Sophia Mann returns to blogville

I'm back! I was never a very good blogger to begin with, but a lot of that owed to the fact that I was in my final semester of college with four upper division classes.

Now that I'm finished with that, and only have one last thing to complete before getting my diploma, I plan to make a REAL attempt to blog. Every day, or perhaps every other day. I have not yet decideded. At any rate, I will be making daily entries during my last hurrah as an Anthropology undergrad, a trip to Greece and Turkey. (!!!) Granted, I have to do it for my course credit, but who cares?

So here's what's going on in my life:

1. I'm going to therapy. I'm trying to work through some issues I have (such as my tendency to burst into tears at the slightest sign of an instructor's disapproval).

2. Working things out with Mo. Our relationship hasn't gone south, more a little sideways. We discovered that we've got some big problems. Many of my friends (mostly the ones who haven't really had relationships) think that our problems signify the faliure of our relationship. But frankly (something that I wish I could say to those friends), I feel that it's not the problems in a relationship that make it fail. Rather, it is the problems interfering with the amount that each individual cares for the other within the relationship. So sure, Mo and I have some big problems (which mostly have to do with each of us as individuals), but despite these problems, we still love each other just as much as when we first fell in love. Therefore, we are taking this calm, school-free time to work on learning about each other.

3. Preparing for a move. We're going to move across the country to Virginia, where our employment chances are higher. We plan to live with my parents until the two of us get jobs, and then we will move out and create a home of our own (hopefully with a kitten). We'd originally planned to do this in Utah, but unfortunately, there is no job market for recent graduates in Utah, especially with the good ole' boy job networking that goes on here. In addition, though unemployment is still a problem in Virginia, it is not as bad, nor is the state's legislation sticking their heads in the sand regarding the unemployment. So employment opportunities are more likely to get better and better.

4. Being scared shitless about the move. It's terrifying, especially since its such an act of committment for Mo and I. I got a little cold feet a couple weeks ago. Does that make me the man in the relationship? :-P

5. Preparing for Greece and Turkey.

6. Studying Russian... soon. I will be soon.

7. Sleeping and playing computer games. I'm spending a little too much time on this recently, but oh well.