productivity

 Saturday’s Walk to Defeat ALS was a success.  We made it out there just in time to watch an entire stream of people in ponchos heading up Westboro Main Street.  Once we got to the high school to register, got our t-shirts and head out, it started to drizzle.  Emily convinced me to practically run in order to catch up to the rest of the walkers.  My hangover from the night before was still lingering, so I was a bit delirious and slow.  Emily was NOT happy.  The route was kinda hilly and I have not done yoga in a while, so I am out of shape again and I was just exhausted and laughing like a crazy person about everything.  It was such a blast! 

 Since I was hungover, I went straight home and took a nap instead of going to Jeff’s practice like I was supposed to.  I woke up later on and made spaghetti and meatballs from scratch.  Yum!  We ended up staying in and watching a marathon of Forensic Files before falling asleep early, which provided us the opportunity to head out for five hours of shopping the next day.  Yikes.

 We went out to Natick to Crate and Barrel and Bed Bath and Beyond to register for stuff for our new house.  Instead of registering for stuff we wanted people to buy us for the wedding, we went in with the mindset of outfitting our new house.  A lot of stuff we didnt register for because we wouldnt know the layout of the house and all that, since we dont even have an entire down payment saved up.  But it was fun anyway.  Jeff, weilding the gun, scanned all the little crap (and big crap) that we will ever need to outfit our new home.  He was like a kid in a candy store (not that he cooks anymore, but hopefully the slow winters for him will change that). 

 After our registering excursion, we headed to the mall to try to find Jeff a suit for the wedding.  After unsuccessful attempts at Men’s Wearhouse and JCPenney, we stopped by Banana Republic as a last ditch effort.  Surprisingly, we found Jeff these awesome trousers (suit pants actually, but we decided to forgo the jacket).  He looks so sexy in them!  And they were 30% off! 

 I guess the good karma from the charity walk paid off through our productive shopping day!

soxtober

 Looks like we are headed into another October filled with Red Sox games.  This means I will have to get my extra TV out to watch the Pats and Red Sox when they have games on at the same time. 

 Congrats, Red Sox, on clinching a playoff berth!

 Also wanted to add some other mumbo jumbo that’s going on.  I will be walking in the Walk to D’Feet ALS this Saturday.  If anyone feels generous or needs a good kick in the karma, visit here to donate. It is supposed to downpour on Saturday, so we’ll see if I can get some pics posted of me looking like a drowned rat in a poncho. That would make for good blog fodder, no?

 Have a good week to all, hopefully I wont be gone as long as I just was.  (Thanks go to Dawn for reminding me that I even had a blog.)

mourning

 Toady, I mourn mister Tom Brady.  Early reports indicate he may be out all season with a torn ACL.  Of course, we wont have any official word until later this morning after the MRI and Belichick’s press conference, but still.  I sit here, with the same size pit in my stomach as yesterday.  I am so upset!

 I understand that Cassel held out for the win, but man!  I just want my TFB back!  Tommy, get better!  Please dont make me miss you all season.  I got my fingers crossed for you.

 Get Well Soon!!!!

breakthrough

 Yesterday was a tough one for me and Jeff.  I freaked out on him because I am scared to get married.  I am scared and confused and I needed to talk to him, to have him reassure me that these feelings were normal, that he was scared, too.  We talked forever, me bawling because I was so unsure of the whole thing.

 I think I jumped into the wedding planning so suddenly and with such vigor to not have to confront these feelings of ambivalence toward marriage.  I never saw marriage happening for me and I think the duality of my pre-Jeff notion of not wanting to get married is conflicting inside of me with the wedding plans and the idea of marriage itself as presented in my life now.  We talked and talked and I cried and cried.  It is terryfying to see your entire personality and belief system be revealed as a fraud and it was like the end of a friendship.  I was losing my embittered old personality and swapping it out for a new one, the personality that needed to come to grips with marriage and a new life and a new belief system.

 Afterwards, after we were laying in bed for the obligatory make-up cuddle (too emotionally exhausted for the make-up sex), I lay my head on his chest.  I lay my head on his chest and I heard his heart beat and I wept tears of joy.  Because I was so glad that he was mine.

  I guess I gotta get used to this new sappy personality.