I have officially ended my relationship with Evie! Did I ever mention that Evie actually has THREE first names and only one last name. I have met plenty of Spanish girls with two first names and two last names, but never a sole with three first names. I guess there's a first time for everything...
There were many reasons that the two of us split, but those were mostly due to the distance, the fact that our distance resulted in jealousy, overwhelming objections by family and friends, substantially different value systems, and her failure to take responsibility for any of her mistakes. It also costs a lot of money to constantly call and travel 2,000 miles every few months. I'm afraid it's kinda strange to have a girlfriend over the phone? Now that I've figured this out on my own, maybe I can counsel some similiarly situated people so they don't make the same mistakes that I have!
So, many of you may ask, what am I going to do in my newfound free time. First of all, OBVIOUSLY I am going to have more time to post interesting stuff in the blogosphere. My other goals, not necessarily in this order include all of the following:
(1) Graduating! The tough part, of course, being somehow surviving the drafting of four papers and studying for two exams on top of that...
*** Did I mention that I have to work on top of that???!
(2) Studying for the bar exam - yep, two months of pure, unbridled joy. I didn't register in time for the live session in the morning. But, at the very least, I'll still be able to alternate between the afternoon and evening sessions. Plus the afternoon session starts later. End result: more chill time after graduation.
*** Chill time = another trip to Tampa following graduation. Maybe I can go visit some family up in Tennessee while I'm at it.
(3) Working out, getting buff. Well, I have boot camp for the balance of the month - which is approximately 14 more sessions of tough cardio, in addition to strength and balance training. Of course, beyond that I am eyeing some other fitness goals for the summer following the bar exam, including (a) learning how to play volleyball, so maybe I can meet some people down in Tampa or in South Beach or whatever freakin' beach I decide to go to; (b) tennis; (c) softball here in ATL; (d) some self-defense classes - at this point I'm considering doing tae kwon do -- this time, actually making it to blackbelt; and finally, (e) dancing -- I want to learn how to salsa dance for real. But, before I can find myself a dance part, it is necessary to look like a credible dancer. Which clearly means losing weight, gaining tone, etc etc. You know how it goes...
(4) Becoming more involved in Young Democrats, actually going to the meetings, contributing to the Democrat's future gain of the Triple Crown -- supporting a Democratic candidate because he/she is ELECTABLE, not simply going along with the mob and nominating some socially inept moron because he/she won in Iowa and New Hampshire... with that said, if some socially inept moron IS chosen, I'll have no other choice but support such loser candidate, because anyone would be better than four more years of "fight 'em over there so we don't have to fight 'em over here" foreign policy. Nevertheless, neither Hilary Clinton, Barack, nor Edwards would fall into that category, so I'd be happy with any of them.
(5) Maybe I should have put this higher on the list, but becoming closer to God, going to church more often, and getting involved with some singles events at church, having patience and realizing that only God will provide me with the person that I need. Jumping the gun does nobody any good.
(6) Learning how to play poker and getting involved with something EXTREME -- maybe learn how to ride a motorcycle, rock climb, or bungee jump.
* All of this would be AFTER the bar exam!
* Skydiving is out of the question - bungee jumping is only from 250-500 feet in the air, while skydiving means jumping out of a plane from 15,000 (approximately)
* I would only ride the motorcycle on surface streets in relatively remote areas, and would never go more than 60 miles an hour - after all, people need me here, not in some crazy accident.
(7) Improving my musical skills - taking pop/rock voice lessons, practicing piano on a daily basis again, practicing guitar very frequently - i.e. practicing in between study sessions, whenever I'm tired.
(8) Traveling to new, unknown places in Georgia and Florida - I'd like to get to know Miami a little bit better, also go to some new Spanish clubs in Tampa... and try some here in ATL too.
(9) Really getting into immigration law, learning the subtleties of the letter of the law, and learning how to manage immigration law like driving a car.
(10) Learning some basic car maintenance skills - so one day I can be a good samaritan and help out some poor soul who is stranded on the highway at 3:00 in the morning.
All of this made possible by NOT having a girlfriend over the phone, by the way!
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That's a lot to have going on. But still, better to be living hard than hardly living.
Interesting how it seems all the problems are on her end. For someone who didn't want to hurt her, you sure are saying a lot of mean stuff about Evie on the Internet.
Don't get me wrong...I think this relationship wasn't for you and wasn't working. But "got rid of her?" A point-by-point listing of her faults on the Internet for the world to see?
That's not very Christian of you, Dan. I know you. You're better than this.
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