Bye Bye

Sunday was fun. We went to Mass, then bestie came over and made Pierogies while I made veg and Sausages. Then mom, AL, hubbs and I made a chocolate biscuit graveyard. 😁 Mom and AL found out that hubby is quite an artist. 

I had fun coming up with this one 🤪

It was a good time for all of us. I've decided these things are a really great investment. The gingerbread barn last year was great, and this was super fun, too. 

Bestie made Ace a little viewing hole. He was such a good kitty. Came out and was social and got loves and everything!

Monday we had lunch at the red claws crab shack. Then we took AL to see Coyote Vs Acme. Came home via HEB to get provisions and dessert. Ended up sitting around talking, laughing, and having a good time. 

Tuesday we hung out in the morning, then took AL to the airport. Took mom out to chuys for one last meal of tex mex, then to Messina hof in grapevine for a little wine taste. Dropped her off at the airport and came home. Ace seemed happy to have things back to normal again.

Wednesday I had plans to have lunch with my old boss and CFO. My old boss texted to say the old CFO couldn't come cuz she had an early grand baby to see. Then she called and said she had a cow who was trying to birth a stuck calf, so SHE couldnt make it either. (Saved the cow, couldn't save the calf.) So, i went with hubby to go see his nephew who was in town. Whippersnapper just turned 26... made me feel OLD.

Lunch turned into a bigger crowd than we originally thought.

Then thurs and Fri were work as usual for me. After a meeting my CEO said "you worked hard this week, and you were only here for what? 2 days?!?" Lol... stuff was due! Hubbs will be spending the next 7 days straight at work, so boo, but then we get a long weekend together. 

I sometimes wish that my family (and friends) lived closer. We are literally scattered from one end of the US to the other, and younger sis is going to be international soon. Hubby asked what I thought it would take to get people to move here, and then came up with an elaborate barn/house that we could make "like WY" involving a/c, dehumidifiers, fans (to simulate the wind), cultivation of sagebrush, and painted mountains. It was cute (and totally irrational). The heat this weekend was oppressive, so I totally get why someone wouldn't want to move here. But, there is a comfort in being with people who know you well and who you can relax around. Maybe that's my problem. I don't relax at work because it's work and the people there can be friendly, but it's hard for me to trust them, you know? Like if I say the wrong thing, it could come back to bite me in the ass. So I keep myself on something of a leash at work. Hubby is wonderful, but relationships do need work, and it's so easy to misinterpret intentions and words. I tend to overthink things and he isn't always the most forthcoming of men, so while we can relax together at times, if there's any friction it makes relaxing difficult. But with family? With mom and AL? No pressure, no worries. Here's the plan, we can change if we want/need. Plenty of good conversations, lots of laughter, and I hadn't thought about it until AL mentioned it, but they wanted to get to know Hubby better, too. There wasn't much chance at the wedding and we haven't gotten together (with him) since then, and he is part of the family now. It was fun watching them learn how amazing he is at painting, how many stories he has from playing hockey (I may have bragged on him about being MVP), how intelligent he is, etc. They knew he must be ok since I fell for him, but now they have a better idea of why. It was just a nice, fun, chill visit. We didn't even need the TV (its in the shop, don't ask). 

I'm really happy that we have plans to see more of our family and friends in the coming months. Our day-to-day is nice, but we need that time with others. I look forward to where live takes all of us and I hope against hope that it will involve a migration closer to one another. As it is, I'm glad we have people who do make an effort to get together. As adults it's HARD to coordinate plans and schedules and stuff. As for making new friends? Man, I think if we don't make any thru church then the closest we can get is some of the bartenders we see fairly regularly (at Twisted Sisters in particular). 

Anyway, that's my rant for this blog. It sucks saying goodbye to people, but it's so nice when they come to visit. And between Sept and Nov, I should get to see all of my family of origin, if you will, with bonus aunt and grandparents! Hehe. It's been too long. We still plan to go to WY for Christmas next year, so that will be fun. Get to show hubbs where I'm from. 😁

Saturday I goblined HARD. Also cleaned a bit. Lots of plans on Sunday, so probably won't be able to as much as I usually would on that day. 

Reminder of Korea.

Cozy lazy 😁

Good day... even if Ace didn't want to cuddle

Pouty mc pout face

Eggs in purgatory with Texas toast. Not gonna lie, it works.