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So much can change in 3 weeks.

Three weeks doesn't seem like a very long time, from some angles. From others, it seems like it could be an eternity. Overall, though, I think 3 weeks is just enough time for everything to completely change.

I will be gone for three weeks, if you haven't gathered. My semi-recent promotion requires me to become certified, and to do that I am lucky enough to get to travel to California for three whole weeks, to study, learn, take tests, and be awesome. It's pretty exciting. I'll get to be out of town, not really completely have to deal with my life. Not that it won't be fairly prominent in my mind, but at least I won't be in town. I also will not be as available. The time zone there is two hours earlier, I will be in class most every day, and then probably doing a little studying, hitting the gym, and sleeping. The first full weekend I am there, my brother and his significant other are driving up to visit me, and we will be doing a bit of shopping and sight-seeing. It will be wonderful.

I only wish I could be gone longer. I'm sure I won't want to come back. Probably not, though, for the reasons you would assume (weather, more chill environment, etc). I won't want to come back because I don't want to come back to my life.

Who knows what all will happen in three weeks. Based on my previous experiences, however, I think I can safely say that I will not be a fan of whatever ends up happening.