Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

I'll be done classes in a week. Not only that, I'll be done finals in a week. I am that close. A week on Monday, I'll start my practicum. Excitement doesn't begin to describe what I'm feeling. I finally feel like everything I've been working towards is falling so perfectly into place. The office I'm going to for my practicum is exactly what I wanted - it's big, mostly litigation, and has an office in the city I want to move to. The HR manager told me I am all but guaranteed a job for the summer - from May to the end of September. I was planning to move in September. I can push it to the beginning of October, it fits right in with my timeline. I can keep my retail job so yeah, I'll be doing 60 hour work weeks but it's all means to an end.

The only thing not going as I had hoped was my car situation. I've been driving my mom's 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix. It's a great car, and it's got almost 325000 kms on it. That kind of mileage and it's got most of it's original parts (including the windshield, which has seen better days). It has two leaks in the engine - one at the intake valve for the radiator, which means it's leaking coolant, as well as a slow oil leak. The fan (heater - it's winter and has been hitting -30 Celsius lately) works only intermittently. And last week the ABS and traction control both failed. Amazingly, the car is still driveable but it is definitely sketching me out. My dad and I are looking into my new Cruze I just don't know how I'm going to afford it. But I know my parents will help me, especially since I've been planning on buying my own car and I would be doing this on my own if the timing weren't so crappy. I'm just not making enough money yet, and won't be for another 6 weeks (give or take a little).

I am so close. Between everything I just mentioned, plus the fact that I can all but see spring (it is March, after all) my entire outlook on things has changed significantly. I can do this. My relationship will (hopefully, God I hope) be okay, for just another few months and I can finally make it a real, same city, actual relationship where we see each other as much as we want.

I've almost made it and man, does it feel good.