i'm a week behind the news
last weekend felt like a long weekend only because we did so much.
friday night patrick took me over to his friend's house. it was only supposed to be me and patrick, his friend mike and his wife and their little boy, and then patrick's friend trey. instead like 10 other people showed up with their kids and everyone got a good look at me, hugged me right in as one of their own, and then proceeded to get piss-ass drunk. patrick and i were the only ones not drinking, which made it all the funnier. when we left i got all the inside gossip on the hidden tensions i didn't feel because i don't know what's going on. there is drama, but it belongs to other people.
saturday morning i ate rigatoni for breakfast with patrick's mom (dinner the night before) and she started teaching me to play euchre. we're on a team and patrick and his grandma are on a team. i caught on and eventually his mom and i won, but just barely. it was a close game. patrick's dad is glad i've taken his place because he hates to play :)
at noon we met a couple of the people who came out the night before for lunch. one of them brought another couple with their son, so there were more people to meet. patrick has a LOT of friends. we spent the afternoon just hanging around his sister's house playing with the kids. lowri and i played hide-and-seek, but patrick and i are obviously going to need to teach her how to play. she's five and to her 'hiding' is going into an empty room that you're not in and standing in the middle of it until you walk in. i tried to hide twice and the dog and the baby, who were following me as my little shadows, ratted me out. the third time i hid behind a credenza in the foyer and thought for sure she would see me because the dog was all pressed up against one side of me and the baby was pushing her plastic shopping cart into my shoulder and both were making noise. she somehow didn't see me and then couldn't find me, so she walked around the house going, 'amy make a peep so i can find you!' so cute!
we wrapped up the day of eating with dinner. lynn and brian, kym and rodney, patrick and i. it was a good time. after dinner we went back to kym and rodney's and used the vaporizer. patrick decided that moment that we had to have one. so we went shopping sunday morning. after gigantic sunday breakfast. seriously, i ate all weekend and it was AWESOME. we bought our own vaporizer (oh my god it is fucking AMAZING) and then went to old navy to get patrick some shirts. $26 and four shirts later we were headed back to the house. his sister was bringing the girls over.
patrick and i ended up taking lowri to the mall and build-a-bear for a $44 stuffed animal with ice-skates. crazy, but the people who worked there made it really fun for her. after that we took her to the play-place and let her run around. patrick and i are just sitting there watching the kids play and he says to me, 'you really want a baby, don't you? he just crushes me with the simplest words. i was on the verge of tears and thinking don'tcryinthemalldon'tcryinthemall! when he takes my hands and says 'it's ok, it's ok. i do too. i think you would be an amazing mother and i totally see us having incredible kids.' we spent the next 15 minutes just sitting there and talking very quietly about having children and watching lowri play. those were some of the sweetest moments of my life. i seriously have the most amazing man who ever lived, and he is perfect for me.
we had a big family dinner that night. his mom just feeds you, and it is all delicious. i'm sure i gained 5# that weekend. at one point we were all grazing the anti-pasta (i have discovered that i LOVE olives) and patrick leans over to whisper to me that he loved the conversation we had earlier at the mall. his sister shouted 'no secrets!' but patrick doesn't kiss and tell. he's a gentleman.
later that night i was standing in the kitchen talking to patrick's mom and his brother-in-law. patrick was in the dining room at the table talking to his dad. i looked over at him and smiled. when we were in bed together he asked me if i'd heard what his dad was saying when i'd smiled at him earlier. i couldn't hear what they were saying, i was just smiling at him. apparently his dad was asking him if patrick wants their house. both his parents were laid off two years ago and so instead of letting them lose their house he moved in and has been paying all the bills. his paycheck goes into their account and he just takes out what he needs from it. a family man in the truest sense of the word.
monday morning i left his house for work. we weren't supposed to see each other until tonight, but yesterday we both felt depressed and terrible want for each other. so he came last night too. i'm so glad he did. we had another incredible night and no one is unhappy today.
i'm so in love with this man. he is everything i've ever wanted and more than i could have hoped for.
friday night patrick took me over to his friend's house. it was only supposed to be me and patrick, his friend mike and his wife and their little boy, and then patrick's friend trey. instead like 10 other people showed up with their kids and everyone got a good look at me, hugged me right in as one of their own, and then proceeded to get piss-ass drunk. patrick and i were the only ones not drinking, which made it all the funnier. when we left i got all the inside gossip on the hidden tensions i didn't feel because i don't know what's going on. there is drama, but it belongs to other people.
saturday morning i ate rigatoni for breakfast with patrick's mom (dinner the night before) and she started teaching me to play euchre. we're on a team and patrick and his grandma are on a team. i caught on and eventually his mom and i won, but just barely. it was a close game. patrick's dad is glad i've taken his place because he hates to play :)
at noon we met a couple of the people who came out the night before for lunch. one of them brought another couple with their son, so there were more people to meet. patrick has a LOT of friends. we spent the afternoon just hanging around his sister's house playing with the kids. lowri and i played hide-and-seek, but patrick and i are obviously going to need to teach her how to play. she's five and to her 'hiding' is going into an empty room that you're not in and standing in the middle of it until you walk in. i tried to hide twice and the dog and the baby, who were following me as my little shadows, ratted me out. the third time i hid behind a credenza in the foyer and thought for sure she would see me because the dog was all pressed up against one side of me and the baby was pushing her plastic shopping cart into my shoulder and both were making noise. she somehow didn't see me and then couldn't find me, so she walked around the house going, 'amy make a peep so i can find you!' so cute!
we wrapped up the day of eating with dinner. lynn and brian, kym and rodney, patrick and i. it was a good time. after dinner we went back to kym and rodney's and used the vaporizer. patrick decided that moment that we had to have one. so we went shopping sunday morning. after gigantic sunday breakfast. seriously, i ate all weekend and it was AWESOME. we bought our own vaporizer (oh my god it is fucking AMAZING) and then went to old navy to get patrick some shirts. $26 and four shirts later we were headed back to the house. his sister was bringing the girls over.
patrick and i ended up taking lowri to the mall and build-a-bear for a $44 stuffed animal with ice-skates. crazy, but the people who worked there made it really fun for her. after that we took her to the play-place and let her run around. patrick and i are just sitting there watching the kids play and he says to me, 'you really want a baby, don't you? he just crushes me with the simplest words. i was on the verge of tears and thinking don'tcryinthemalldon'tcryinthemall! when he takes my hands and says 'it's ok, it's ok. i do too. i think you would be an amazing mother and i totally see us having incredible kids.' we spent the next 15 minutes just sitting there and talking very quietly about having children and watching lowri play. those were some of the sweetest moments of my life. i seriously have the most amazing man who ever lived, and he is perfect for me.
we had a big family dinner that night. his mom just feeds you, and it is all delicious. i'm sure i gained 5# that weekend. at one point we were all grazing the anti-pasta (i have discovered that i LOVE olives) and patrick leans over to whisper to me that he loved the conversation we had earlier at the mall. his sister shouted 'no secrets!' but patrick doesn't kiss and tell. he's a gentleman.
later that night i was standing in the kitchen talking to patrick's mom and his brother-in-law. patrick was in the dining room at the table talking to his dad. i looked over at him and smiled. when we were in bed together he asked me if i'd heard what his dad was saying when i'd smiled at him earlier. i couldn't hear what they were saying, i was just smiling at him. apparently his dad was asking him if patrick wants their house. both his parents were laid off two years ago and so instead of letting them lose their house he moved in and has been paying all the bills. his paycheck goes into their account and he just takes out what he needs from it. a family man in the truest sense of the word.
monday morning i left his house for work. we weren't supposed to see each other until tonight, but yesterday we both felt depressed and terrible want for each other. so he came last night too. i'm so glad he did. we had another incredible night and no one is unhappy today.
i'm so in love with this man. he is everything i've ever wanted and more than i could have hoped for.