What happened to April!

Well so much for once a month.. not that it matters because I think that my cousin Macey is the only one that reads this anyway ;) and I keep in touch with her fairly well (most of the time!).

Life moves so fast and I guess it only goes faster as the years progress. Not necessarily as we get older, but as earth adds years and we add technology everything gets kicked up a notch. I used to think that it was just because we were young that we thought time flew. Then I started working in geriatrics and I realized that the mature and wise elderly people felt like it moves faster every year too. I always thought.. but you're so slow, maybe you just can't keep up!? No, I really think that the world is going at a faster pace. Just like the dollar loses value, the second is too. Probably just America actually. That's also why we are so unhealthy.. stress, high blood pressure... strokes.. and that's what keeps me in business. Sorry! Kidding! I would have plenty to do if everyone stayed healthy and stopped stroking out.

Hey, I didn’t call it “Jillian’s blog of warm-fuzzies”!

So that leads me to my point, which is that my wedding is getting closer!! Blake should hear about his job this week, and in two weekends we’re going house hunting. I realized that moving out of my apartment and away from Mercer Island is like breaking up after a two year serious relationship. Every time I think of something that I had hoped to do with Blake here, or that I had hoped to do with friends or some plan I had for life that in mind would happen here. All of those standards that I have set so high and each time we have a sunny day and the sight of that clear blue water against the green trees and mountains takes my breath away… a little piece of my heart breaks. It’s like I’m slowly realizing that the life that I had planned will never happen.

However, just like in love, life goes on. You meet someone new, you appreciate qualities in someone that you never knew you wanted or needed and somehow you find yourself in love with the most unlikely friend that takes your breath away and amazes you every day. Now the likelihood of my falling in love with Tri-Cities is very slim, but the point is you just never know what is out there. The most unexpected things might sweep me off my feet. Like maybe I’ll learn to like the sun… we'll see!