How long has it been?  Yup, forever.  I really have been busy as all hell.  Since I last left you, Shaka came up here for two weeks during the Christmas/New Years holiday.  Our buddy Sherin came up here too for a week.  We had about the maximum amount of fun you could possibly have without really leaving the house.  LMAO. 

I'm not really telling the events since last update in order so just bare with me......
January 25th marked our 9 month mark, or as she likes to call it, 3/4ths.  LOL.  She's weird.  Things are going just fine.  We hit a little snag at one point, but that situation is straightened out and it's out of my hands now.  I'm the type of dude that just moves forward and hopes that whatever's behind me doesn't bite my ass.  No time to stop and think about anything.  Life's too short, right? 

Ya knew it had to happen, right?  Yup, my peaceful era at work has ended, and it has ended in a fury.  It's SO DAMN LONG of a story, I refuse to tell anyone besides Shaka all the details because it takes too much energy to tell the story.  And honestly, it's too long to keep any of your attention, especially since you all don't know the characters involved.  All I can really say is that I'm at a point where I'm either going to be transferred to a different department, suspended, my supervisor disciplined in some way, or I get terminated.  Either way it goes, I'mma suffer somehow.  Even if nothing happens with me (which is the way it's supposed to be) then if my boss gets in some kind of trouble, he's gonna take it out on me thru extra assignments.  My best bet is to transfer to a different department (there's only one other department that has an opening), and it won't be much of an upgrade.  My alternative is to just find another job.  The choice I'm leaning towards though is behind door #3.  I'll take a month leave of absence, and then when my 2 year anniversary comes up (which will be pushed back to June 5th because of the month off) I'll take a year educational leave.  That way, I can be reimbursed 60% of my salary if I maintain a C average (ya joking right?) and I can find a better job in the process.  If all else fails, at least when I return to work, my boss will probably be in a different department because word is that someone else is retiring and he's in line for that position and it's going to happen within this year.  Pray for me y'all.

I'm going to AZ again in Feb. to see Shaka.  I don't know when and how long yet though....it's all depending on if I take that leave or not.  If I take it, I'm going for 2-3 weeks.  If I don't take it, I'll be there the weekend before V-Day.  V-Day is important for both of us because neither of us have had a partner for that day ever.  We are well on our way to ending that situation for both of us.  She wants to wreck the apartment with wild animal sex before she moves out so I guess I gotta oblige.  OOPS....Was that out loud?  LOL.  She'll be leaving the apartment at the end of Feb. and moving in with a group of girls.  Hopefully that works out for her.