Quick life updates

If you can't tell already, I'm bad at updating this thing daily. Or even every other day. It's no wonder that all my heartfelt attempts at keeping a journal throughout adolescence went down the drain after a couple weeks.

Still, I'm determined to be at least a semi-regular poster, so here are some things that have happened since my last entry. (It's not much.)

Valentine's Day: This day honestly has never been a huge deal to me, whether I was single or married. I didn't have a Valentine for the first 20 years of my life, so I guess I never had high expectations? Chris and I's first Valentine's date was perfect and romantic and fancy and everything that a stereotypical and cliche V-Day is supposed to be, and I loved it. Our second one ... I can't even remember. Most likely we were apart because of stupid school, but I'm sure we got to cuddle during the weekend before/after. Our third, we ordered a heart-shaped pizza from Domino's, got a case of beer and watched movies on the couch. I think it was Lord of the Rings, but I'm not sure. Pure bliss. This year, Chris had to work Valentine's night, so we had a lovely little gourmet grilled cheese lunch and he surprised me by sending these little beauties to my office:

In case you're wondering about the card, yes, his nickname for me is Poopie Pants. Don't ask me why. It just happened one day. At this point I think it's cute, but feel free to form your own opinions.

Later that night, I got to hang out with my dad since my mom was out of town. We had dinner at my favorite Mexican restaurant (La Mesa all the way, and anybody who says any different is wrong) and then talked at our table for another half hour after we were done because, why the heck not? Then we headed down to Coppa downtown because they were having three different bands play. We got there at 8:30 because they were supposed to start at 9:00 ... yeah, that didn't happen. Not even close. We left at 10:45ish and the first band was only three songs in. Still, it was really fun to drink beer and people watch and laugh at St. Joe's hipster crowd with him. Also, I made a new friend after she tipsily joined us at our table. (Since we were the smart ones that got there early and got to actually sit down! Everyone else was eyeing us jealously the whole time.) It was a really wonderful, albeit uneventful, evening, and I'm glad we were both temporarily single so we could spend it together.

Dave Ramsey classes: Seriously guys, Chris and I are pretty convinced this class is going change our lives. Whether or not you like Ramsey and his methods, it definitely seems to be striking the right note with us. We're already trying very sincerely to change our saving and spending habits, and we're only two classes in. We can't wait to learn all about budgeting and the envelope system (because we're big nerds) and hopefully that will put us on the right track to changing our financial behaviors for good. Fingers crossed!

Doctor's appointment: Alas, I haven't had my big checkup yet! I was hoping by now that I would have it under my belt so I could have a better idea of what I'm dealing with when it comes to weight loss. Unfortunately, since I don't really like my primary doctor, I had to request to be seen by someone else in that office. I called over a week ago to put in the request, which must be approved by both doctors, and they still haven't gotten back to me, even after I checked in yesterday to see what was up. If I still don't hear back soon, I guess my next step is trying to get in to see a nurse practitioner at a different office.

31 Party: It's happening this Saturday and I'm so excited/nervous! My house still isn't company-clean yet, and I need to shop for appetizer groceries, but it's getting close. Hosting my first party in my own home is a weirdly thrilling part of adulthood that I haven't experienced yet. (No, my rockin' New Years Eve party of 2012 doesn't count since it was at my parents' place.) Even though most of the people coming have already been over, I still want it to look pretty and professional. And yes, that means quarantining the dog to the backyard for a couple hours the day of, because his history of growling at strangers and grabbing food from counters doesn't make him a very nice party participant.

Well, that's about it. Thanks for reading anyway! I'm 80% sure my next post won't take me another week to write, and it will be a little more interesting. Maybe 70%. I like making up percentages.