent up in Mackinaw. I have pics of us in mackinaw that I put on my phone that I look at all the time. Those are some of my happiest memories. It’s been two years since I’ve been up there. I’m going up there next time you go, no matter what. It’s been too long.

In a perfect world, I could move back to Marion and make a ton of money at a job I love. But in a perfect world, I wouldn’t have ended up down here in the first place. The worst part about this is that I miss you both so much. In retrospect, it would have been a good idea to hang on to our apartment for the rest of the lease, which would’ve expired this month. We could’ve spared the expense of the moving truck and the storage unit and used that money to pay the rent for the last few months of the lease. Then, when everything happened we could’ve moved back as soon as I found some type of job in the Grant County area. I guess it doesn’t matter now. What matters now is what to do. What’s the plan? I’m working on that one.

I make enough money to pay my major bills and nothing more. It’s less stressful when you have enough money to eat and pay rent, but it would be nice to have extra money to buy nice things. The problem is that the economy is poor at the moment. The unemployment rate is extremely high, many companies are laying off, and more college grads are having to settle for low end service jobs. Part of me feels like I should feel lucky to have a job. I have debts that I’m not accounting for when I say that I make enough to cover my expenses. Something will have to change soon. It’s just not working.

In an effort to maintain better contact with you, I’m trying to find some cheap webcams to use for video conferencing. At least we can see each other every day. Those are easy to hook up and use.

I’m also working on getting you both some office supplies. Planners and stuff. I get a pretty good discount so I can get you some nice ones. And Rich, I didn’t forget about your red pens. I’ll send you both up some stuff this week.