Recap

Well, not so much soul searching done lately. None worth documenting I suppose. I have had quite a bit going on this week though, and maybe writing about it will spark some introspection.

So, this was the last week of formal instruction. One more week of finals and that's another semester down and one semester closer to my degree. It's really bitter sweet. You grow so close with the people in your class. You struggle the together, procrastinate then cram together, and you get to share in each others successes. This is especially true for my Critical Theory class. A few of my classmates in that class are also in my Latino/American Lit. class right after. Critical Theory is seriously a mind fuck. And my Latino/American Lit. professor is a bit of a joke, so it's kind of nice to get to just rest our minds a little after being mentally assaulted. But anyway, that's that.

We got a kitten this week. It was kind of cute actually. Robert had told me a few times that he was going to pick up a kitten for me but it kept falling through. Finally, the day that we actually did get the kitten, I wasn't particularly having a good day for whatever reason. He came to my work and told me that he had found someone selling kittens for $15 and that he was going to pick one up. It definitely brightened up my mood. I was worried that since I'm at school and work so much, he wouldn't recognize me or really want to be around me. But he seems to love people, so after a few days he became much more familiar with me. Here he is staying up with my while I did my paper. It was definitely nice to have some company for a change.

Let's see, what else happened this week? Oh, definitely the best news of the week came to us today, after over a month of persistent prayer. Robert got a new job with a new electrical company! They're going to be paying him more, and so far the job is closer than where he was working before. Literally, the first time in a while, I went about my day a little bit less stressed. This news was definitely a blessing.

I didn't realize how much this weighed on my shoulders. We go about our days and no one would ever know how much shit we really have going on in our lives and how much we're trying to sort through in our heads. Although, it does make me feel like we deserve a little pat on the back. I mean, we're still kids ourselves, we're only 23 years old. And we have taken on quite a bit of responsibility with no plan b in case something doesn't go as planned. As different as we are, Robert is no doubt my rock. When people ask us what we're going to do with the shitty situations we often seem to find ourselves in, we tell them we're going to do whatever we have to do. We make it, because we have to. We both have the mindset that failure is never an option. Our bond is really something different.