Well, to my misfortune I walked to Cafe Cubana today but was unable to get onto the Internet. There are a limited number of power outlets and my lap top's battery was on empty.... so I went out for a walk-about. I walked from 15th and Peoria up Peoria to 3rd street, went west into downtown and passed by the OSU-Tulsa campus (which was closed). I've ended my journey at Gypsy's Coffee House and purchased (arghh) Internet access here.
This morning I finished off one of the
books Maryna gave me for Christmas. Then I read a couple of discussions in Plato, and a chapter or two in
Captains Curageous. I would say that I mostly read today... but I was hoping to do some work on my Parallel Genetic Algorithm today as well :(
I've spent most of my free thought time since September thinking about what it means to be in a relationship and where Maryna and my relationship should be heading - unbeknownst to her. Occasionally, I would ask her about this or that and express my angst to her during this period - and while she could tell that I was evaluating some major decision she wasn't sure about the topic. And so, I reached a conclusion eventually and settled on
marriage. After evaluating everything that I like and love about Maryna and trying to enumerate the things that I didn't like (and there was only one small thing ) and trying to weigh out the pros and cons, I felt that I should take the plunge. As Marcin so elegantly put:
"If she is the best thing that has ever happened to you, marry her, and if she is just a little piece of ass... well, you can get ass anywhere"
So, here I am staring down the
final frontier and I'm at peace with it. It is going to be interesting to say the least and will most likely call for another trip to Belarus and an Orthodox Wedding there... which would intimidate the average joe, but I've already been once, and it wasn't bad at all. Plus, we'll already be in Europe, so it would be nice to make a honeymoon of it while we're there.... I'm thinking Paris or Amsterdam. Needless to say, I will be working on my Russian among other things in the coming months.
