Squeeze
Cold and wet. I overslept by 20 minutes this morning so I ended up having to walk Destiny to school in the cold rain. Im proud of the kid. She took it pretty well in stride even after getting splashed by a passing car just as we were setting out. I asked her then if she wanted to just stay home today, as I didnt feel right about making her walk all that way soaking wet but she insisted on carrying on because she didnt want to miss art class.
wyspurr is in Florida right now. Presumably she is asleep at the moment, resting up after driving down to Tampa alone. I thank God she made it there safely. Tonight she will return and Brenda will be with her. Im a very lucky man to have a wife who will drive hundreds of miles to pick up my girlfriend for me.
A little quick catch up. Monday night Kendra watched the kids for us while wyspurr and I went out for coffee at Starbucks. Yes, Starbucks. I like their Frappacinos. Sue me. Just because I loathe their cancer-like approach to franchising and their pretentious size naming convention doesnt mean I cant appreciate their product. Seriously, folksyou would be hard pressed to find a corporation that I didnt disagree with the practices.
Anyway, over our drinks wyspurr and I talked about things and I brought up how disappointed I was that we didnt spend any time before then working on nurturing our relationship. The plan had been that wyspurr was supposed to be focusing on our relationship for the two weeks prior to Brenda moving in, then the three of us would spend the rest of the year working on adapting to each other as a family before bringing in the added complication of wyspurr rebuilding her relationship with whorlwind. Two weeks for wyspurr and I to focus on our relationship, two weeks for the three of us to focus on our family, then wyspurr and whorlwind could work on their relationship in the clear. Instead wyspurr did the exact thing that she was supposed to not do. She spent all her free time chatting with whorlwind online and working on their relationship and pretty much no time on ours despite my repeated complaints.
It really wouldnt help much to move back letting wyspurr and whorlwind start seeing each other again since a large part of the point of assigning the past couple of weeks to focusing on our relationship was to strengthen our connection in preparation for any additional strain Brenda moving in might cause. We really needed that. Enough so that if it had been possible to postpone Brenda moving in without her missing Christmas or me being unable to start my new job I probably would have. It was that important to me. So Im really disappointed in wyspurr for not holding up her end of our agreement (which I feel means Im not obligated to hold up my end of giving my blessing for them to see each other after New Years but as I said there really wouldnt be much point now). Im also kind of mad at whorlwind because he knew about the agreement and certainly showed no reluctance in monopolizing wyspurrs attention.
holierthancow dropped by Tuesday afternoon to pick up his stuff. That was a load off. I love my friends to death but I hate having a bunch of their stuff taking up space in my apartment thats got far too many people in far too little square footage.
Tuesday night wyspurr and I took the kids to Stonecrest Mall. katfireblade tagged along. I walked the length of the mall twice and didnt walk away with a single gift. I dont know if its just that I suck at picking out gifts or my friends are just unusually hard to shop for since theyre all weirdos.
Speaking of gifts, I got a whole bunch of stuff off my Amazon wish list from my mother. That was kind of unexpected, as she normally doesnt get me anything for Christmas. Then again this is the first year Ive actually made a wish list of my own along with the kids, which I mostly did out of boredom. Anyway, since I knew what I was getting already I didnt see much point in waiting until Christmas to make use of it. All told I got four books (Digital Wedding Photography, Gene Wolfes Litany of the Long Sun, The 2006 Writers Market Deluxe Edition, and the Canon EOS Digital Rebel Digital Field Guide), one CD (Cruxshadows Telemetry of a Fallen Angel), and one PS2 game (The Suffering: The Ties That Bind). All stuff I either needed or really, really wanted. Thus the trend of this appearing to be my best Christmas ever looks to be continuing.
I think Ill shut up for a while now. This is running a bit long and Ive got stuff to do.
Cold and wet. I overslept by 20 minutes this morning so I ended up having to walk Destiny to school in the cold rain. Im proud of the kid. She took it pretty well in stride even after getting splashed by a passing car just as we were setting out. I asked her then if she wanted to just stay home today, as I didnt feel right about making her walk all that way soaking wet but she insisted on carrying on because she didnt want to miss art class.
wyspurr is in Florida right now. Presumably she is asleep at the moment, resting up after driving down to Tampa alone. I thank God she made it there safely. Tonight she will return and Brenda will be with her. Im a very lucky man to have a wife who will drive hundreds of miles to pick up my girlfriend for me.
A little quick catch up. Monday night Kendra watched the kids for us while wyspurr and I went out for coffee at Starbucks. Yes, Starbucks. I like their Frappacinos. Sue me. Just because I loathe their cancer-like approach to franchising and their pretentious size naming convention doesnt mean I cant appreciate their product. Seriously, folksyou would be hard pressed to find a corporation that I didnt disagree with the practices.
Anyway, over our drinks wyspurr and I talked about things and I brought up how disappointed I was that we didnt spend any time before then working on nurturing our relationship. The plan had been that wyspurr was supposed to be focusing on our relationship for the two weeks prior to Brenda moving in, then the three of us would spend the rest of the year working on adapting to each other as a family before bringing in the added complication of wyspurr rebuilding her relationship with whorlwind. Two weeks for wyspurr and I to focus on our relationship, two weeks for the three of us to focus on our family, then wyspurr and whorlwind could work on their relationship in the clear. Instead wyspurr did the exact thing that she was supposed to not do. She spent all her free time chatting with whorlwind online and working on their relationship and pretty much no time on ours despite my repeated complaints.
It really wouldnt help much to move back letting wyspurr and whorlwind start seeing each other again since a large part of the point of assigning the past couple of weeks to focusing on our relationship was to strengthen our connection in preparation for any additional strain Brenda moving in might cause. We really needed that. Enough so that if it had been possible to postpone Brenda moving in without her missing Christmas or me being unable to start my new job I probably would have. It was that important to me. So Im really disappointed in wyspurr for not holding up her end of our agreement (which I feel means Im not obligated to hold up my end of giving my blessing for them to see each other after New Years but as I said there really wouldnt be much point now). Im also kind of mad at whorlwind because he knew about the agreement and certainly showed no reluctance in monopolizing wyspurrs attention.
holierthancow dropped by Tuesday afternoon to pick up his stuff. That was a load off. I love my friends to death but I hate having a bunch of their stuff taking up space in my apartment thats got far too many people in far too little square footage.
Tuesday night wyspurr and I took the kids to Stonecrest Mall. katfireblade tagged along. I walked the length of the mall twice and didnt walk away with a single gift. I dont know if its just that I suck at picking out gifts or my friends are just unusually hard to shop for since theyre all weirdos.
Speaking of gifts, I got a whole bunch of stuff off my Amazon wish list from my mother. That was kind of unexpected, as she normally doesnt get me anything for Christmas. Then again this is the first year Ive actually made a wish list of my own along with the kids, which I mostly did out of boredom. Anyway, since I knew what I was getting already I didnt see much point in waiting until Christmas to make use of it. All told I got four books (Digital Wedding Photography, Gene Wolfes Litany of the Long Sun, The 2006 Writers Market Deluxe Edition, and the Canon EOS Digital Rebel Digital Field Guide), one CD (Cruxshadows Telemetry of a Fallen Angel), and one PS2 game (The Suffering: The Ties That Bind). All stuff I either needed or really, really wanted. Thus the trend of this appearing to be my best Christmas ever looks to be continuing.
I think Ill shut up for a while now. This is running a bit long and Ive got stuff to do.