End of a week

Where did it go? How did it drag so badly sometimes and just fly in other places? And why do I still have about a half-dozen emails to answer? My life hasn't been that hectic- has it? Maybe it has... Anyway.

No word yet about the third shift job at the factory. No word yet from the school about the contract. I'm really going to just write a short email tomorrow and post it to them on Monday at the latest. I need to know ASAP what I should be planning for. Do I need to be looking for housing for a month and a half, or for six months in the States? Longer? We'll see.

What else? I need to do something creative/useful. Chigger still hasn't sent me my latest revisions/corrections list. 

Tomorrow is Former Roomie and MarineJoe's wedding. I saw Former Roomie's dad today. He didn't look as stressed as I thought he might, though that might have been because he was out of range of the ladies of the family who are probably doing a fair bit of stressing/last minute planning. I don't know. Maybe they're not. Former Roomie was usually pretty good about getting things planned- it was mostly other people not getting their act together that got in her way.

Anyway, as of tomorrow she will hereby be known as MarineWife. And no, I don't think it's degrading. At one point I would have thought that- I thought the screenname 'Glorfindel's_Girl' was degrading. It made it sound as though said girl was just an appendage. I think MarineWife will be an accurate description of Former Roomie's status and role, not just in relation to MarineJoe but as an individual with the right blend of nerve and kindness to be a permanent NCO to one freakin' lucky guy! Maybe more like XO than NCO, but I guess it depends on how big a task force they're going to be commanding. ;) 

Wow... I've joked before about being 'Aunt Bolyongok' but it has hit me again that I might get that honorary title in a few years. Maybe. If I don't, I won't be disappointed. If I do, I'll be highly amused.

And tomorrow being a party, I will probably post something in the morning after my apartment hunt. Don't count on an update about the wedding until Sunday, if then. But please keep Former Roomie and MarineJoe in your prayers as they enter the newest phase of their lives- an adventure, with all the attendant ups and downs.