Ancient Times
Who knows who even still has me on their friends list but I figured I need some ventilation from the smothering I've been feeling lately.
Let me give you a year in review....
Since I last posted...
I went to Ren Fair last year as a Pirate after custom ordering a steel boned corset from Damsel in this Dress on Etsy. I loved the costume so much I used it again this year on Raul and I's yearly trek.
That Christmas Raul gave me a promise/engagement ring and we plan on getting married... soonish...
My sister has returned to mostly normal and we're very close now. I am quite shocked.
I was laid off from teaching in March, but rehired by my school in July. Those were some very ugly months...
Raul and I moved in together and 2 weeks ago we moved in to our first home together.
We adopted/rescued a blue pit bull named Elmo who is quite possibly the quirkiest dog ever. Terrified of boxes and plastic bags but barks whenever he hears anyone pull in to the driveway and slam their door... And he's a cover hog. We'll be in bed and he'll some how move so that he is curled on all of the blankets. But, he's the love of our lives and I couldn't imagine life without him.
I teach 7th Grade English this year and while I have so much more freedom, I am insanely stressed with the heavier class load, crazier children, and down right harder teaching to do!
Raul was also in a car accident 2 days before we moved so we are yet again sharing my car... If it's not one thing, it's another...
Since my sister has returned to sanity, Raul's sisters have plunged off the deep end. Raul has 3 sisters and one brother, all of which are younger than him. His oldest younger sister, I believe, has some sort of Cinderella/god complex. She is constantly digging at Raul the fact that she has a family and this "amazing" job and her life is just so perfect. Raul, who has gone through a shit storm to get where he is, takes the higher road when she takes this route. She digs at him about the fact that he and I live together. (She and her now husband did the same thing. She had a court wedding because she was pregnant too... so... yeah...) When her mother asks about wedding plans and I usually will try not to be overly vocal about them because we're trying to save the money and pick things one at a time... she immediately starts talking about a church wedding and that her father is paying for it. :| Ok first, fuck you bitch, and secondly since when did you turn this in to a pissing contest? Her entire family likes me and her siblings ask me for advice. I'm thinking she's threatened by me upsurping her role as the positive influence? Who knows, but anyway....
This all came to a head last night when Raul asked his family to let us hold Thanksgiving at our new home since it's our first year and we would like to host the holidays at least during the first year. His mother is all gung ho and wants to come over for the whole day to help us set up and cook. (His mother is amazing. I luff her just like my own mom tbh) He gets a reply from his sister that essentially says that they don't plan on attending any of the holidays we asked to host for the first year and that since were an "unmarried couple with no children" we should be the ones to house hop because we don't have any "obligations" and if we want our gifts we can come to their house and pick them up. Biiiiiiiiiiitch. AND that their traditions are already established and they have so many obligations since they have children and hope that our plans don't keep their kids' grandparents from them on the holidays.... psh pleeeeeeeeeease... first of all your mother pretty much nannies for you when your younger sister isn't and they're there every day. So she can suck it as far as I'm concerned.
Some evil part of me wants her to come over so I can throw her out. BUT I'm too nice to do that honestly. AND I want her to feel like crap against my domestic skills since I know she can't cook for shit and I make most of my things from scratch.
But Raul is at his parents' at the moment having this big family meeting about the crap his sister has been pulling the past few months. I can only hope it goes well-ish and that he can come back with a resolution that does not involve me killing his sister and burying her in the sewer line behind the house...
Man, LJ, I kind of missed you and your cathartic ways...
Let me give you a year in review....
Since I last posted...
I went to Ren Fair last year as a Pirate after custom ordering a steel boned corset from Damsel in this Dress on Etsy. I loved the costume so much I used it again this year on Raul and I's yearly trek.
That Christmas Raul gave me a promise/engagement ring and we plan on getting married... soonish...
My sister has returned to mostly normal and we're very close now. I am quite shocked.
I was laid off from teaching in March, but rehired by my school in July. Those were some very ugly months...
Raul and I moved in together and 2 weeks ago we moved in to our first home together.
We adopted/rescued a blue pit bull named Elmo who is quite possibly the quirkiest dog ever. Terrified of boxes and plastic bags but barks whenever he hears anyone pull in to the driveway and slam their door... And he's a cover hog. We'll be in bed and he'll some how move so that he is curled on all of the blankets. But, he's the love of our lives and I couldn't imagine life without him.
I teach 7th Grade English this year and while I have so much more freedom, I am insanely stressed with the heavier class load, crazier children, and down right harder teaching to do!
Raul was also in a car accident 2 days before we moved so we are yet again sharing my car... If it's not one thing, it's another...
Since my sister has returned to sanity, Raul's sisters have plunged off the deep end. Raul has 3 sisters and one brother, all of which are younger than him. His oldest younger sister, I believe, has some sort of Cinderella/god complex. She is constantly digging at Raul the fact that she has a family and this "amazing" job and her life is just so perfect. Raul, who has gone through a shit storm to get where he is, takes the higher road when she takes this route. She digs at him about the fact that he and I live together. (She and her now husband did the same thing. She had a court wedding because she was pregnant too... so... yeah...) When her mother asks about wedding plans and I usually will try not to be overly vocal about them because we're trying to save the money and pick things one at a time... she immediately starts talking about a church wedding and that her father is paying for it. :| Ok first, fuck you bitch, and secondly since when did you turn this in to a pissing contest? Her entire family likes me and her siblings ask me for advice. I'm thinking she's threatened by me upsurping her role as the positive influence? Who knows, but anyway....
This all came to a head last night when Raul asked his family to let us hold Thanksgiving at our new home since it's our first year and we would like to host the holidays at least during the first year. His mother is all gung ho and wants to come over for the whole day to help us set up and cook. (His mother is amazing. I luff her just like my own mom tbh) He gets a reply from his sister that essentially says that they don't plan on attending any of the holidays we asked to host for the first year and that since were an "unmarried couple with no children" we should be the ones to house hop because we don't have any "obligations" and if we want our gifts we can come to their house and pick them up. Biiiiiiiiiiitch. AND that their traditions are already established and they have so many obligations since they have children and hope that our plans don't keep their kids' grandparents from them on the holidays.... psh pleeeeeeeeeease... first of all your mother pretty much nannies for you when your younger sister isn't and they're there every day. So she can suck it as far as I'm concerned.
Some evil part of me wants her to come over so I can throw her out. BUT I'm too nice to do that honestly. AND I want her to feel like crap against my domestic skills since I know she can't cook for shit and I make most of my things from scratch.
But Raul is at his parents' at the moment having this big family meeting about the crap his sister has been pulling the past few months. I can only hope it goes well-ish and that he can come back with a resolution that does not involve me killing his sister and burying her in the sewer line behind the house...
Man, LJ, I kind of missed you and your cathartic ways...