hello friends.

i will make this as short as possible.

if that is possible.

this past weekend was a great labor day weekend. jack and i went to michigan where his mom rented a lake house (right across the street from the beach...basically on the opposite side of the lake from chicago). his mom, her boyfriend, jack's two aunts, his sister and her husband and their new baby were all there, and it was a really nice, quiet, do-for-others weekend and i really enjoyed the time i spent with him. i threw away my expectations of how our relationship should be (which got us into a big fight the weekend before, a rare occurance) and just let him be, and tried to be myself as best i could. this resulted in a good connection between us like i hadn't felt in a while. i have to say, i wasn't always the best at being myself, because it's something i have to practice, but i really enjoyed the time with him. i'm thinking God will take care of the outcome between us, and i'm cool with that. trying to predict and plan what will happen is too much work.

school's in session, and there are some classes i like, some i don't. i'm really itching to be done in general. obviously i won't be for a while, but i'm interested to see what's out there for me, considering i don't really know what direction i'm heading in except graduation from college.

i don't have a whole lot more to say at this point, as i'm tired from the day, and i'm going to sit on my bum for a while, maybe order a pizza, and veggggg out. tomorrow i'm going to lunch with the boy and tomorrow night is up for grabs, although i've got to be up on saturday to cook breakfast for senior citizens. hey, if i can't do it for grandma, then i can do it for someone's grandma!

love you all, keep me posted.