Cliff Notes

I owe everybody some content. There's a huge gap here that I need to fill, and I hope to get that taken care of in the coming days and weeks. But tonight I'm tired -- so you get the Cliff Notes.

• Back in September, as I mentioned, I went to Florida to meet Allison. It went well. Very well.
• On that same trip I took the scenic route home, stopping in Houston for a few days to visit John and Mike. Also good stuff.
• In November, a few weeks before Thanksgiving, Allison ventured out to California. She'd never been to San Diego, so I gave her the dime tour. We did touristy stuff, visited with most of my friends and (most importantly) spent as much time as possible together. Allison returned to the Land of Humidity (tm) a few days later, and parting at the airport was more difficult the second time around.
• In February I made another trip out to Florida. Somewhere around this point Allison and I finally got fed up with the long-distance thing, and decided that we needed to close the gap. 3000 mile commutes suck.
• Allison and I talked for a while, and decided that we were ready to move in together. Florida, being Florida, lost the battle (it was pretty much a no-brainer). The exodus would happen sometime in the summer.
• The Move is scheduled for June 1st. I'm flying out there, and the two of us will drive home together. To our home.
• On the return trip to California the two of us will make a pit stop in Evansville, Indiana (her home town). We'll spend a couple days in her old stomping grounds (since we're not sure when the next opportunity will be) before setting our sights on the west coast.
• I'm moving in less than two weeks. My current studio apartment isn't going to cut it. I found a three-bedroom house for rent in Oceanside. Deposits are paid, boxes are packed, and we're slowing approaching D-Day.

With moves there's (obviously) a lot of things that need to happen: finances, logistics, schedules. We're at the point that everything is pretty much set. Now it's just a waiting game, and the dates are closing in. This is a good thing.

The new chapter's getting ready to start.