The Dragonborn Comes

Let's start today's post with a video, shall we? Have a listen.

I was searching earlier today for music from the game The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and I found this video. The user, malufenix is amazing and does so much for this song. I especially love how she ended the song. I wish the bards in the game sang as well as she does in this video.

Not really much else to post about today. I start my new job here in a few hours. I need to head to bed soon. This will be a change for me as I normally don't sleep until a few hours from now. Having to wake up at 6 am will take some getting used to. I'm not really worried about the commute. In fact, any excuse to spend more time in my car I enjoy. Gives me time to enjoy her!

The biggest change for me will be having to get used to not seeing or talking to my girlfriend every day. Being in a long distance relationship, communication is very important. And as she is 8 hours ahead of me, it makes our talking time very limited (ex. The time I'm at work, is the time she is at home. By the time I get home, it's past mid-night) so we will have to rely heavily on emails, video messages and the like.

It's going to be hard. I think harder for her. While I will have a job to have my mind focused on, she will be at home. And while this is only temporary (a year or so) it's going to be a very hard year. On the other hand, if we can make it though this, then I feel we have a very good chance of making it against anything else that may come up. So, I guess I can look at this as a test for our relationship.

....I hate tests. I'm happy I have a job, but sad too. If I had my way, I'd be at home speaking to my girlfriend. But this world runs on money. And with unemployment being harder to upkeep, and not sure if I will have a paycheck after so many months, I need something stable. So this will provide me with money for savings, and for our future together.

I'm reminded of a story my history teacher told us. It was high school and this teacher, Mr. G was my favorite teacher. He told us of a story about a farmer, and his family. The farmer had corn, and each year they would keep some and sell the rest. But, the farmer wanted a new tractor, so he could grow more corn and provide more for his family. But in order to do so, that would mean less corn for the time being for the family. So there were some days during the winter months where they had to go without, but in the end he saved enough money for the tractor, and was able to provide for his family.

That was a round about way of saying, good things come with a price. A minor setback now can provide positive growth in the future. Yes, this will be hard but we will be better off in the end after this all. Remember, they never said it would be easy. They only said it would be worth it. She is worth it. And I feel that our future together is worth it.

Good luck out there for you guys. Find your tractor. It's going to take work, some pain and tears but in the end, you will have what you want. We just need to find the strength in ourselves to make it though this hard time.