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Main Entry: ¹luck
Pronunciation: 'l&k
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English lucke, from Middle Dutch luc; akin to Middle High German gelücke luck
1 a : a force that brings good fortune or adversity b : the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual
2 : favoring chance; also : SUCCESS
- luck·less /-l&s/ adjective

Tonight I was told that I was lucky, simontaniously by two people. It has to be true I suppose. I'm reluctant to call my recent good fortune luck. Luck runs out. But currently I don't know how else to explain that I've landed a great job with great people and at about the same time aquired a wonderful girlfriend.

I don't know what it is.. and I'm not about to question it.

I'll be leaving for Nebraska in a few short hours. I really wish I diddn't have to.

So, Vernie talks in her sleep. She's a little embarrased but aparently I do even weirder things in my sleep. Anyway, I noticed she was talking and moved in closer to try to hear what she was saying. Well, She not only talks in her sleep but she opens her eyes. I have to admit I was a bit freaked out at times.

So, here's the reson I'm writing.. one of the things she said was "Nebraska sucks, .... it's full of cows" this was surrounded by mumbled sayings like "stay" and "don't go" It was all very sweet really. A few minutes later she seemed distressed and began tossing about. I put my hand on her forehead and tried to comfort her.. thinking she was half awake I spoke to her softly but she was out cold. She finally said something along the lines of "please don't go, I'll make cookies." In a very sad, depressed tone. I had to hold back a tear. About two minutes later she awoke, I began telling her that she was having a bad dream and she mentioned wanting cookies.. I lauged and relayed to her what she had been saying in her sleep. :)

We're bakeing some cookies right now.. mmm chocolate ship :)

I'm going to miss her when I go back.

That translates into "Is it sushi?" A common misconception is that sushi includes raw fish. This is not so. Sushi means "with rice" It's the name of a particular Japanes dish that consists of rice and seaweed and can really be made with abbout anything, raw fish being a common ingredient. (If you make sushi at home do not ever try to use raw fish. If you've ever eaten raw fish you may have noticed it was sliced very thin. This is to facilitate the removal of paracites (or the eggs of paracites) so.. yeah... don't try it. ) Anyway, I was talking to Vernie tonight and I mentioned how, although irrational, I have a concern that over time I won't appear so wonderfull and that little things that are easy to ignore now will just drive her insane once the novelty of having met me wears off. So.. this led to the mention of the fact that this is my 5th day and we're still getting along great. I recalled a famous quote about guests who stay too long. "something something and guest go bad after 3 days" was how I recalled it.. and she had no idea what I was talking about. I told her I'd Google for it.

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days." - Benjamin Franklin

She's going to make me sushi tomorrow, at least that's the plan. I'm looking forward to it. All the food she's made so far had been very good. The plan is to go on Atkins again when I'm back in Nebraska.... I've been gaining weight I've nearly renewed my membership in the 300 club. (ugh)

well I'm starting to get tired.. and Vernie is allready asleep.. Oyasuminasai :)

This is the second to last night of my vacation. *sigh* I wish I diddn't have to leave.

Tonight Vernie and I saw "Finding Neverland" meh. It's a movie of mostly dialoge and I couldn't get 90% of it. .I have no idea what the movie was about but it had lots of peter pan references. I feel asleep a few times, Vernie kindly woke me when my head started to bob.. now, you might think that was bad but It's just another way that I thihnk she's wonderful... ok she woke me by putting her hand on my face.. which is a good alternative to an elbow to the ribs. as I type this I wonder if the main reason I had to endure such crap relationships in the past is so that I can better appreciate the girl that's right for me.

I'd like to go on and on about how wonderful she is but words don't allow me to express it properly at this time.

I fly back to Nebraska Tuesday morning. I fly from MQT at about 6:00 and I'll be in OMA before noon. Only one transfer this time (yay). When I have an idle moment I contemplate the notion of a long distance relationship. It will be tough but I'm feeling very positive about it right now. oh she's looking at me with those greenish eyes again... we're gonna watch a movie now ... I'll have to blog more later.