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So let's see... Since I last posted a lot has happened...

I worked for the first three weeks of June, and also did school since I'm taking three summer tutorials. The fourth week of June I went to Precept Ministries for boot camp staff orientation. I staffed boot camp as a team leader, which lasted from then until July 2. We had that Friday off from work, so that weekend I just chilled and hung out with the guys.

I had four days of work from the 6th through the 9th, when Maribeth (my girlfriend) came in town. The next morning we left for Savannah- My sister got married on the 11th, and then we headed down to Tybee Island with my Mom's extended family, for our yearly beach week.

After that, Maribeth came back up here for another week, to work out paperwork with Bryan since she's not coming back to school this fall. She's going to take a year off, since her family is trying to move down here, and she wants to be able to help with that process. Plus, once they move, she won't have to pay room and board.

She left today. Hence the title of the post.

In the time since my last post, a few other things have happened: I decided not to double major/double minor. Instead, I'm attempting to keep my original major, Christian Ministry, with the youth ministry option, and keep my minor of Christian Leadership, but to drop my Greek minor, and drop my Biblical Studies major to a minor. Which means I have no thesis...

Now I'm a Christian Ministry Major with a double minor is Christian Leadership and Biblical Studies. And I'll graduate in December, a semester early, Lord willing.

So now I've just got a lot of paperwork to go through, some signatures to acquire, some convincing to do... The usual stuff. And several papers to write for my summer tutorials.

Now for a story:
Back in June, Cowboy, Conner, Ryan (a new guy in the maintenance department where I work), and I were assigned to clean hair out of wheels. Someone had the bright idea to put rolling chairs in the new girls' dorm three years ago, but after three years of use, the wheels wouldn't turn. Women are unlike poodles- they shed.

While we were carrying out this tedious assignment, which took us two weeks of work, working four to eight people at a time, Cowboy got a phone call from his wife, who works on campus as well, who had just gotten information on a house that was for sale, a very good deal.

This got me thinking- with the tax refund, and the market where it is, I could afford a house! I'd been house-hunting for Maribeth's family for a couple of months, ever since they decided to move, so I already knew the market, the neighborhoods, and some realtors names... So I'm now house-hunting, for me, and have been for awhile.

I've had a couple that I really liked that went under contract right before I made an offer, and I had one that I really liked, but it didn't have but one bathroom, and all of the appliances needed updating desperately (the bathroom did too...), and the price was too high for that stuff, so I passed on it.

I found another, that I loved, and it had a fabulous view, but when I called my realtor and asked her about it, she told me it was built by Fridell, which basically means it probably isn't fit to live in, even though it's under five years old.

So I'm still looking.

That about covers it... At least for the important stuff. I'll try to blog again in a somewhat timely manner... Which means "When I get good and doggone ready!"

-R.T.

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