I've been slacking

So there's really no excuse for not having written in so long... I have nothing to say for myself except that every time I think about writing here I always have 'better' things to do. Mostly things like talking to Naomi, taking a walk with Naomi, watching a movie with Naomi, cooking dinner with Naomi, Skype-ing with Naomi, swimming with Naomi, going to church with Naomi, star-gazing with Naomi... you get the idea.

It's finally starting to sink in that she and I are engaged and really going to get married this summer. We still don't have a definite date yet, since we don't have a definite church yet, but if God works things out like we've been hoping and praying He will, it'll be August 30th, in the Waxhaw, NC area. It has been increasingly difficult to stay content lately, with Naomi living three hours away, and only getting to visit each other on the weekends. I know that God has plans for growth and experiences for each of us before we get married and can spend all our time with each other, but it is sometimes hard to see that in day-to-day living. We'd both really appreciate prayer for that, especially.

School continues to go well. This Friday will be the end of the first summer session here at NC State. I have been taking a calculus class, and that's been a nice, easy introduction back in to college life. The second session will bring a both a chemistry and an economics class, and I am expecting to have to put a bit more effort into those classes than I have had to do for calculus. And then the fall semester will start, and I'll be wondering why I ever wanted to go back to school in the first place.

God has been so good to Naomi and me. I am amazed and humbled each day by the way He continually works in each of our lives, bringing us both closer to Himself, and to each other as we walk this road towards marriage. I am so very excited! Thanks so much to all of you who have been praying for us in the last few months. God is truly good!

Anson

Back Home

I arrived back in Waxhaw on Saturday evening around 6:30. It's so nice to be home! Seeing Naomi, Mom's wonderful home-made pizza, hanging out with the family, warm weather, motorcycle rides... there was so much stuff I've missed from here. I'll be around here for about three weeks, and then I'll report to the NROTC unit at NC State.

School and such

So I finally registered for my summer semester. Back to school... it was a weird feeling registering for college classes. It's been a while since I've been in school. I was hoping to be able to get all my classes done in the first summer session, and have the second one more or less free (with the exception of whatever NROTC has me doing). Unfortunately, with the new, revised schedule that my academic advisor gave me (he said that the one I had written and had approved by the ROTC commander wasn't good enough), taking all my classes in one session would put me over the limit of credit hours for a summer session. So now I have two classes in the first session (Calculus and an introductory Engineering class), and three in the second session (Chemistry I plus a lab, and some macro-economics class that I have to take). So that was kind of a bummer, but it will make each of the sessions that much easier.

NSI is almost over. We graduate on Friday morning. Then it's down to NJ to spend the night with Memom, and then on Saturday back to Waxhaw. I can't wait! This week has been dragging by so slowly, pretty much like I expected the last week to be like. So close, and still four more long days to get through! It's been a difficult two months in a lot of ways, but rewarding nevertheless.