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This is what fills my hours other than working...


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Well, Gunner and I made it fine to Nanaimo. It was an interesting day for sure! We got up EARLY and went into my office. Gunner was his usual wonderful child self and everyone came in to say hi to him. I had my usual Friday morning meeting where Gun chipped in his 2 cents worth. It was pretty funny.

We left work and went to his Dr. appointment - where he took his shots as a trooper! He had a nurse on each side of him and they each took a leg and put in the first shot... He looked up at me and made a "AWK!!" then stopped. He swaked again when the needles came out. Then they each poked her again and he yelled a little more, but quickly stopped. When they were done, one of the nurses came to talk to me and he put on the biggest smile for her. They told me that he was welcome back to the office any time!

Thats how he is. :-)

We drove without anything major happening to the ferry, crossed without any problems, and finally arrived in Nanaimo. We went to dinner with everyone and had a good time.

We woke up Saturday and the world was all white! We had a foot and a half of snow fall on us overnight. That left 4 adults, Gunner, my 2 nieces, 6 dogs, 3 birds, and 2 fish trapped in a house that is torn apart while waiting for furniture that was supposed to come Sat morning. It was nice because we just watched movies and Gunner got alot of time with my dad, but BORING!!!

It had gone away enough with the plow and my dad that I could get on the ferry Sunday afternoon. Came home without incident.

It was good. Wish we could have stayed longer and done more,but next time. :-) They all just LOVED Gunner and he was his happy boy self. Its definitely nice to take a baby like that rather than the screaming monsters that you usually see.

Well, I am all but settled in now. My life is finally begining to have some routine back in it.

My office has moved and although I have given up all the admin duties to the new receptionist, I have gained another company on the accounting side. I don't know how they haven't gone under the way the previous girl was doing their books! I am glad I wasn't relying on her to pay me!! It will take a while for me to get them all straightened out, but its in the works.

Gunner and I am also settled in at home. We have a good reoutine down there and how easy it was to get him in aa routine! He was barely a month old when I went back to work and he came with me every day. I would get up, get ready then get him up and ready, he would eat then we were out the door. We still have that routine going every day except now with the office move I have put him into Day Care. He loves it! He starts giggling and talking and kicking his feet the minute we walk in the door. He is in a room with 3 other kids... twin girls 8 mos old and a little boy 2 weeks younger than him. They tell me that since Gunner is not a cryer, when one of the other kids starts to cry, they all do and Gunner just looks at them like they are off their rocker! I am VERY lucky. He is a very easy going, very happy boy. Makes it easy to take him anywhere.

Tony is doing well. He is overseas now but we have found some great ways to talk while he is there. He calls almost every day. Its nice to know he is safe. Its more like he is just out of town than in a war zone. He was trying to work out his leave so that he would be here for my birthday, but that doesn't look like it will happen. He thinks maybe for our anniversary. That would be awesome too... just having him home for a while would be nice.

Our Denali is in the shop...AGAIN. This time we just gave up and got a new motor. I think its going to be the cheaper way to go in the end. Besides, I can't drive it and the charger so it may as well be in the shop! :-P I do like not having to put gas in it right now. The car is bad enough, the truck is a killer! I am really glad though that we have 4 door vehicles. I didn't want a 4 door when I bought the charger (too bad I loved the car though!), but its nice to have all that room for Gunner. Who would have thought it... me with a big car, husband AND a baby! No wonder I don't ever update this thing! :-P

We are going to head North this weekend. My dad is home for a couple weeks and since they haven't seen Gunner yet it seems like a good time to go. It will be interesting with all the dogs and my neices there how Gunner will react. I know he isn't allergic to dogs since he had the pit's nose in his face on our last visit to my grandfather... so that I am not worried about. It will definately wear him out though. All that going on at once. Baby overload! He will be fine...he is a trooper when it comes to anything. :-)

Well... I guess I should head off down the hall. Gunner is already fast asleep and I am going to finish reading my book (maybe) tonight. I haven't really read very much since coming home from Cali a couple weeks ago. With my luck I will just get to sleep and Tony will call again... it always seems to be the way. (Still worth waking up for though.)

I will probably update again after Gunner's trip to Nanaimo!

Well, I was officially in labor by 8 am Monday morning... but didn't have Gunner until 11:56pm by C-section. Not the funnest thing I have ever done! I was in hard labor but wouldn't open more than 4 inches... seeing as how Gunner was 8lbs 14 oz and has a head 14 3/8 in around and a 14 1/4 in chest... there was going to be NO baby without a c-section. He is here though and that is the important part right? I will have pic's up soon. He is beautiful - I can't deny that! We came home this afternoon and are now just going to get geared up for Tony's family to come visit at the end of the month, then its on to the gearing up for Iraq. One step at a time. :-)

I think this year has been the hardest for me now that it is coming to a close. I started off the year newly married (4 months) moving (which we all know how much I love...) and within another couple months after that, without my new husband for a while (thanks Army!) and a new job. Not long after that I found out that we were going to have a baby. I am still having a hard time believing I am going to be answering to "Mommy", but after 9 months, I have had a little more time to adjust to it. Good thing too since we are going into the hospital in a little while (couple of hours!) to induce him.

The hardest changes for me have definately come in the last week.

As mentioned, I am having a baby today. Known that was happening but other than his due date which was the 23rd of Dec, not exactly sure when that was going to happen. I have not had a fun time being pregnant either- too many problems for me to forget anytime soon! He is said to be fine and that the problems are all on my end. I can take that. I never thought I would have to try to go thru having a baby! It still makes me shake my head that at 6 months, vicodin is perscribed, 7 months they would give me another MRI and between 8 - 9, shots of _______. Oh well. Nothing I can do but believe them when they say its alright!

We found out last Wed that the wonderful Army is sending Tony back to Iraq. Its true what they say... Timing is everything. His family is coming out here at the end of this month because of the baby so at least he will get to see them before he goes. He will also get to see his son be born - even better! But he has to be in Las Vegas by the 8th of Jan. His mom and brother will be here with me until the 12th.

Not only do I get to be a mom (that I never wanted to be) but a single mom for the next year or 2. Horray for me. I don't mean to sound like I am the only woman who ever had to deal with a baby on their own since now adays that seems to be the norm - and it is only for a a couple years... but up until a week ago, it wasn't what was going to happen. I have NO maternal insticts. Everyone keeps telling me that I will, its only natural... but lets face it - my exposure to small children is VERY limited. I have spent most of my 34 years avoiding them if at all possible. I can't tell you the number of times I have heard 'Its different when they are yours'. Bull. I am having a baby today and STILL am looking at what needs to be done as opposed to being excited about it. I figure as long as I don't freak out and take one thing at a time, I will be ok with it all.

At least 2007 is almost over.

Please forgive me...it has been a month since I last posted... (who am I asking forgiveness from exactly?!?) Anyway... at least it has only been a month and not a year! :-P

Things are still plugging along here. Work has been busier since its that time of year, but its still no even close to how busy I was before at my last job. Its nice to get paid more for doing less!

It looks like my office will be moving late winter/early fall some time. I think thats when we will plan on making the move north as well. The baby is due late Dec and we want to be able to get to the hospital fairly easily. I still have some checking into to do for him. I want to know, since I am not an American, does that mean he can still have status in Canada? Do I have to file (more) paperwork for that to happen? I am going to call an immigration lawyer and ask them. I want to give him the chance to choose for himself when he is older, plus it will make it easier for him to travel if he has some ties to Canada.

In case you haven't figured it out, the baby is a boy. And yes, I am still having a tough time coping with the idea of having a baby, but oh well. I can roll with it I suppose. A comment was made about how I had gotten over my "allergy" to small children, and for the record - I have to take Benadril to stop myself from scratching my skin off! Yes - Really! Maybe its not the baby I am actually allergic to, but its something that has changed since I have gotten farther along so my dr has me taking the benedril.

I am still thinking very much in practical terms as far as the baby is concerned. I bought a stroller set, some clothes, socks/shoes for him so far. I am more concerned on what needs to happen than being excited that he is moving around. It is fun to see Tony talking to my belly though. ;-) I think I have had a pretty easy go of things from what I understand. No morning sickness (some things made me queasy, but not actually sick), no specific cravings... pretty easy. I am still in my own clothes for the most part too. My jeans don't fit or anything, but I haven't had to buy a bunch of gross maternity pants either. I have some pants that fit well under my belly and since he is all in the front, he is easy to hide. I will say that the stretching of my muscles are the worst part for me though. When I worked out my muscles would be sore, but then get better. Now they get sore than ache. Oh well. I understand this will pass too. Nothing I can't deal with until then. :-)

Hopefully I will be able to be a little more social between now and the end of Dec. I miss seeing everyone! Tony has a 3 day thing coming up in a few weeks for the Army. I may look into getting out of town myself for those days. Maybe I will head across the Mts again... maybe I will just pamper myself at a spa... who knows!

I know I am HORRIBLE at posting to this thing for long periods of time but after chatting with fellow LJers I have been convinced that I should really be better about keeping in touch. (we shall see how long this lasts! ;-) )

Well, where to start...

The husband and I are doing very well. We are living in West Seattle still (LONG story as to why we didn't move north - best for an in person story). We moved to WS when the military sent him to GA for a month and a half and I was off work on L&I and moving wasn't something I could do very well on my own. It has worked out fairly well though. We are living with a friend there for now and starting to consider when/where we are going to go from here.

I have a new job(for those of you who don't already know). I love it. It is on Rainier so my commute takes all of 15 minutes (after stopping for coffee!). Tony's commute is even less as he works close to where I used to work. My office is going to be moving towards the end of the year so I am not sure if we will move closer or not yet. We have time to think about it. We are also thinking about the scenario when the weather turns crappy since my car doesn't do winter. Luckily we just bought a new Denali that will get me about anywhere my car doesn't, but then Tony would have to drive the Charger to work... maybe we will just have to get a beater truck that he can go to work in. We shall see.

Speaking of the Charger.. it is finally done except for the motor. The new hood, spoiler, trunk, nav system, windows, lights, emblems and of course wheels and tires all look FANTASTIC! We get more comments on it than I would have ever thought! We actually had a late 50's lady lean out her window while we were going down the street to tell me she lost her virginity in a Charger... not quite what I was expecting her to say after the comment about how great it looked, but ok. I have alot of people comment on how it looks fast and mean just sitting still. :-P

Lets see... what else... my mother finally moved away! (YEAH!!) She is in North Carolina. Hope she stays there. Its much easier for me thats for sure! WAY less stress.

I guess the biggest news of all is that after doing things nobody ever thought I would, Tony has convinced me and we are having a baby. I am still in denial about it even though I have seen the ultrasound and all that... it still doesn't seem like something I would be doing. Everyone says I will be better about it when its born, but we shall see. Oh well. He is beyond excited. My family and his are very supportive and excited. I shouldn't say that... I get excited sometimes, but for the most part I just don't think about it.

I finally got a chance to go east and see my best friend from school. Her and her husband and kids live in Spokane. That was a fun trip. I just decided to go, and went. I got to spend a few days catching up. I needed it. She and I had a falling out YEARS ago after being the closest of friends for most of our school years. I missed her. I am definately glad she is back in my life. :-) I am sure Tony and I will be making more trips there in the near future. Summer is coming (someday!) and its a nice trip.

Well... I guess that should get everyone who reads this thing up to date. I know I always say that I will be better about posting, and I never am. I think its a fact of life. I will write again I am sure, but you can always email me or call!

Well well well... finally an update (for those of you who read this thing!). I am in the process of packing the house all up. We are moving to a townhouse (3 stories of stairs - won't my knees love me). Its about the same size as the house we are in so thats a good thing. It finally gives me a chance to go thru some of the stuff I have had in the garage since I moved in here! Time to get rid of ALOT!! We are going to get rid of all the fish stuff (finally!), the old dishes and pots and pans, already got rid of the table... on the way. Its funny though, for as much as we are getting rid of, we have bought more stuff! We got Tony one of those huge tool boxes and filled it full of new tools. At least our new place still has a 2 car garage.

I have been off work now for a little over a month because of my wrists. I had a carpal tunnel study and have to go back to the dr to find out how bad it is. I worked 1/2 days from Nov - Dec and then was off for 2 weeks over the holidays, then have been off work since Jan 5th. Not scheduled to return now until Feb 5th... we shall see. Tony and I have been discussing possibly not going back to full time at all and finally getting to run my own business out of our house. Then I can work half time and we will still be fine. I don't know... its something I want to do but am still nervous about it. We probably won't make any solid decisions until we find out the deal on my wrists and for him to come back from school in GA. The Army is sending him for about a month in March so we shall see what the outcome is after that. The upnote is that I can pack while I am off work.

I need to cut this update short as it bothers my wrists to type but I needed a break for a few minutes. I can't wait to be able to catch up with everyone soon!

You would think I would learn to update more often! I always feel bad when people mention things to me that happened or not (in the case of moving to PA). Oh well... I have good intentions HONEST!!

Oh well.

Tony arrived here the last weekend of Aug. He was sneaky and drove non stop to get here from MI. He didn't want to tell me so that he could surprise me by getting here Friday early evening when I wasn't expecting him until Saturday afternoon. He was a very welcome surprise. He got to take a much deserved week off before we flew off to Vegas for our vacation.

We ended up getting married on Sept 1st in Vegas. Sorry, no Elvis or anything. :-P Just us. It was nice and I even started to cry!!

We will have a reception at some unknown point, probably not until after our Canadian Thanksgiving dinner. We are going to try to get his family out here and possible some of my family as well...we shall see. We may have to take more time and go there. It might be the easier way to go. We shall see. But for now I am just learning to be a Mrs!! :-P

Its been a while since I had a moment to update my journal. But finally I do so here it is!

Tony was trying to come out here at the begining of July, that didn't pan out so I ended up going to PA last week. It was an interesting trip to say the least. We ended up driving back to MI to visit his mom and brother. Ok, so really we went mostly so we could license the truck. It was nice though. We visited for a bit then on our drive back to PA we stopped at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio. We had a nice time. At the end of my trip, tony got down on one knee and made our engagement official with my new ring.

We had gotten back to Harrisburg, gone to his apt and packed my stuff, went to the airport only to find out that my flight was so delayed there was no way for me to catch a connection back to Seattle. Needless to say, we went and had dinner then went to bed early so that I could be back at the airport by 5am. Long flight home, but I finally made it.

Luckily my assistant was back while I was gone so that work wasn't TOTALLY screwed while was gone. I did still have to deal with things on the phone, but it could have been worse for sure. I am just glad she will be working with me during the school year this year as well. I also had a new controller start the first day of my vacation. Luckily I had met with her a little before I left so she was a little set up.

Its my birthday in a few days, and Tony still won't make it out to visit for a couple weeks after. He cut his head on the Stryker and had to spend the day in the hospital having staples put in his head. :-( I am just glad he is ok. I will just have to hold off celebrating until he is here... still worth it. :-) I have to work anyway.

I have to go to Seattle today to say goodbye to 2 people from work who are going to our new San Jose store. I don't want to. I don't even like them. Neither like me, and they make my job harder than it needs to be. I am TRYING to be the better person though. Oh well. I swuppose it won't kill me to go for an hour, but there are about a million things I would rather do on a Saturday afternoon than spend it with them.

I suppose I should get ready if I am going to be productive at all today.

What a life I have going on. I had to tell my boss that I was moving to PA, trying to make moving plans, car transport plans, job and house hunting, etc... only to find out today that the move is off! Tony will be transferred back to Tacoma in October or November.

I am excited that I do not have to go thru with all the junk you have to do to move across country, but now I have to wait longer before he and I are together. He is still convinced we are going to get married before the end of the year, but with his relocation back here and everything, I don't know that is going to happen. I suppose we shall see.

Now I have to cancel the truck, and mostly tell my boss! We will see what happens now!!

Pack the house

Got to work everyday

Ship the Charger

Train the new controller and the replacement (when we find my replacement)

Rent moving truck

Move into my new office

Go to Nanaimo and get my jukebox

Not all necessarily in this order of course. Probably work, ship the Charger, rent the truck all the while going thru a little bit each night so that I can pack and have a garage sales to get rid of ALLOT of stuff. Hopefully Tony will be here soon to visit and can help me decide what we need and what can go on the stuff I am iffy on. I will start training in July, get the Jukebox at the end of July/begining of Aug then be ready to go mid Aug. Ugh! Hope I can get it all done in time!!

Have I missed anything?!?

So I had to tell my boss that I am moving to PA today. Went about as well as expected since I do everything. I love my job and its going to be hard to leave, but Tony is more important. I gave him plenty of time though. I am not leaving until the middle of Aug so that will give us a chance to find the right person, get them and our new controller trained, new store open, staff trained... then I will be off.

The good part, is the now that we know Tony will be there for at least a year, we have a plan and will be together soon. For that I can't wait. We looked into sending one of my cars there but have since decided to trailer one behind the truck and just drive the other. It won't be so bad. It will still put the mileage on one car, but we will be doing it together and we will be together in the end. Thats the important part.

Lots to do now though... decide what comes and what get sold, going thru everything, packing... ugh. moving is not fun. At least I have time to go thru everything well. That will help, but I know the time will come quickly.

Have you ever been to Detroit? What a horrible place! Luckily I was in Auburn Hills... MUCH nicer. :-P

Wednesday morning Tony flew back to MI. He had been here for months and had no problems. He flys back to MI only to find out that his truck was stolen while he was being picked up from the airport. How horrible is that! After talking to my mother about what we can do to lift his spirits, I got a ride early Friday morning to Seatac for my all day trip to Detroit. I flew there Friday and came home this afternoon. I didn't really help much - not allot I can do other than give moral support and spend time with him. We stayed in Detroit Sunday night since my flight was very early this morning and we looked at a really nice truck that he is going to call about tomorrow. Its really nice. Hope he likes it when he drives it. It would be a good deal for him.

To make matters worse, now he has to drive to PA for work. Hopefully they won't need him there too long and he can come back to WA soon. We will try to work out some time that we can spend a weekend together soon, but I would rather just have him get the troops there trained and then have him come back here (or the other job he is thinking about which would be in CA). We shall see what happens there.

At least we got to spend a wonderful final evening together before my coming home. We capped off the evening by getting engaged. All in all an interesting weekend for sure.

It has been an interesting few days that I would not have given up for anything. After finding out that Tony was not going to leave until next wed, I came down and spent the weekend in Olympia where his hotel is. He had to work which sucked, but we still had plenty of time together in the evenings. It has been fantastic spending time and learning all I can about him. He truely is amazing. I am extreamely blessed to have him in my life. I don't want him to go, but I know he will be back.

Yesterday when he was at work I slept in, went shopping, and generally hung out. Not too exciting. Today I couldn't go anywhere since I had left my carkeys in his car, but that was ok...I watched the game and read some of my new book. Luckily Tony was done earlier today and we got to spend some time together before he has to pass out (he works very early).

I don't know what I am going to do when he is gone, but talking to him every day I am sure will help, that and i forsee LOTS of airmiles being racked up!! :-D

Ya know, i think about updating my journal often yet somehow never find the time to just sit and write something down, so now i will.

Work is...work. We have 2 stores opening soon and as you can imagine things are crazy. We finally have walls up in the new office spaces. I am looking forward to the finishing of that project being finished. The new window looks fantastic, but the skylights will be even better. I am always behind. I have actually missed about half a day every day for a month and it shows. I can't keep up and my boss knows it, which is a good thing. It is getting better though so he knows each day will be a little better then i will be back to full strength again in no time. :-)

At least even with being so ill, my social life is starting to come back together. I have had to miss some events i have been looking forward to for a long time and that sucks! As I (again) get better I am venturing out more and more and that can only get better.

I have been hanging out with someone new. Things are going very well. He is very sweet and is good for me. I have to watch what i say since he remembers EVERYTHING! I casually mentioned in passing i wanted to get a particular movie...he went to a bunch of stores until he found it for me. The downfall is he works on Ft Lewis and works ALLOT, but still makes the time to find a way to see me whenever he can, even if its just for a little while. He has to go out of town for work for a while and is already thinking about when i can fly out there. He will be back at his home visiting his family next week and i think i am going to fly out to see him in Michigan. He will be working in PA for a while, then hopefully back here but if not, it just means i might get to go somewhere else new! I haven't been to MI or PA so they will both be fun trips for me. We will have to see what happens down the road. Things are good, but it should be in the begining. If i have learned nothing from my last relationship, things do not always stay good and people are not always who they seemed to be.

Well, Tony is on his way over and i some things to do before hand. I have a feeling there will be more things to write about soon, and i shall! I can't wait to be able to catch up with some friends i have sorely missed.

I know its been a long while since I have written anything in my LJ so I guessed its about time for an update.

So much has been happening... where to start...

Work is going pretty good...busy as all hell, but pretty good. Construction is well under way on the new office spaces. I can't wait until its finished. It was hard to move around in my temporary office space, but I had to give up even more room while they are putting in drainage pipes. Now there is barely enough room to walk around my desk and shimmy thru the doorway. Oh well. The construction is going fairly quickly I suppose. I just hope to be well settled in my new desk and have everything under control when the 2 new stores open in Aug since one will be in the California market. They are slated to open a week apart so the next few months will be even busier.

The flowers around the house are well into bloom. I have the prettiest tulips right outside the slider. There are purple, yellow and kind of an orangy pink colour. I should try to find a home for some lilies, but who knows. I should talk to the gardner and see what he thinks.

My friend Marc brought the dogs over on the weekend and we loaded them into the neon to take to the park. We never made it there though, but the dogs enjoyed it anyway. His Amstaf (she is SO sweet!) was overly lovey (even for her!). She is either not feeling well or pregnant. I think she is pregnant from the rott, but its hard to say. He is very young still. They still like to come over and have an outing. :-P

Yes, I still have to clean up the neon and take it to my friend RF's place. He is gonna take some pictures of it and put it up for sale for me. I always mean to, but since the money isn't a huge issue, I put it on the back burner as far as things to do. Mostly, it just sits there. I mean, its kinda nice having an extra car for when the dogs are here, but I don't need it and it certainly wasn't my plan to keep it this long.

For those of you who don't already know...I no longer have the toyota either. On my last trip to Yakima, my friend and I were just out shopping and I asked to stop at the Dodge dealership. I have looked at a ton of new cars but hadn't decided on anything yet. I had already looked at the Acura RSX, the Honda S2000, the new RX8, the Pontiac Solstice ...well you get the idea - sports cars. I had played with the thought of a Dakota just before I was walking out the door to go to Yakima so I figured I would just take a look. Well, within half an hour we were driving back to my friends house to get my Toyota for the dealership to take a look at. Within another hour, we were driving to the party in my new 2006 Magnesium Pearl (look up the colour on the website)Dodge Charger. I LOVE it, but its not the little sports car I had been looking at. It is a full blown muscle car. :-D I even have a new license plate holder that says "Not My Daddy's Car" since guys tend to look as I go by ;-)

I told Paul about it when we chatted next. He is excited to see it. He has his heart set on a new 4 Runner for when he comes home. I am sure we will look at them when he is home from Kuwait in a couple months. He probably won't buy a new vehicle until he gets home from school in Dec, or maybe he will wait until his car gets to San Diego and will actually trade it in on the 4Runner...who knows. I know I am excited for him to be home for my birthday. He will be here for 45 days so we will take a vacation and still have lots of time together before his school in Alabama. I am sure we will pack in a few ball games and concerts as well, he is already looking at what he wants to do. It doesn't really matter though. It will be good.

I think J. is gonna take my desktop to work and fix it. He was gonna do it here, but with all the equipment and stuff he has at the giant computer company in Redmond that he works at, it will be easier to find the issue there.

I am sure I have forgotten something that is going on, but other than the normal hectic social schedule that the season brings, work, and Paul coming home...things are just as hectic as they normally are. My friends already know they won't see me much when Paul is here, so there is lots of partying now! :-P Thats not totally true, we will go to parties and BBQ's, but since we are going to be getting out of town and I have to work we may not make it to everything.

Its interesting how life works sometimes.

As a kid, I had the biggest crush on one guy. I would go out of my way to just to see him playing ball, chatting with friends, smoking (because yes, even that I swooned over at the time), or even watching him ignore me. And ignore me he did, believe me! Hey, what did I know? I was young and thought he was all that and then some. We went on the better part of a year going thru our routine this way. Me admiring his cute butt and dimples, while he did his best to ignore the young girl who wasn't even old enough yet to be in the highschool.

The following year, I started high school. All bets are off!

The guy I thought walked on water who couldn't care less, now wanted to be very close to me, whereas I had moved on. He made sure that when I needed a close friend to help me thru a breakup...he was there to pick up the pieces. ;-)

He and I spent the next few years being an on again off again item. It was hard when I moved away, but yet somehow at least in the begining we kept in touch. The hardest thing I ever had to do was watch him get on the ferry back to Vancouver when he and another friend of ours came to visit me in Nanaimo. Everytime I would come back to visit my mother, I would always make a point of seeing him and checking on how he was doing. We would go out dancing, dinner, visiting old friends... whatever. Didn't matter.

The year I graduated from highschool I moved back to WA for a stint. Of course we had both long since moved on and were 5 years older but still had the sparks fly when we would see eachother. I always had to laugh at that. :-)

Of course, I moved back to Canada and lost track of him again. Moved on with my life as he moved on with his.

Now that I have moved back to WA, he and I found eachother again. It was nice to hear from him...unexpected, but good! We had dinner a couple times and caught eachother up on our lives, reminesce about our experiences together, and generally had a good time. More time goes by as I have my relationship with devilmutt. After that came to a screaming end I received another random email from him. We agree to get together soon, but as you know... for all the good intentions I have, I don't always get to them right away.

I tell this story since after having a very emotionally taxing weekend (another journal entry some other time maybe), I got a phone call from him last night. Totally unexpected, random, but welcomed. He came over and we sat on the couch watching bad comedy and girls gone wild video commercials (wow...there really is NOTHING on at 4 am!!) I couldn't believe how quickly we were both totally at ease with eachother. We talked about the runs to his house at lunch time, about the guy I went out with (very briefly!!) to bug him. (MAN! did that ever work - he is STILL mad over it!!) I did something last night I had not done in half my life. I watched him sleep. We fell asleep in eachothers arms, woke up the same way, had a hard time getting up, just as if we had never actually spent any years apart. Comfortable. Familuar. Happy.

I am not saying that anything happened or would happen down the road, just that it felt very odd and way too comfortable to have him here last night. (His mother would have never forgiven me if I had let him drive anywhere else!) I am sure that we will get together more often than we have in the past few years. It was an experience that you always say "If I had to do it all again..." well... who knows where live may lead.

Well well well!! What a wild weekend!

My whole week was so jammed packed its hard to know where to start... Thursday night I got to visit with RF (who having dinner on Tuesday night decided he should be referred to in my LJ as Scooby Doo). He made us dinner and we watched a movie... it was nice. We haven't really had a chance to hang out since his ex was here. It really threw him for a loop, but he has bounced back. :-)

Friday night I went to Happy Hour at a great place in Kirkland. There were about 25 of us there and that ALWAYS makes for a good time!! There was good food, good drinks, dancing and best of all, good people.

Saturday, I unfortinately had to go into the office yet again... not leaving work until 7 or so every night is starting to wear on me, but at least my boss recognizes it and wants to help. Saturday night TOTALLY made up for it though! Spent the evening being pet by a beautiful man, catching up with good friends, listening to fantastic music!! I mean come on... it doesn't get much better. :-)

Sunday, I had a date with Tim. What a beautiful day for it! We went up to Snoqualmie Falls and hiked the trail. The falls were spectacular (why don't I go there more often!?!). He only slipped a little once, and like a dork I tried to help catch him. If he had actually fallen, there was NO way I could have helped! But the thought was there.

In the afternoon wanna take a guess what I did? :-P Superbowl bound baby!! I am not a big football fan but you can't help get caught up in the meyham. I can't wait to get into the city since my office is on first ave, south of the stadium. Right now, there are still people who partied all night and are still in the area.

I think RW (Scooby Doo - I almost forgot) is going to come over tonight to help set up the new living room stuff. He may have to pick some of it up since I am not sure the boxes will fit in the car. We shall see. I might just have it delivered and we can set the rest up later. I won't know until later.

Well. Since I have a very full week ahead of me already, I should get started. I suppose this wasn't as short as I had intentioned. It did give you a highlight though. So to all the people I got to catch up with this weekend... YAY!!!! Kisses all around!! I promise, my schedule will slow down enough to catch up more very soon!

Well... off to work I suppose!