Does Anyone Even Still Read This?

Oh man, it's been a long couple of months. Not all bad stuff, though. After my mom was released from the hospital she sort of got better. Though three months and many different types of oral antibiotics and her urinary tract infection still hasn't cleared... I'm beginning to wonder if it ever will. But she's feeling OK for the most part so I'm not overwhelmingly concerned.

Life otherwise has been busy but fine. I'm in Boston right now, watching Matt sleep, and wondering when I should try to start driving home. Seems like I haven't been home much at all lately, which is honestly kind of the way I like it. August was busy because I was taking a class at work, so I was preoccupied with studying and homework, and then I had my orientation on different units in the hospital... and then September seemed to fly by. Now I'm back on my own unit, but I've been traveling a lot (to Albany at the end of September for Laura's sister's wedding, to Florida with Susan at the beginning of October, now to visit Matt, and in two weeks I'll be leaving again to go to Spain with Susan).

On other news I almost had a crisis and moved out of my parents' house. Not that moving out would have been a crisis (more like an "it's about time I stopped mooching" event). I don't know what exactly prompted it but it was probably something like I'd been arguing more and more with my mother and I just couldn't take it anymore. She and I have such a close relationship, but when I finished college and moved back in a couple years ago, our closeness compounded and the fact that we're both strong-willed and outspoken kind of took over the household and strained our relationship. I end up crying a lot more than I'd like to admit, and I know I make my mother cry also a lot more than I'd like to admit. So those two facts are a prime indication to me that it's time for me to leave. But I don't want to just leave... though I almost moved in with Adam, which would have been a blast. I really would like to buy a place though, and right now I can't afford it, so if I moved out and stopped being able to save money, I *really* wouldn't be able to afford to purchase something. Plus, there are other reasons I wasn't quite ready to leave at that moment... so it didn't happen.

Anyway, so that's pretty much it. Matt's awake and we're probably going to play a little catch or something before I get going. Hopefully it won't be another three months before I post my next blog entry. I wouldn't want to keep all you Noodle fans waiting.