Yesterday was Girlfriend's & I one year. I'm still trying to get my head around it.
It's been one full year since we started going out again. Not since she came back into my life but since we decided to do this crazy relationship thing that we seem to care about so much. We have are ups & downs but in the end we have seemed to come out pretty alright by it so far. There's is still alot more room to grow, as always, but we will get there with time I hope. If we don't then that will be that. The road takes us to strange places after all & it's winding so you never know what is around the corner.
For our one year we did a little celebrating, but not to the full extent that we want to. Girlfriend's school keep her from really going out on week days & yesterday she was only running on 3 or 4 hours of sleep so we had to cute it short. We went out to Super H Mart in Carrollton to do some WithPhotos. They had two new booths we had heard about & wanted to go see & the other one was just for the cute of it all. It was a way to remember. The old booths are now anywhere from 8-9 dollars & the two new one's are 10. The new one we tried was crazy fun. It has three different cameras in it & you had to figure out which one was about to shot next. We went a little crazy in here but what was supposed to happen. What other point was there to go? Haha!
After the photo fun we went to Stake & Shake out in Lewisville for the classiest of dinners. Girlfriend got all excited because there was a shake on the menu she could actually get due to her chocolate allergy, which was really exciting! Then, half way through it, she started tasting that bitter sweet flavor. Apparently the person who made it didn't think someone could have a chocolate allergy & accidently put a Butterfinger in it first to blend up then the Nutter butter thinking nothing of it & just kept going.
The waiter looked rather terrified when she told him why it wasn't a good & promptly took it off the check. We weren't upset, but it was still funny. Thankfully Girlfriend didn't have enough of the chocolate to make her sick, or if she did the tiredness took it from her. While we were leaving the place fireworks were going of to one side of us so we popped a squat & watched together. As if they were setting them off for us & not the holiday that is today. It was nice, cute, classic, sappy. All the things that one year aniverseries are suppose to be.
I think the reality of it is still sinking in me. I'm just not used to this stability thing of having one consent person in a relationship with me for quite that long. It's kinda scary really. I feel all domesticated & shit. The D word send a shiver up my spine....now to figure out a balance of being 21 & wanting to be wild while being in a relationship.
Speaking of balancing...that's all I seem to be doing lately is finding some balances in my life & making everything more stable. It's...kinda working so far? It's hard to really tell yet because things are still so crazy with change. I've been doing more things to relax as of late because i was getting myself too high strung over my own thoughts. That seems to be working pretty well, since I have taken an hour a day to myself to just do what every I want. Right now I am reading Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamilton. It's something I have seen people around me read for years now & thought it would be to hard of a read since it was an "adult" book. When I picked it up off Girlfriend's shelf though it actually wasn't that hard after all. I'm almost through it within a week, I'm past the halfway mark at least. I really enjoy the writing style & the way she keeps to interested in what will happen next. I don't really like that each scene seems to drag so long but the characters are well rounded enough that I'm willing to keep going. It is hard to keep up with EVERY character even if they are mentioned a lot. I'm still looking forward to it though.
I'm hoping to get through the first 4 books of the series before we move.
Yes, we are moving in the middle of July in it's god awful heat. It's already been 100+ before July hit. I am not looking forward to actually lugging things around. On top of that we are moving to the third floor (the last time we checked) which I can't stand, but it's a compromise I'm willing to make for the extra room in the new place. I am looking forward for Girlfriend's parents to actually know I am staying with her now. She has already talked to them about it & even though they aren't thrilled with it all, they are taking it rather well. This way neither of use have to freak out when they come over & I have to hide or what not or she doesn't have to dodge a bullet every time they want to come here. It will just be... easier in general. This means I have to start paying rent & what not which is fine by me but that means less savings. I'm trying to remind myself that I have a good enough base to start with that the rest is just adding on. Then that annoying voice in the back of my head reminds me that it's not just for emergency but for my photography as well.
I always figure something out, I normally do anyways.
I will say that I am excited about having more space in the new apt for less money. It has two patios, a MUCH larger & better put together closet, & the kitchen is bigger & better as well. We lose the geradge but that doesn't bother me at all. We'll get some sun visors & that will take care of that mostly. I have also talked Girlfriend into looking to get some new furnishing. The stuff she has right now isn't doing a good job at what it is there for & it needs to be replaced. When she gets done with this mod we plan on going to Ikea (it's a guilty pleasure of mine) to look through to find what we need along with pricing. I'm rather excited honestly. I like buying things for a living space to decorate it with.
The other thing Girlfriend is doing, while we pack she is going through EVERYTHING she owns (again -dances happily-) to get rid of what she just doesn't want anymore. She's finally getting tired of having so much stuff as, I think, everyone else is. There's just not room for it all which means we are most likely going to start putting stuff up for sale here, craigslist, or eBay. Right now we have a few things on Craigslist:
By the end of today I may have one thing up on eBay & maybe a few more up on Craigslist. We will see. If you are interested in any of these items you can always contact me at my e-mail, cyranjharrington@yahoo.com, or leave a comment on this blog entry.
I always feel like I never post everything that I want to on each blog post but soon I will get around to posting a bit more emotional happenings when I have them all sorted out. Seeing how this is a public blog posting raw emotions for the world to see just doesn't seem safe. Once I figure them all out I will really get around to the nitty gritty of it all, because there is a lot of emotion I need to let out for the world to see. A lot of philosophical thoughts that I want to share. It's just finding the time that I'm not avoiding them to actually type them here.
The last & final thing I have to say before I go is...HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! :) May your evening be filled with pretty boom booms & satiety! But mostly boom booms. :3
~Cyran J. Harrington~
