Saturday, January 9, 2010

Things are going really well. Have had many other dates with SP. He's really great! Mini golfing at MOA, Underwater Adventures, went to see Avatar in 3D. Brought in the New Year with SP at CK & MF's house.

Car update - the thumping stopped, and I'm thinking it was just snow & ice trapped in the wheel well. I've been driving my car, and it seems to be driving okay. Brought it in for an estimate, but haven't brought it in to get it fixed yet, I will need to do that soon.

MS will be going to Texas / Mexico again this year with TB's family for spring break. That should be a good time for them. TB's parents are offering to pay for 1/2 of M's passport. That would be cool, because now that he's 16, it will be good for 10 years.

I have been talking to my aunt GK in AZ. Really wanting to go visit her now, more than I ever have before. She is doing fairly well, and I really want to see her again. I believe it's been around 20 years since the last time I saw her. I'd like to go there too. I've never seen the Grand Canyon, and would love to go take some really beautiful pictures.

MS's doing really well in basketball. I think he is liking it this year. He's playing on the Sophomore team, same as last year - but he's getting a lot of play time, and I think he likes the team and the coach.

Had a small family gathering for J's birthday last Sunday. Mom, CK, MF, MS & KC were all there. Today, had a friend party at Chuck E Cheese. That was pretty fun (loud, but fun). :-P Tuesday is my birthday. Tomorrow I'm going to the bar with MP & SP. They will be meeting for the first time. Should be fun! They'll both have to behave themselves.... lol

December 25, 2009

Christmas day, supposed to be a great day - but started out a little difficult. Mitch dropped the boys off, and they got to open presents. The kids loved their presents. We left to head to my mom's. Got on the road, and started losing control of the car, got spun all the way around, facing the coming traffic.. Then heading straight toward a hill on the other side of the road, so I told the kids to hang on, thought we were going over. Ended up running into an SUV coming toward me on the entrance ramp. Very scary. Couldn't believe that had all just happened. Was shaking uncontrollably, exchanged information & started again only to find out my car now has a weird thumping. I'm hoping it's just the alignment, and not more than that, but I will now need to get it looked at. Filed a claim tonight, and can't bring it in for an estimate until Monday. C/M are nice enough to let me use their car - so at least I will be able to get around. C, M & mom came over to my house instead. We opened presents to each other, and left for K's house for the big family get together, all in C's truck.

Well, at least things are looking better in other aspects of my life. First date was wonderful. Ended up sitting in coffee shop for 6 hours! Really turned out great. S is cool. So many things that we have in common. Set up another date for the next day. Went to dinner, played mini golf (I won!), and then went to TGIFridays where we played BINGO and talked more and more. Things are going really well, and I really like him. So cool to feel like things are going at just the right pace, and someone who is genuine, and understands where I'm coming from. We have another date set up for tomorrow. Since I'm sort of car-less for now, he's offered to come pick me up, and drive. We're going to see a movie, Avatar. Should be good - every one's saying it's a great movie.

We had a great time at K's house - very cute house in St Paul. Got to see most of the family. Really nice time. Kids had a good time too. Ended up being a pretty nice day after all.

December 17, 2009

Did something I've never done before. Replied to a craigslist ad. M's met someone that seems really cool - so thought I'd give it a try. Met this guy, S, that seems to be great - in the same place in life as me, so that's really nice. Have a date with him to meet on Monday. Going out for coffee & just chat. Really excited about that. We'll see how it goes. Haven't had much luck on dates lately, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much.

Kids are great. Family's doing well. Just re-connected with some fam on fb - niece (25), and nephew (23), and my aunt. Very cool. Just found out my nephew is married, that's incredible! My aunt is doing really well, it's really nice to catch up with.

Getting ready for the holidays. Seems like it came up so much faster this year - soooo not ready for Christmas!! Then it will be new years... Thinking it's going to be me & Joe, maybe my mom hanging out, playing games or whatever. Should be fun!