this is my blog

jeff has asked me to pull some posts off the blog that fashion him/us in a negative light or that mentions his past or anything to do with any medical conditions he may or maynot have.

i am extremely frustrated by this. it’s not that i do not understand his right to privacy argument. i just feel like this is my space to speak freely and i feel robbed of that now. i asked him not to give this link to his family members but he did it anyway. he doesn’t like the idea of my friends reading it either. i think the truth is that this information is what i would tell my friends anyway. and i think most members of his family end finding out everything about one another anyway.

i have moved around so much and met so many people that i am not interested in interacting with anyone who cannot handle my past or his past. fuck ‘em all is what i say. i think that if more of us put our “baggage” on the table and opened it up we would be shocked by what we had in common. sure you get a real kick in the face sometimes but it holds no comparison to meeting someone who really gets you.

i love jeff so i will adibe by his request. he already knows this puts a sour taste in my mouth. i am uncertain at this point if i will even keep blogging.

“Rudy, you like school on Sunday…nooo class.”

had class today. it’s my first lecture driven class in quite sometime. only a midterm, two quizzes, and a final exam to make the grade. the professor started class and attempted to make himself sound very firm about the class participation, exams, and the importance of the lecture each class. while on the first class i do not expect a full traditional class, he spent an hour and 40 minutes on -not the lecture- and got through 3, of 24, slides in his power pint presentation.

it’s cool though. he has definitely identified himself as a character in my book of life. he’s traveled quite a bit and i like to hear travel stories. so overall i’ll appreciate his attempt at running a tight ship and sit back and enjoy the stories.

it’s intersting to be in an undergraduate class at my age. i am certainly not in the old-lady-in-the-class status but i assume i stand out a bit. i certainly feel aged.

i tend to get a flood of memories from my college days when i start class these last few semesters. overall really good times. i meet some really amazing people and developed quite a bit.

well it’s 6:23 on a sunday evening and i am at the beginning of a 5 hour shift at the lab. as  of a week ago friday i am one less person on my staff that helps run the lab. so until i hire a new person i will be covering several evening shifts a week.

life is actually pretty busy right now. we had two trips this month which were both interesting and fun. we were approved to become foster parents at the animal shelter and on saturday we took in a dog from the shelter. jeff has an interview tomorrow for a new job he would like to either find something new or use a hiring offer to get promoted at his current job. i start class tomorrow and will go twice a week for the next 8 weeks. should be pretty interesting it’s a sociology class on immigration.

our new dog is much larger than bosco. her previous owner put an ad in the paper for free dog and some lady adopted her. the next day the lady was taking the dog to the shelter because the dog did not match her aura. so the dog was in shock from being adopted by crazy aura lady and then put into the shelter with all of the other abandoned dogs. so we will keep her for a few weeks and see if we can smooth the transition for her. bosco was of course very vocal about a new dog but she was a good candidate for him because she is somewhat submissive. the still have a few more days of sorting out their (his) issues before we are smooth sailing. we are hoping bosco enjoys having a companion. i’ll try and get some pics up soon.

i hope jeff finds a job that makes more use of his talents or he has the opportunity to create something like that for himself at his current job. overall i sense that he is very satisfied with his (our) life in bloomington. he has had so much work against him in life it is almost tear jerking to see him happy and confident with himself.

i have to admit that my head is not ready to start a class tomorrow. i think the class will be interesting and it is a good feeling to be working towards my degree but still it’s class and class means homework and reading. tyra no likey ready.

it’s been awhile since i’ve been to a true city. it was great to be back in the land of skyscrapers. i heart skyscrapers. i’m not sure i can even identify what it is i like about them. there are some many things. in a town like chicago the buildings age really shine through. so many ornate details throughout the interior and exterior.

we had fun over the weekend. it was a whirlwind trip but we fit in lots of sights.

i’ll post some pics as soon as i can.

jeff and i and two friends are heading to the windy city this weekend. i’m pretty excited because i love to travel and love cities. jeff has never been and is excited to go so that’s nice too. it’s a crazy weekend to go because their is a football game and a preseason basketball game in addition to the many festivals and whatnot that you would find in a city that big.

hope to get some good architecute shots while i’m there.

we’ve gone from no traveling since the first part of summer to two trips in a month!

we went to columbus over the weekend. jeff’s friend mark drove and his company paid for gas so that was cool. they were going for a linux conference and i was going to just get out of town. we all had a lot of fun. the conference was beneficial for both of them. it is so great to see jeff in his element. he got to totally geek out. most subjects were either of no interest to me or over my head. i got to kick it hotel style and max my relax.

it was our first time to leave bosco at the house. i wanted to board him but jeff thought we should try and leave him at the house sice he has his own door. i just thought he would be bored and try to dig out of the yard. he did well while we were gone and ran aroung like a tornado for an hour after we got home.

i hope we hit the road again sometime soon.