Weekend

I had a wonderful weekend. And now I am enjoying some girly television and finishing off a cup of tea.

I have discovered a cute girly-girl show called Privileged. It has the girl who played Cheyenne on Reba in it, and it's exactly what I've been looking for. Yay for my indulgences.

You know what's funny? I haven't been thinking about the wedding much lately. It feels like we are in a planning lull. Instead I feel like taking time for me. And I have to admit, I'm really enjoying it. When I was talking to Maren today (as I was cooking up a storm) she mentioned how happy she was that I was cooking as much as I am. That was nice to hear.

Actually, I'm enjoying a lot of things right now. Ahhhhhhh......life. Me likey.

Kayaking today!!
Yay.

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It was wonderful! I am looking forward to going again in a couple of weeks. It was great to have Tina and Ingrid there too. And yes Ingrid, I had salad with my chicken when I got home.

Sleepy. I think I'll crawl in bed with a book until I doze off. What a way to start the weekend!

Hoorah!

Harry Potter was wonderful and awesome and so great! Much much better than the others, and well worth all the hype.

I must say, however, a couple of things I expected to see were not in it, but just the same, I give it 10/10.

Very happy right now :)

Harry Potter!

So last night I ended up with a horrid headache that hasn't yet gone away. It hurts and I don't like it. It had me up from around 230 am to 430 am since I couldn't lay there in bed not sleeping anymore. Argh.

And I still have it! I feel like I need to be put on a stretching rack and have my neck and spine stretched up, but the regular stretching I do to decompress isn't working. Poop!

I'm watching the premier of Harry Potter tonight! I'm super excited. It has gotten excellent reviews so far. I'm super excited. We won't be home until 3ish, so my poor Adam is going to be exhausted tomorrow at work. Thank you Adam! I love you!

Puddle of mush!

I met baby Brendan Penny last night. Such a sweetie. Every woman in that room has their heart melting. Especially Carla.


Harry Potter tomorrow night! Super excited!

Topic of the day

This came up in conversation with a friend today. So I thought I would pose the questions to you:

Would you use a surrogate?
Would you/could you be a surrogate?
How do you feel about surrogates that charge a fee?
What do you think an appropriate fee would be?


Would you adopt?
Would you adopt even if you can have children of your own?
Would you accept a child above the age of 2? An aboriginal child?

I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Perhaps you could send me a private message via Facebook?

Argh. Change.

One of the good things about having a BF/fiancee/husband is that you do things together. Sometimes it's something you both like, sometimes not. But you do it, and it turns out you normally enjoy yourself. This is a major bonus with me and Adam.

On the other hand, it's also the reason you loose touch with your other friends. If you have someone who isn't going to say no when you are interested in something, and everyone else is always saying no, eventually, you just get sick of hearing no. So you stop asking.

I invited everyone I know in Halifax, less Carla and Damian ofcourse, to go to a pub and watch UFC tonight. Every person said no. So even if you aren't all that into it, you'd still be at a pub.... I'm tired of asking. I'm tired of hearing no.

This must be why people say that once you 'couple up' you end up gravitating towards other couples; they get it.

I was reading an article about things to do after you get married, and one of the things it said was to be sure you spend time with your single friends, even if they want to go man-hunting (it suggests to play wing-man in that scenario). The thing is that I don't totally agree with the article. I have no interest in playing wing-man for anyone. I went though it for myself for far too many years. I don't want to just laze around doing nothing every Saturday night (in order to 'relax') - I want to do something I enjoy.

I know that not everything I enjoy is enjoyed by others, and that I don't enjoy what they may, but what do I do when I'm not interested in doing the same things my friends are used to me doing? And even if everyone wants to do same thing, it's hard enough to coordinate our two lives and schedules, but then to coordinate with everyone elses' is so much work. And then to be expected to drive every time I or we have plans? Ick.

It's a transition, and I know that. It's not easy. But I"m tired of being the one to ask people to do things, and then when I do being told no.

I'm glad I have a busy summer ahead of me. Less stress.

Tina said something a couple of weeks ago in her blog about how no one can make you feel a certain way. I disagree. I've been made to feel guilty a million times over by many different people, only because I'm nice enough to want to try and please everyone. WTF? So I should feel worse because it's my own fault I feel guilty? Like hell. Her point has a place, but it also needs the proper perspective.

Ugh. So tired. And PMSing (can't you tell?).

But hey - I enjoyed UFC with my fiancee. Looking forward to doing again with other people next time... I just need to make friends with some people who have similar interests. I don't do arts or crafts, I don't ogle men (anymore, although I enjoyed it when I did). I'm interested in school, and camping, and kayaking, and golf, and playing games with groups of people, and being able to go out downtown and have a drink or two without having to drive home, and planning my future, planning my wedding and my family.

Do you remember the story about the one who made bread, and no one would help her, but they all wanted to eat it at the end? I sometimes wonder if that's the way it'll be when I have a baby. Everyone who didn't want to be involved in the wedding, or was annoyed with me because Adam takes up a part of my life that was once free, or even be there when I'm pregnant... all these people will want to come visit me in the hospital when the baby is born, and be there to hold him and coo at him. I wonder if that's how all new parent's feel? Do they fell their little one is a spectacle?

I guess I'm just changing. And I'm happy about it. But I have a feeling I'll end up grieving certain things at some point. This is just my cranky-ass way of dealing with it.

TGIF!

It's Friday, thank goodness! It seems as though the week has drug on forever. Perhaps because last week was broken up by Canada Day? Who knows. But I'm glad the weekend is here.

Adam and I are headed kayaking tonight. The weather is beautiful and it should be fun! I don't have my water shoes anymore, so I haven't figured out what to wear yet - likely just old flip flops. I'm still looking forward to it! It should be fun!

Had a good visit with Jen last night. It was nice to just sit and talk for awhile.... heck, I even ended up sharing, which I hardly ever do. WTF?

Yum.... had Cora's for breakfast today.

We got most of our save-the-dates out this week, lacking a small handful that we can't seem to get addresses for. People need to be more reachable! I sure sign that things have changed in my lifetime is that it's easier to get someone's email address than their mailing address. Wonder what it will be like in 20 years?

I need to go looking for my non-cotton shorts for kayaking.

You know you love me
XOXO

~ P