Love you,

Hello blog world. The worlds worst blogger is back on again to provide a couple of updates. I am probably only on here today because I am really missing a very dear friend. I feel like blogging draws me closer to her a little, but it has been almost a year since the last time I actually got to sit down with her. Today I am really wishing that we lived closer so that we could talk more and our kids could play together.

I was looking at pictures a couple of weeks ago with my 3 1/2 year old daughter. We came to some pictures of her playing with my friends daughter and her eyes lit up. She asked me, "Daddy can we go visit them so I can play with Brianna again?" I told her, "We will see." Then she asked, "Can we go tomorrow when I wake up?" I said, " I wish we could, but we can't go tomorrow." The conversation continued a little longer until she jumped down to go tell my son about seeing pictures of a girl she loved to play with. My heart was aching, because I wanted to visit as much as she did, but we just couldn't.

Two weeks ago, I successfully defended my research proposal for my dissertation. That was a big step, because that means that the 75 pages I wrote for the proposal did their job, and also because it gets me one step closer to doing the actual research. It also gets me one more step closer to my doctorate.

I am exhausted, so I am going to end this blog. To my friend, you know who you are, I love you so much and you have been on my heart and mind a lot lately!!!

Love you,