Long time no see.

So a lot's happened since last summer. For a long time all that was happening was lots of work. And work is good.

I was promoted to editor of the newspaper I work for. That's crazy and strange but good I suppose. I can't really complain about it. It's a lot of work but it's worthwhile. When my publisher told me of his plans I laughed. That was my reaction. It's just that I'm pretty young and not out of college that long but there you have it. It just sort of happened. And it was all stuff I was already doing because of our shrinking staff.

Steve and I celebrated six years together. Woo, a long time. Still no ring, but that's ok. Eloping is looking better every day. Funny thing is there's this beautiful ring I want that's earth friendly and inexpensive and I'm absolutely in love with it. Showed it to Steve and he says it's too cheap to be a "real" engagement ring. I told him he can always upgrade to a "real" ring later but he doesn't agree. It's just so strange. Doesn't want to buy me a ring after six years (though talks about our future family and planning for our future), but oh wait - we just bought a condo together. *Sigh.* I love him. He's wonderful. And I know he loves me. And I know it's a forever thing. It's just after six years how much more patient could I be?

That's the other big thing that's happened since I last posted. We bought property! Yay! We moved from 0@kt0n to R3st0n and were able to find a great two-bedroom place in town center. It's nice knowing we'll get to live in one place for more than a year. After moving every year in college, moving frequently with my mom growing up (yay for a single-mom salary), and then moving every year we lived here it'll be great to have some stability. We took down popcorn ceilings. Had the place thoroughly cleaned (HVAC and carpets), painted and now we're finishing up the moving stuff and unpacking stuff.

I love it here. Life is actually quite good right now. Such a contrast from last winter, which is nice. But it's late so I'm off.