I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy and safe Thanksgiving break!!

I’m ready for Thanksgiving break. I can’t wait to eat, drink, sleep, and be merry. This semester has went well professionally, but as a student, it has been a little rocky. It’s almost over. I’ll emerge on the other side that much closer to my Master’s. For lack of any other way to put it: Yeeeehaw!

By the way, Becca and I had a great weekend! I laughed so much my ribs hurt. Seeing her for 5 days is another reason to long for Thanksgiving break! I’m so happy, I could pee, but I won’t because I’m potty trained and it’s a bit nasty on carpet.

Anyone and everyone who has known me for any length of time knows that I stress over my schoolwork. Even though I’m a graduate student who is nearly done, I still have the same fear of failure I had as an ignorant freshman about 6 years ago.

This weekend, I was stessing so bad. Becca stepped in and gave me one more reason to marry her. She greeted my stress with soothing tones and waved it off with one brush of her hand across my face. After her loving touch, I once again realized that life’s not so bad and that everything will be ok. I’ll never have to stress alone again. I’ve found the one who can calm the rage of nerves inside of me. I don’t think it’s possible to love her anymore, but I know now that I can always love her calmly.

So, today I decided that jerrytravis.com is going to get a name change. As of 7:12pm on November 10, 2005, jerrytravis.com will become beccakimdotcomcuzjerrytravisnolongerpoststhingsonhereandhisfriendsareprobablygettingtiredofreadingmystupidrandomness.com. And, as a side-note, and because I’m really excited about it and am counting down the hours, I now have less than 13 hours before I head home to see my sweety!!!

Trav came to visit me this weekend at UK. Nothing unusual about that. Happens every time I’m on staff, right? Well, this weekend we had both geared ourselves up to spend the weekend apart as I studied for a test and Trav wrote a paper. Much to my surprise and delite, Trav decided that he’d come see me Saturday evening. Every second I spend with Trav is unforgettable, but something about the unexpectedness of his visit made this visit the best yet. Sure, it was short because he came yesterday evening and had to leave today. Sure, it was, to say the least, weird, because he stayed in my room to write his paper and we were so close, yet so far away from each other while I was working. Sure, it was too hot to cuddle, but isn’t it always? I live in Jewell Hall. But with all of these things considered, I wouldn’t change this weekend for anything in the world.