Love and Marraige...

The first day of February has arrived.  My, it certainly feels as if 2012 is going by fast, doesn’t it?  It feels like just yesterday we were ringing in the New Year, and now Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.  Next thing you know, it’ll be summer and the year will be halfway gone.  This is going to be a good month for me, I can just feel it.  I’m attending a conference in a couple of weeks, gaining more experience and information in regards to my job, which will hopefully give me a leg up when I finally leave Old Dominion and seek work elsewhere.  And although working in higher education isn’t what I want to do for the rest of my life, gaining more skills and knowledge will certainly help me gain a higher footing if I decide to stay in this field.  

As I mentioned earlier, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and while it’s not my favorite holiday, my boyfriend loves it so I’ll put on a happy face for him.  I’ve already got the perfect Valentine’s Day gift in mind; of course, the requisite lingerie which I found on Amazon for a reasonable price, but he’s been wanting The Zombie Survival Guide (he wants to be prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse, in the event they take over the world) for a minute now, so I figure this is the perfect time to give it to him.  Even though it seems like an anti-Valentine’s Day gift, because I don’t particularly care for the holiday, it’s perfect.  I’ll admit, it’s nice having someone to share the holiday with, despite my feelings about it being too commercialized and over exaggerated.  I guess I just feel that showing how you feel about someone shouldn’t be narrowed down to one day; it should be shown every day.  By them their favorite treat just because or take them out to dinner because you enjoy their company so much, these are things you can do every day, not just on a designated “lover’s” holiday. 

Anyway, that’s enough of a rant for today I think.  I don’t know what my boyfriend has planned, but I just hope it’s not too extravagant (Da dum da dum, is that wedding bells I hear?)  Speaking of wedding bells, as my boyfriend’s in the Navy, he has to change his command station in August, he’s been here three years and now it’s time to move on.  He’s put in order to Italy, and of course he wants me to go with him.  And as much as I love him and want to spend the rest of my life with him, I can’t just move to another country without a bigger commitment than just boyfriend and girlfriend, you know what I mean?  As I’m going to be the one giving up my job, leaving my family and everything I’ve eve known, I’m going to need some security.  And marriage will provide that support that I need because even though I know he’ll take care of me, there are just some benefits I won’t receive unless we’re married.  So while most of this has been discussed, we still haven’t talked about actually getting married and setting a date.  I guess I’ll just have to wait and see what the m future has in store for me.