Time Flies Whether You're Having Fun or Not!


Where did the week go? I can't believe it's been 7 days since the last time I sat here to post anything.
I haven't read anyone this week...and I'm so ashamed!
I promise I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...I just got busy---again.

The school t-shirts we ordered came in and had to be passed out to students and staff. After school tutoring started this week. JA is selling cheesecakes and planning our Bunco Bash for next weekend. I had to submit pictures and articles to the newspaper for PTO. Plus school..plus kids...plus church....
and to top it all off, the boyfriend is talking marriage again.

*blinks*

I'm not sure what to think about this one.

(BRIEF HISTORY FOR NEW READERS:: BF and I have been dating over four and a half years. He says he knew from the moment he saw me that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. The first 2 years of our relationship were spent with lots of talk about "when we get married" and I was all gungho. I WANTED to get married. Or so I thought. When it wasn't happening, for lots of good reasons, I did some soul searching and stepped back, and gave myself room to breathe and grow. I've since realized that I'm really NOT in a hurry to get married. I've come to like my independence and freedom. I like going home to my own house and own bed everynight after dinner and tv.
I love this man...I love the relationship we have...and I know that when/if I do decide I want to get married again, he's the one. I'm just not sure I want to.
Marriage changes things...and once bitten twice shy.

But he's been doing a lot of soul searching, too...and maybe with recent health issues has come to make some decisions.

I'm just not sure I'm ready for it.
What if it changes things..changes us..our dynamics? We have the best times together. We don't do much. We don't go out much---we're homebodies, but I have more fun grilling dinner and sitting on the couch watching reruns of NCIS all night with him than I did going out to clubs or dinners with old boyfriends.
And then when I'm tired, I get up and go home.

If we marry..I can't do that.

I dunno..lots of thinking to do.
And maybe he's just going through a phase,too. He's done this before...talked and talked about it, made plans together, only to let it die down and go by the wayside.

Maybe that will happen again. I don't know that I'm ready to rock the boat!
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Had a yard sale today with friends.
Didn't make huge dollars, but enough to feed my Diet Coke addiction (as you know, if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter) and to tide me over til payday on the 15th. Getting paid once a month sux!
This time of year sux financially. It costs so much at the beginning of school, then it's Trey's birthday (I can't believe he'll be 16 in 2 weeks), then it's time to buy Christmas for 3 kids.
Sometimes I wish my ex made big bucks so I'd get child support! Of course now, with Matt living with him, I'd have to pay HIM support. The price of amicability is higher some months than others! LOL
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I promise to "Pay it Forward" this week. That post has been up 2 weeks, and I got 2 takers. Thank you Melanie and Melissa! I have not forgotton you! And I promise to come to your blogs and read more about your lives and loves. I am so glad to have met you both!

*is there anyway to add about 6 more hours to the day?

Comments

He & Me + 3 said…
Glad that you made enough at the yard sale to buy you some Diet Coke. I know....I made just enough to feed my coffee addiction last time I had a yard sale:)
October 4, 2009 at 6:46 AM
Melanie said…
I'm very happy to read that you're a strong and independent woman. You're not affraid to say what you need; I love that! No worries on the Pay It Forward, if it happens, it happens. Take time for you!
October 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Kecia said…
Never apologize for life getting in the way of blogging. I spend way too much time on this computer even when I am "behind"! So do you think yard sales are worth it? We made about $200, but I feel like I worked harder than that...
Have a good week and keep trustin' God!
October 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Eyeglasses & Endzones said…
oooo...I love yard sales!!!

As for the cheese curds...they are a fried ball of cheese that you dip in ketchup...YUMMY!!! ;)
October 4, 2009 at 5:56 PM
momstheword said…
When you find out how to add the extra six hours let me know!

Good for you for getting done what needs to be done and not letting blogging get in the way of your responsibilities!
October 4, 2009 at 7:20 PM
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October 5, 2009 at 2:29 PM
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