28. (Changes.)

There's a train coming down the tracks, and we're on it.

In a matter of days--literally, a matter of days--my life is going to take a drastic turn. For the worse? For the better? Hopefully and most likely the latter.

In two days, on Wednesday (so maybe it's technically three days, but whatever) I'll be hopping on a plane to see my girlfriend in California. A matter of days later, we'll embark on a two-day road-trip back, bringing her to my house, where she will be living with me. Living with me.

It's a change, yes. And, as my parents and friends have yet to get tired of warning me, a big one. A big, huge, change.

And honestly? I'm not afraid. I'm nervous as all hell, but nerves and fear are different things. I'm nervous. But I'm not afraid.

So all you nay-sayers, who keep telling me all these things in a vain attempt to either dissuade me of brace me for the future: stow it. My girl's coming to live with me, and I know--I know I wouldn't have it any other way. There will be problems. There will be issues. There will be clashes.

And I don't care. That's life. That's living. Existence is change. We'll work through it.

Together.