phone conversations

I think it is really funny how there are people you could spend hours on the phone with, even if you aren't really talking just kind of being there without physically being in the same space. But then there are other people you can't wait to get off the phone with or no matter how hard you try to extend the conversation it seems to just die! My dad and I are like that. I try to talk to him on the phone and will ramble on and on, but the second I stop... splat! You hear crickets 3,000 miles away. It is just funny. Do you have someone like that?

Home and back again...

I went home again this past weekend, thus explaining my sudden disappearance from blogging. I went home for my brother's birthday and the balloon fiesta. I have been attending our state's hot air balloon event since I was essentially born. I love it. The best part was that fall was creeping across the fields and mountains in which I live. It was gorgeous. I have told everyone that we had the doors open all day on Sunday to let the cool breeze in; we spent all day in sweatshirts to enjoy the cool, crisp air. It was great, but now I am back. Back to the daily grind. My trip home, combined with my faculty training has been occupying a lot of my time. I am excited about faculty training for two reasons. One because I will actually be teaching, and teaching at the college level. The second reason is because it means extra money, which I could really really use right now. I wish I could find a nonchalant kick back weekend job that was inconsistent and flexible. I know it would help the weekends pass a lot faster.... well, more time... just more time. It is over.

A confession...

I am excited that one of my posts is actually getting some comments, but I have to add some more information. So the day I called off work was on a Thursday. Well my ex-fiance and I went for a hike on Saturday. We drove up Friday, after I got off work, he picked me up and drove us up there (because he has the SUV). We slept in the back of the SUV and then hiked down the next day, Saturday. We had a really good conversation down at the bottom near the stream. Well, he called off work so we could do this hike. I had talked about it for like a month already... so I don't know what it means. Maybe we are just taking our time to say goodbye but I can't help but hope. However, I really know that if we are going to be together it probably won't be for some time, years at best. As always, only time will tell.