So today's my first day back at work in nearly 2 weeks, and this is the first break I've had since 8 this morning.  Gross.  I wish I had the summer break that my lil bro has- no job, just hanging out, going to the beach with friends, a basically being a bum.  I miss those days sometimes. 
I know I sound completely sappy and retardedly head-over-heels lately, but I can't help it.  I have never, ever in my life felt like this. 
Cute, sappy story, for those of you who care about my love life:
When I was in high school, we weren't dating anymore but were still good friends.  One afternoon, shortly before he moved to Texas, we were sitting in my car having one of those endless conversations, and before I left to go home, I gave him my ring- at the time, it was my favorite ring...2 separate rings joined in a celtic knot.  I told him that the rings were like our lives-completely separate but always joined, and that I would always be there for him as a friend.  Time passed, and I kinda forgot about giving him the ring- we would talk off and on throughout the years, and we were both dating other people.  We kept each other up to date on our lives, but it seemed like we were living in 2 different worlds- I was going to school to become a lawyer, he was trying to make things work for his new family.  Yet we always knew where the other was...like the ring I gave him, we were living 2 different lives, but we were always connected.
Last night, I was at his house when he pulled out my ring. It's tarnished with age now, but he's kept it with him all these years.  When he was working on the boats, it and his pocket watch were all he had with him.  He told me that he had dreamed of the day that he would be able to give it back to me, but never thought it would happen.  Little did he know...
So he told me that he was going to have it cleaned and was going to give it back to me for my birthday...talk about making me cry...I can't seem to express in words what it meant to me that he held on to it...
Enough sappiness. 
Birthday in 2 weeks!!  Yay!  Finally legal...about damn time.
Those of you who read my journal, keep me updated on what's going on in your lives...I miss all of my SHC buddies already!