Srill here and kicking.  A lot has been happening, but the short version is that I am settled into my new place after a temp stay in my NC sweeties house.  OMG, I have closet space!!!        I am pretty happy.  I do not regret moving out here to Raleigh from SE Kansas.  My life is better in every way I can measure it, and almost all of that is due to my NC sweetie.  She saved me, and lifted me to a new plane.  We have had some adjustments, but I think that after we live apart for a while and date like a regular couple, we both will get a sense of where we want to be.     I am going to school at nights and am doing about a weeks worth of school in about 3 days, and working full time so I do not have  alot of time to spend on the puter  Suffice to say that I am happy, healthy and settling in well.  Perhaps everything did not go precisely to plan,. but I am still close enough on path that I am happy.      I have learned that if you try to short circuit things or rush them along, there is a price to pay.  Sometimes, the adjustment is just too much.   Well I am gonna blog here and there, so hang with me