3 weeks, then a week and a half, then 3 weeks, then might be shorter.....

Justin is away training right now.  First we heard it would be 3 weeks long, and I prepared myself for that.  He'd get back from training, and we'd have two weeks to see each other before deployment.  Then he had good news.  He'd be training for only a week and a half.  I was happy with this development, very happy.

Then he got to Suffield.  One week in and they'd done nothing because of the weather and ground conditions.  Things weren't looking good.  It will have been 3 weeks since he left tomorrow, and he says now that the plan is for him to be back on Thursday.  I really want to plan for that, but at this point, I'm afraid to.

In better news, I picked up my xbox from the post office yesterday.  It was supposed to take 6 weeks to arrive, but I waited just shy of 6 months instead.  Go TELUS!  It's good it finally came though, because when Paul moves out (11 days btw!), I'll need something that can play DVD's, cause we were using his xbox as a DVD player.  I'm fully ready for him to be gone.

I'm trying to spend as little time as possible at home right now, it's just awkward and uncomfortable.  At the same time, I want to spend enough time there that I know my things aren't being damaged.  11 days to go.  It feels like such a long time, but I know it will be over before I know it.

I'm planning on not getting a roommate again until June 1 at the earliest.  I'd like some time to myself before I'm ready to open my house to someone again.  I'm also being incredibly selective in who I choose to live with me.  Paul was a pretty clear example of what I don't want, and finding someone who respects me and my belongings is at the top of my list.

12 days too long

I'm so tired of feeling uncomfortable in my own home.  Paul's last day is April 30th, and it really can't come soon enough.  He thinks and has said that I'm a brain damaged loser who's never going to get along with any roommate.  The fact of the matter is that he's the only roommate I've had this much conflict with, and all my previous roommates have left for different reasons, none of which were their relationship with me.

I'm hosting Easter dinner at my house on Sunday, and I'm quite honestly a bit nervous about what he might do or say in front of people.  The last thing that I need is him deciding to sit on the couch and watch tv with his girlfriend during dinner, or him deciding that during dinner is a suitable time for him to have particulaly noisy sex with his girlfriend (who happens to be a very loud faker).

I'm definitely going to have to lay down some ground rules with my future roommates.  They're also a list of expectations that I have of myself as a roommate as well.  Here they are:

1. Lock the doors when you're leaving.  Unless I'm sitting on the couch and you can see from the sliding glass door that I'm home, don't leave through that door.  It needs to be kept locked.

2. Do not store trash on the patio.  I have a garbage can on the patio.  When the bag in there is full, the trash needs to be taken to the dumpster.

3. Recyclables need to be kept tidy.  I will provide a bin for recyclable storage, but when the bin is full, it needs to be taken to the blue box.  If you want to save and return bottles for refund, they must be kept tidy as well.  let me know, and we can start a bin for them also.

4. I will respect that when you have guests over, you would like to have a place to visit with them.  Do the same for me.  Please allow me and my guests use of the living room when I have guests over, and I'll do the same for you (clearly within reason).

5. Tidy up after yourself.  Kitchen and bathroom are shared areas and need to be kept clean.  A cleaning schedule will be set up for vacuuming, cleaning kitchen floors and cleaning the bathroom.  Don't let dishes pile up.  Wash pots and pans in sink, and put dirty dishes in the dishwasher.  Wipe down the counters and stove when you're done cooking.

6. Cleaning Schedule
1st of the month - I will vacuum and wash the kitchen floor, and you will clean the bathroom
15th of the month - You will vacuum and wash the kitchen floor, and I will clean the bathroom
The 1st and 15th are just guidelines... any time in and around those dates is acceptable.  If we spot clean between those dates, it should be good enough.  Also, you're responsible for your room, like I am for mine.

7.  If you have a problem with anything I do/have done, please approach me and let me know.  I'll do the same with you.  Let's not get on each other's nerves unnecessarily.

And Go!

I've been neglecting my blog, so here's some updates.

1. I'm still not working out as much as I should.  I really need to get on it.  I know that I keep saying I do, and whining about it.  I'm as annoyed with myself as you are.  For reals though, I have to be good about this.

2. Justin is going on tour.  He leaves in May.  This didn't come as a complete shock, but is coming up sooner than I'd hoped it would.  He'll be gone for 10 months.  Some good does come of him going.  He and I get a vacation together partway through his tour, and I'm extremely excited for that.

Time to buckle down!

I was doing really well.  I was down 27 lbs from my heaviest, and things were progressing positively.  Now, they're not.  I started slacking off, and then the slacking just continued.  Being sick certainly didn't help me at all, and I'm still struggling with my lungs when I do any type of strenuous cardio.

That said, they won't get better unless I train them to.  I have to push my lungs just a bit further everytime I work out (which should be bumped up to 4 days/week now), and by doing so I'll teach them to last longer with every day.

Blah blah blah, I suck at remembering to post!

So here's more updates:

1. I had a great trip to the coast.  I went horseback riding twice, once with John, and once with John, Dad, and Katie.  It was loads of fun, and something I'd definitely like to do again.  The rest of the visit was good as well.  I spent a day with Opa and Oma, just hanging out.  The only downside of the trip was that I wound up sick (strep throat and double ear infections), but that's all cleared up now, and I managed not to let it put a damper on my adventures.

2. I'm a brunette again, but it changes so frequently that I'm not sure if you knew otherwise or not.

3. I spent last Saturday at the spa with Kaylan, getting fingers and toes done and a massage.  I wish I was a lady of leisure who could afford to do that every weekend.

4. After the spa was Kaylan's birthday party, we had it at Billiards, and it was a good time.  Unfortunately most of her friends bailed last minute, but fun was still had.

5. I'm still with Justin.  It's been just over a month now, and I don't think I've ever been more comfortable in a relationship than I am with him.  I'm falling for him, but it's not too fast and scary and feeling out of control.  It's good, it's common ideals, and goals, and seeing a future together is easy to do.

Soo Much!!

Is how much I currently like Justin.  I'm definitely gushing, but he's wonderful to be around, makes me feel amazing and gives me excitement for the future. 

I don't know what the future holds for me, but I know who's leading me.

Not everything will come easy, it never does.  If I have a future with Justin, I'm looking at a move in my future.  Probably to 'central' Canada.  I'm ok with that, and with any other changes to my life that being with him might bring, surprisingly ok.

Haha ew.

Why would a fat woman tie a scarf (not a belt, but a scarf) around her waist. It only accentuates her fat. I can't stand her.
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