I feel a bit cranky...
because today was our 8th wedding anniversary and we didn't really do anything special for it. I wish he would have insisted we go out to Victoria's or something. I feel kind of bad because he does have to work tonight and I have to go to orientation early tomorrow. But I remember last year at this time we didn't really do anything to celebrate it either. I think that was when P found a girl, the tire blew on the Blazer, DH was at work, and I was stood up for an escorting interview I had driven quite a ways for. *blah*
We did do some things today though. We went to see Michelle Obama in Rochester, which was cool. She was cordial and gracious as always, but I could kind of tell she was really tired from campagining. It kinda makes me wish we would have gone to LaCrosse to see Barack, but I heard it was PACKED! As in people lining up the night before packed. I'm trying to work on my social anxiety, but it seems like I can only handle so much at a time. The crowd there wasn't terrible, although it would have been really heartening to see some place really really packed in what some people call a "Republican stronghold." Not MN in itself, just the city we live in.
We also went to Parkside to pay for the mobile home. We have to rekey the doors and stuff, and the lot rent is kind of spendy ($287) for what you get (just the lot and garbage), but it will be ours and we can do what we like with it. I think I am going to get one of those big Obama signs and put it in our yard. Our cheap landlady wouldn't let us put up a sign. She also hasn't sprayed for bugs like she always says she is going to. If she wouldn't rent to hoodrats who live like cockroaches and dirty people (there are some good people who live here, but the vast majority here and in this neighborhood) outnumber them. I have seen a few bugs since we got that Riddex thing. But at least it will be just $287 (plus utilities) but at least we can swing that and will be saving about $100-150 a month. In some ways I don't want Dave and Michelle to see it, because in some ways I think I will feel judged. I know I shouldn't care about what other people think, and it is rather ghetto-fabulous (like a redone floor with an eagle--I know, Dave should live there because of his obsession with eagles and the American flag and crosses, and it does have some neat cabinets. I will post pics up when we get some stuff done in there. The caretaker guy was kind of pissing me off though since he kept harping on FOX news saying how they were so accurate, although a little right leaning. A LITTLE?!?! Sorry, I just got back from a Obama political rally (we also got some shirts and some buttons) and don't really want to hear "the economy's not that bad," blah blah blah...
Back to the panic anxiety thing, we did compete in a Guitar Hero competition at the movie theatre. It was ok, but my anxiety was acting up big time. I didn't win anything. Fie on my competitiveness and my social anxiety and awkwardness! At least we put ourselves out there to a social situation and talked to some people. I also saw some people at the Michelle Obama thing that we knew from doorknocking and other DFL volunteer things.
I hope DH wants to do something Thursday or Friday for an anniversary thing. I did get flowers for the first time in a long time after he had that freakout and we got into a fight though. They are purple and opening. I also got a card with a nice written message in it. The weird thing is, I got him that same card a few months ago when money was really really tight.
We did do some things today though. We went to see Michelle Obama in Rochester, which was cool. She was cordial and gracious as always, but I could kind of tell she was really tired from campagining. It kinda makes me wish we would have gone to LaCrosse to see Barack, but I heard it was PACKED! As in people lining up the night before packed. I'm trying to work on my social anxiety, but it seems like I can only handle so much at a time. The crowd there wasn't terrible, although it would have been really heartening to see some place really really packed in what some people call a "Republican stronghold." Not MN in itself, just the city we live in.
We also went to Parkside to pay for the mobile home. We have to rekey the doors and stuff, and the lot rent is kind of spendy ($287) for what you get (just the lot and garbage), but it will be ours and we can do what we like with it. I think I am going to get one of those big Obama signs and put it in our yard. Our cheap landlady wouldn't let us put up a sign. She also hasn't sprayed for bugs like she always says she is going to. If she wouldn't rent to hoodrats who live like cockroaches and dirty people (there are some good people who live here, but the vast majority here and in this neighborhood) outnumber them. I have seen a few bugs since we got that Riddex thing. But at least it will be just $287 (plus utilities) but at least we can swing that and will be saving about $100-150 a month. In some ways I don't want Dave and Michelle to see it, because in some ways I think I will feel judged. I know I shouldn't care about what other people think, and it is rather ghetto-fabulous (like a redone floor with an eagle--I know, Dave should live there because of his obsession with eagles and the American flag and crosses, and it does have some neat cabinets. I will post pics up when we get some stuff done in there. The caretaker guy was kind of pissing me off though since he kept harping on FOX news saying how they were so accurate, although a little right leaning. A LITTLE?!?! Sorry, I just got back from a Obama political rally (we also got some shirts and some buttons) and don't really want to hear "the economy's not that bad," blah blah blah...
Back to the panic anxiety thing, we did compete in a Guitar Hero competition at the movie theatre. It was ok, but my anxiety was acting up big time. I didn't win anything. Fie on my competitiveness and my social anxiety and awkwardness! At least we put ourselves out there to a social situation and talked to some people. I also saw some people at the Michelle Obama thing that we knew from doorknocking and other DFL volunteer things.
I hope DH wants to do something Thursday or Friday for an anniversary thing. I did get flowers for the first time in a long time after he had that freakout and we got into a fight though. They are purple and opening. I also got a card with a nice written message in it. The weird thing is, I got him that same card a few months ago when money was really really tight.