Life update

So, Jessica has been in Wisconsin for the past couple weeks, and it has been rough. I've been feeling quite down, missing her a lot, not really enjoying school, being under the weather and generally lonely because I'm now alone in my own apartment.

But I decided I had to do something to change this. My feelings have been a real drag on our relationship, and I was afraid I was going to irreparably damage what we have. She means the world to me, and I don't want a mere two months to interfere with a lifetime of happiness.

So I'm going to Wisconsin. The monetary cost of going will be a drop in the bucket in light of cost of not going. I don't think for a minute we would have ever considered breaking up, we are perfect for eachother, but I wouldn't want any sort of a bad experience to taint our feelings from here on out.

I'm trying my best to keep my spirits high, and counting down 9 days rather than 53 is definently bouying my spirits. We do talk a fair bit, but it's scattered and impossible to schedule, so it was hard to look forward too. this milestone in 215hours is very easy to look forward too.

So I'm flying out of St. John's at 5:20am on the 21st, and I will be in Milwaukee by 9:20am local time. I'm renting a car and driving the couple hours up to Almond, Wisconsin where the camp Jessica is working at is located. So I'm anxiously counting down to lunchtime (central time) on June 21. I will be there for 3 nights, then a night in Madison and then one last night at the camp before I fly out of Milwaukee at 6:30pm on June 26th.

In exchange for permission to visit the camp, and staying there I'll be volunteering some time doing maintenance work, etc. Hopefully I'll get to spend a fair bit of time with Jessica those first few days while she is still working, if not it's going to drive me nuts :)

Anyway, wish me luck and good times in Wisconsin.

The other big news in my life is that we have decided on August, 2007 for a wedding date. So far not too many details have been ironed out, but we're looking at an outdoor garden wedding and reception at Jessicas parents house. My uncle Garry will officiate the ceremony, he's a Pentecostal minister, and my cousin Erin will be doing a solo, so it will be a very family oriented wedding.

Life moves on, and things I never thought would happen in my life keep coming fast. I'm constantly amazed I found someone like Jessica, and now that we are getting married, I'm so gratefull for all the things that brought us together.

Love life and live each day to the fullest,

Jonathan