Fleeing Friends, Family, and Fiances!!

Its been a little while since I updated my current situation. At last blog, I had just proposed to my one and only, and we were preparing for her to pursue an amazing opportunity on the Norwegian Jade in the Med. While those 5 months apart did not look appealing, we knew that it was where Sam needed to be. However, those 5 months apart have quickly turned into 45 days as I will be cruising on her ship for 2 weeks at the end of June! We are both extremely excited about spending some time together in Italy and the Greek Isles. In the meantime, I did vista Sam at rehearsals in Tampa, went to Spring Training in Scottsdale, and built a pretty sweet peeps diorama for Easter. I got to see my parents new house in Chico, saw my beautiful niece, and I've been to five Giants games.

I cannot help but feel a bit like the people closest to me are making every attempt to escape my presence. Sam took a job in the Mediterranean, my best friend Josiah is in Georgia, kicking' ass in the Army, trying to decide what his next move will be, and my brother Tim moved to South Korea for a year to teach English. I'm trying not to take it personally. Go Skype.

As you know I am also educating myself on the finer points of the business of sport. I have finished the first two classes in my graduate program and I am a couple weeks into the third. The program has more then lived up to my expectations, and I greatly look forward to the next 18 months of it. I have already had the opportunity to attend fun events as an intern or student that I would have had to pay to attend before. Have class at AT&T park is not bad either. My cohort is full of great people that share my passion for learning and for sports.

As for wedding plans, we are trying reign in our excitement and not plan the entire wedding 14 months before, but we do have some of the major details figured out. For one, the date. You can mark down July 7, 2012. Many of the other things we are going to wait to do until Sam gets back from the Med.

Until next time, take care, stay classy, and keep us in your prayers.

D