Hey LJ, what's shakin'?
Since the last I posted I have new job, with an old company - which this go 'round though as a contractor w/o benefits is paying me really good money. They have paid for my expedited passport and sent me to Ireland which was cool (nay, cold!) too bad it was all work and little play save for a few pubs afterhours.
But that is not the craziest thing that has happened the last few weeks...
My longtime boyfriend proposed last week. What!? It was on the way home from the airport after the aforementioned Ireland trip. We chilled that evening and went to tell my mom the next day (Last Saturday, Jan 31).
She seemed, as I told one of my brothers, nonchalant about the news - and if you new my mom, you would not be entirely surprised. She has some, how do you say, cognitive issues? We think there may have been a mild stroke a few years ago but without subjecting her to a myriad of tests, it is speculation.
Fast forward to today, I,well we, went to my mom's house for my weekly check in and to see what bills needed paying and such. For some weird reason she is upset that Geoff is there with me.
I tell her, well, we ARE getting married to which she replies...What??? WHY!!! Um because we love each other and want to spend the rest of our lives together. As to why now, well, because he asked now...
I think she imagined me a "spinster" for the rest of my days and is concerned who is going to take care of her. Well, nothing in that regard will change. And WHY is it OK for my 5 siblings to marry and not me? The mind boggles...