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Blaaaah. Guess I'm writing in this thing again. Just for tonight, though.
Sorry those who keep tabs on LJ for the long silence; I haven't felt like writing, because either nothing was happening, or it was too private to expose to the rest of the world.
Both of my parents are engaged, and both are getting married in a few months. Excited for my mom's wedding, sort of bemused by my dad's, since I don't think he's been dating his fiance for very long. Highly doubt I'll be invited to that one, anyway, since I married a hooligan. ;)
Having one of those long sleepless nights, and I blame Nate. Because he told me I should try and get up earlier tomorrow to clean out the fridge and draw up a grocery list. Both are things I need to be doing, but now that I'm supposed to wake up before noon, I can't sleep. It always goes that way.
Still laid off. Nate's going back to work this/next week sometime, which is wonderful. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before I'm back, too, so we can buy some new furniture and fix the Jeep. We need a new bed like whoa. We're talking about Tempur-pedic, but I think he's going to back out because of the price. I've been looking into new couches, too, but Nate's also against those, until we move out, which probably isn't going to happen until next year. And I suppose he's right. The couches we have are holding up just fine; I just like spending money, I guess.
Speaking of spending money I don't have, I finally found a program where I can go to Finland and learn the language without having to be a college student first, but it's so expensive it's pretty much already out. :( I think it's like $2000 per week. If I had some way of fundraising the money, still, I would SO do it anyway. Especially since we aren't trying for kids or anything, and I could actually go.
Still waiting on word about whether or not Nate's headed to Cali or China this year. If he goes to California, I think I'm allowed to go with him, but the China trip I'd be staying home for. Which means if it's going to happen, I need to get to work on my driver's license.
Thinking about getting my GED again. One of these days I'm just going to have to go for it, and stop stressing money, time, and whether I can pass the test. If my brother did good, I'm sure it won't be difficult for me anyway. (No offense Mark, if you read this. :P )
I miss my niece and nephew horribly. He's practically running already and can say Mama and Yay. And Layla is growing too fast, too. Much too fast. It's hard not to want kids right away when I think about how much I'm missing out of their young lives.
I don't want to fall back into baby-crazy, though. I've lost about 5 lbs so far this year, and 5 inches off my waist, and I intend to continue that trend. I'm supposed to be going to Florida in June with my youngest sister, and I want to look and feel good by the time we go.
And I guess that mostly catches me up. Or...at least I don't feel like writing anything else. night!
Sorry those who keep tabs on LJ for the long silence; I haven't felt like writing, because either nothing was happening, or it was too private to expose to the rest of the world.
Both of my parents are engaged, and both are getting married in a few months. Excited for my mom's wedding, sort of bemused by my dad's, since I don't think he's been dating his fiance for very long. Highly doubt I'll be invited to that one, anyway, since I married a hooligan. ;)
Having one of those long sleepless nights, and I blame Nate. Because he told me I should try and get up earlier tomorrow to clean out the fridge and draw up a grocery list. Both are things I need to be doing, but now that I'm supposed to wake up before noon, I can't sleep. It always goes that way.
Still laid off. Nate's going back to work this/next week sometime, which is wonderful. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before I'm back, too, so we can buy some new furniture and fix the Jeep. We need a new bed like whoa. We're talking about Tempur-pedic, but I think he's going to back out because of the price. I've been looking into new couches, too, but Nate's also against those, until we move out, which probably isn't going to happen until next year. And I suppose he's right. The couches we have are holding up just fine; I just like spending money, I guess.
Speaking of spending money I don't have, I finally found a program where I can go to Finland and learn the language without having to be a college student first, but it's so expensive it's pretty much already out. :( I think it's like $2000 per week. If I had some way of fundraising the money, still, I would SO do it anyway. Especially since we aren't trying for kids or anything, and I could actually go.
Still waiting on word about whether or not Nate's headed to Cali or China this year. If he goes to California, I think I'm allowed to go with him, but the China trip I'd be staying home for. Which means if it's going to happen, I need to get to work on my driver's license.
Thinking about getting my GED again. One of these days I'm just going to have to go for it, and stop stressing money, time, and whether I can pass the test. If my brother did good, I'm sure it won't be difficult for me anyway. (No offense Mark, if you read this. :P )
I miss my niece and nephew horribly. He's practically running already and can say Mama and Yay. And Layla is growing too fast, too. Much too fast. It's hard not to want kids right away when I think about how much I'm missing out of their young lives.
I don't want to fall back into baby-crazy, though. I've lost about 5 lbs so far this year, and 5 inches off my waist, and I intend to continue that trend. I'm supposed to be going to Florida in June with my youngest sister, and I want to look and feel good by the time we go.
And I guess that mostly catches me up. Or...at least I don't feel like writing anything else. night!