housekeeping

domestic life is pretty uneventful around here. we're making a little more progress every day and patrick is getting to see the nazi/ocd/everything must be in order side of me. at my parents' house i was very lax and lazy about things. but now that i'm in my own space with my own things, i get kind of fanatical about everything being just perfect. the fact that i got up off the couch to rearrange a pillow kind of scared him and turned him on at the same time.

here are some other thoughts rattling around in my brain:

1. i'm getting more comfortable with the idea of setting a date for our wedding next year. my initial thoughts are sept/oct somewhere on the west coast, maybe hawaii, maybe even mexico.
2. that in mind, we're gearing up to start our actual wedding fund. i have 1 more high interest rate credit card to pay off, but once that's done, i think i'll start paying just a little bit over the minimum on my student loan and one remaining card and dump the rest into our wedding fund. i've heard that money market savings account can build more interest but i haven't done the research on how they work and how much we'll need up front just to reserve a place and date. we are planning on funding the wedding ourselves. even if our parents can offer some help, we would rather do our very best to keep it within our own means and use the extra help for things like buying a house and paying down my debt.
3. my car is leaking coolant. boo. just because we have money saved for these kinds of things doesn't mean i am too keen on spending it. i can't complain too much though because my car is 8 years old and hasn't had a thing wrong with it in that time.
   
4. i really really really want to start running again. but holy effing chr!$t! i am so ridiculously out of shape. that and my allergies are kicking my ass right now. i tried to go on a walk on my lunch hour today and within 5 minutes i was a teary eyed, sneezy mess. we're also allergic to our new apartment complex. we love all the shade the big trees provide (yay for not using the A/C!). but we hate their pollen. the thought did occur to me today though to bust out my workout dvds and get my sweat on in the living room. i also have until june 5 to use my old gym. and it is on the way to and from work. so i have no excuse.
5. i much prefer cooking in my own kitchen. in fact, i love it. it's relaxing.
6. our fridge is not nearly big enough. it's like we have to choose between whether we want to store beer or the brita.
   
7. did i tell you we got a new bed? a KING sized bed! a glorious simmons beautyrest black. our bed is like what the beds are like in heaven. i have no idea how in the world a bed could satisfy me, who wants firm support, and patrick who wants to sleep on a a marshmallow. but it does. oh, it does. and it's so ginormous. i not only want to have seks on the bed i want to have seks with the bed.
8. i so very much want a vacation. i want to plop myself in the sand under an umbrella, cool off in the ocean, drink beers and mojitos, stuff my belly silly of really good food i can't get at home, and not worry about how much it all costs.
9. patrick has some very good leads on a couple of jobs. he even had an offer for a position...in LAS VEGAS. too little, too late. vegas seems to have never been in the cards for us. but please continue to send the good mojo our way. he really needs this.
   

i think that's all for now. happy friday jr. to you all and if i don't log on before sunday, happy mother's day!