Lazy Day

I have absolutely nothing to do today. Nothing at all. Right now it is 10:45am. I got home around 8am and since then I have had coffee, fed the cats, made a list of stuff I COULD do today, checked my email, went on Facebook, surfed the net, watched some YouTube videos, called my mom.... and that's about it.

Tonight I'm heading into the North End for St. Joseph's Festival with the boyfriend. Originally he said 8pm to be at his house (then drive to the T station to take the T into town and walk to the north end??). I got him to move it up to 7 before I left his house, then text him that 6 or 6:30 might be better. Even though I haven't heard back from him, I'm going to aim to be at his house around 6 tonight. So leave here by 5:40. If I plan to get in the shower by 4:30, then I have time to slowly get ready for tonight, plus get all my stuff ready for tomorrow (beach day with mom- so dressed in bathing suit and cover up, beach bag packed, laundry to do at her house ready to go too).

SO... that still gives me over 5 1/2 hours. And I have NOTHING to do. It might be good if I give myself a pedi. I could vacuum the house, empty the dishwasher and put away the clean laundry I did last week (and didn't wear ANY of it this week? How is that even possible!) Otherwise, my house is pretty clean. I only slept here Monday and Thursday night in the past week. Otherwise I was at the boyfriends house, where I'll be sleeping again tonight. Just vacuum and I'm good to go! I went CRAZY cleaning here last weekend, plus before I went on vacation it was insanity cleaning... as in the cleanest this place has been since I cleaned it when I first moved in! At this point, I haven't been home long enough for it to get that bad and the cats don't make much of a mess other than fur! :)

Last night I had a blast with the boyfriend. I was a little late. Rushed in the shower and hacked the hell out of my leg! DAMN! Wouldn't stop bleeding and the bathroom was so hot and humid! How do you get a band aid on wet skin??? He was sitting on his front porch when I got there, so we just hopped in his car and headed out for dinner. Great meal at a place we haven't gone to yet together. Weird crowd though.

This place is a restaurant/sports bar that has an arcade and now a bowling alley with 6 lanes in it. When we walked in, they checked our ID's at the door. After that, a group with 6 little league boys about 8 years old walked in. And while we were there, sitting at a table in the main bar area watching the game and having dinner, the band was setting up for the night. As the table next to us had a 3 year old girl sitting there. Not to mention the train wrecks that were walking around. I wondered if they owned mirrors. He just said they were trucks. NOT the most attractive group I've ever seen assembled in one place! Just a REALLY weird miss matched crowd of people. Trashy dressed girls, VERY over-weight woman walking with canes, kids, families, a guy with a patch over his eye. Just weird.

But while we were there, the boyfriend started to crash. He had a really busy week at work for the 2nd week in a row. A guy he works with had a heart attack and has been out. He's going to be ok and was already in the hospital when the worst part hit. I think he's going back to work this week. But the boyfriend has been trying to do both of their jobs for the past 2 weeks... his job, writing estimates and trying to land new jobs and the other guys job as the PM and making sure the booked jobs are going and going right. LOTS of headaches and stress and very early mornings and days on the road and at job sites. He was TIRED last night!

We left the bar early and were at his house, listening to the game in bed before 10pm. I shut the radio off in the 7th when I knew Wakefield couldn't get the win (even if the Sox won, it would have been a no decision for Wake, and I only wanted to listen for his 200th win.) We were both asleep right after that.

But I got what I wanted, to lay in his arms. Him next to me with his arm draped over me. That's my favorite! I'm on my back, his on his side with his head on my shoulder. His arm is over my stomach and his leg is wrapped over mine. Just snuggled up nice. I love that.

Plus, he loved the shirt I wore, just like I knew he would. When we were in his room putting the radio on the game and changing for bed, he said he really liked the shirt and that I looked hot. SO YAY! Got the reaction I was hoping for. Too bad he was too tired for anything else other than sleeping. :) But that's cool. I know he had a LONG week. I was the same way on Thursday night when it took me 2 hours just to change out of my work clothes. Just absolutely spent.

SO tonight should be fun. Heading to the feast. Tomorrow the beach and maybe back to his house after, not sure. He's going to his parents house tomorrow to cut down a tree for them with the new saw he bought last weekend (a micro burst in his area knocked down a HUGE branch off a tree in his back yard, taking part of his neighbors fence with it!) Who knows if we'll meet up in the north shore near our parents houses or wait until we both get home.

I had mentioned Canobie Lake Park too. I haven't been in a couple of years. I used to go with one of my friends for a few years in a row, sometimes with her brother too, but we haven't been in a while. Its fun to go now and again. I just mentioned it in passing when I saw a commercial on TV, that I want to go there sometime again. He said how about next weekend... so who knows, maybe next weekend! :)

Then he said he wants to take a day off for either a pre-season Pats game or a practice. I have never been to a practice (didn't know they charge for it too!). He asked if I could take a day off to go to one in the next few weeks. My boss is great with time off... I still have a few more days that I have to use this year. I have 5 days scheduled in September now and then have almost 4 left after that. I can only carry over 2. I don't care if I use them all up and don't carry any over. I just don't want to lose time again like I did last year. But it would be a blast to go to a practice or pre-season game with him!

As far as time off... I had already put in for 2 Friday's in September. My birthday on the 9th and my friends wedding on the 16th. The Monday of my birthday week is Labor Day, so I just ended up putting in for Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday too... to get the full week off. Even though I have absolutely nothing planned, I'm REALLY looking forward to a full week off. Lots will be going on over Labor Day weekend anyway so it will really only be a couple of days on my own. But if the weather is nice? BEACH DAYS!!! Even if not... just days off to relax and enjoy! REALLY looking forward to it!

SO much difference for me now. Just having all the work stuff cleared up, a resolution made and the chance to put it all behind me so I can move on. That's all I really needed. A resolution, and closure to the mess. I'm there and now I'm good.

Hopefully I can put all the drama behind me now. I've had enough of it all. I don't really want to deal with anymore of it. I think I've had my fill for the summer. The boyfriend has seen me in some pretty high stress situations! Not sure how well he knows me without all of that going on, since I've had so much of it since I've been with him.

Hmm... been about 2 1/2 months with him at this point, since our first date. It has gone by so quickly. We just got into this routine I guess and weekend nights we are basically together without question. Funny how quickly I got here with him.... into this relationship. And how happy I am. Little things with him make me laugh. We are always laughing and joking and having fun. We have serious conversation and are still learning more and more about each other, but I really really like the time that I spend with him.

And I think it is SO funny that this is really one of the only times I haven't gone off and away into Julie World. Even the last guy, I was thinking of commuting work from his house and living in his neighborhood and how things would be in his house when he remodeled. Now? No. None of that. I'm completely in the moment. I think once I said something about him doing a race with me in December (the Santa Speedo Run) when him and I were talking about different races. He doesn't really run and I said if you want to do one that's fun, short and nuts, do that one with me in December! I was serious about him doing it with me, but it wasn't until after that I realized I said something for us to do 5 months from now when we haven't even been together for 3 months yet!

But other than that, I haven't gone off to what we are doing in the future. I'm in right now. Next weekend, a golf outing at the end of August, doing something for my birthday, the 2 weddings I have in the 2 weekends after my birthday. That's about it.... ok, so maybe 2 months out. Cousin Angela's wedding on September 24th. That's how far out I am with him. But not in a Julie World sense... in a I have a wedding that I want you to go with me to and this is when it is, sort of way.

Day by day. That's how I'm taking it all. And it is working. Everything about it is really working. We have a lot in common, we have our own things and our own space but our time together, we laugh and have fun and are so compatible. We have similar backgrounds with our families (Irish/Italian), where we grew up, how we live on the other side of Boston from where we grew up- but our parents are still up that way. I don't know. This is just good.

And I'm just really really happy. :)