Year: 2004

I hate it when old memories come back and hit you in the face. In my cleaning/packing process, I just came across a large stack of photos that have the Insignificant Other and his family in them. Granted, I dated him for many years, but I’ve been purging anything that has a “tie” to him over the past two years.

I hate throwing away photos. It just seems wrong. However, I don’t want these photos to be a part of my future. What should I do?

For now, I shut the box and moved on. I don’t even want to touch them.

I made myself go to bed, only to get back up a total of 4 times to do things that I had forgotten to do. I was restless and could not stop running through my mental lists.

This morning, I was up and working by 6:45. I woke up, and once I was awake I figured it was silly to go back to sleep when there were floors to sweep and mop, toilets and showers to clean and all that fun stuff. My fingers are still prune-y and shriveled up and will probably smell like 409 for days.

After inhaling all the fumes, I decided I needed a little nap. Silly me, I didn’t set an alarm – but Kathy called and woke me up. Perfect timing! We had talked about having lunch today, but there is just too much to finish up around here. Next week, we’re on. Then we will be able to spend more time pondering why on earth they don’t make great shows like 90210 anymore. *sigh* Those were the days…

I hate it when I get the energy buzz going and I can’t sleep. I’m tired, I had to get up early to go to the dentist at 7:30 am (well, not that early – but I don’t want to make a habit of going to the dentist that early!), but Rannie and Jay will be here tomorrow afternoon and there is a lot that I want to finish around here first! Of course that means that I can’t sleep, no matter how tired I am. I hate that feeling, and I’ll be sleepy tomorrow.

However … I am really looking forward to seeing Rannie and Jay! Rannie is going to take engagement-type of photos for us in late afternoon, somewhere in the downtown area. They should turn out really nice.

Maybe, just maybe, I have pushed myself long enough and I will finally be able to sleep. I sure hope so! I want to be bright-eyed tomorrow!

I just got the call – the wedding invitations have arrived! Whoo hoo! That gives me weeks to get them addressed and sent out. I’m so excited!

I’m sitting here on the comfy Ikea chair, feeling quite exhausted. I’m so tired. Why am I so tired? Oh, wait – I know why:

– Friday, I spent the whole day packing, packing and more packing. I have packed a ton of stuff so far with Mike’s help. Closing date is in 1 week, I’ll be moving within 2 weeks, and out of my apartment by March 25th. There is more packing in the near future.

– I took a break from packing to get some packing supplies and stopped to pick up “Scene It” at Wal-Mart to take to Emily’s house on Friday night.

– The game night at Emily’s on Friday was a blast! It was nice having the guys along for a change too. In attendance were Mike and Jason, Emily and KW (obviously), Ashley and Ralph, Kimberly, Kymberlie, Natalie, her husband Peter, her brother-in-law Adam, and the amazing and hysterically funny Sarah. Natalie & I were teamed up for Scene It and we WON! (Well, ok, Mike & Kimberly kicked everyone’s butt. But we won out of the rest of us, and it was a close race!) Kimberly and I got to spend some time talking about Mom things, and later Sarah gave me helpful hints on how to be a good Mom to a teenager. I’m not sure if I’m taking her up on the advice, but I will keep it in mind…

– Saturday we ran errands. I picked up some good Ray Bradbury books at Half Price Books for Jason & I to read – I’ve missed a bunch of them, and after I fell in love with Fahrenheit 451, I want to read them all. After lunch we went to Bed, Bath & Beyond so that Mike & I could register for gifts. Then it was over to Dillards to pick out a china pattern (Lenox Federal Platinum), then off to Williams-Sonoma to look for some things that Mike needed. While we were there, we picked up 3-4 items that we would have wanted to add to a registry – so we set up an appointment to register there too.

– This morning we went back to Williams-Sonoma to set up the registry. They actually let us in before they opened so that we had the store all to ourselves – how cool is that? The registry experience has been fun – we pretty much want the same things, with just a few minor differences. Mainly because I prefer to bake over cooking, and there are more gadget items that Mike wants.

– Last but not least, we found a store that carried the wedding band that we were looking for for my ring! It is technically a three-stone anniversary ring, so there wasn’t a matching band. Helzberg didn’t carry a “flat” band like I wanted, and they said they couldn’t order one or have their jeweler make one. So after some hunting, we have finally found another store that can get one for us. Just a 2mm flat band – nothing that hard, but no one has them. Mike’s comfort fit band was less expensive there too, so we got them all at the same time. (In case you are wondering, here are examples of flat wedding bands.)

– The rest of today has been spent … doing nothing. I’m too tired to do anything else.

All in all, I had a great weekend. We got a lot of things done, and Mike, Jason & I had a great time in the process. The weather is wonderful, and I really don’t think I could ask for more…