April 3, 2009
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Boxes of Changes
Whew! What to say?
Chuck is turning my world upside down in the best possible way. Our 3 hour nightly phone conversations have turned into 5 plus hours. We talk on the phone from the moment I’m off work until I start falling asleep. And we still don’t run out of stuff to talk about. Crazy huh? We decided it is too hard to make it through 5 weekdays with out seeing each other that we need more than just the weekends so we decided that on Tuesday and Thursday nights I will drive to his place in Riverside after work. Tuesday night was my first night of that routine it was really great! We ate supper, watched a movie, and had quality time. However we also came to realize on that night that the 50 minute and 60 plus mile drive is simply too far late at night. So from now on I will just crash there on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Chuck doesn’t like me driving that far alone on the interstate that late at night, and I get too sleepy. My Mom came into town yesterday, so Chuck and I sacrificed time. But Mom is worth it. And the weekends are a given Chuck and I will be together.
Last weekend was really fun. Friday night Chuck was painting inside his Grandma’s house. I went over there and met his Mom and Grandma and I helped paint too. That was an adventure. Late that night Chuck and I headed back to Riverside. Saturday morning we woke up and decided to venture into Iowa City. We went out for breakfast, and he took me to a few shops he thought I would like. He bought me this stuffed animal penguin that is probley 2 and a half feet tall. It is the coolest thing ever! It was fun.
We got back into Riverside and he took me into the one bar in town (OK actually they have 2) for a noon cocktail. The rest of Saturday we just kicked around Riverside. Picked up a pizza and had a lazy day. I named my penguin ‘Walter Tipton’ that night, the name had nothing to do with the fact that I was completely stoned and had an entire stoner thought process behind the name or anything like that. Ah, the creativity. Sunday I had to work. But then I went back to Chuck’s after work and stayed until late at night.
We had the big ‘I love you’ moment. I never thought it was possible to fall in love in just a few weeks, and now I know. Chuck topped the ‘I love you’ moment by asking me if I will spend my life with him. I almost cried I was so happy.
Enough about Chuck for 5 minutes. Work has been going smooth and steady. I’m thankful for that, and thankful for my job in this tough market. I had my 6 month review last week and my boss told me he had absolutely no constructive criticism for me. I can’t think of a much higher complement than that! I have been getting to deliver a lot of product lately too, to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and surrounding areas. I love doing that I get to take the company car and just cruise. I love the variety of my job. No two days are a like and I’m challenged to think and solve puzzles everyday. I’m growing tighter with my co-workers, but they are still a tough crew to win over. oh well, as Chuck would say, “What do you do? Fuck em, if they can’t take a joke.” We have birthdays coming up next weekend, and they sent out an e-mail trying to plan a food day. They suggested doing a mexican food them. I sarcastically replied to the e-mail asking if I could bring Corona and Margaritas. My boss e-mailed back and said he loved the idea and he would approve of me contributing that to food day. Woohoo! I got an infection in my finger the other day. It was really bad, and really crazy. My co-workers were telling me I should get to a clinic ASAP, so I walked into my bosses office and was like “At the risk of sounding like a 5 year old, my finger really hurts, and I need to see a doctor.” he took me serious and let me leave to take care of it. They drained the finger and put me on about 3 different antibiotics. Crazy. They said it was probley caused by a hangnail. Now I have to try to keep my finger clean while I move this weekend. Good luck with that.
So I am off work today, through Tuesday. 5 days off, yay! Today Mom is going to kick around with me while I run errands and get last minute things taken care of. But I am totally packed for the big move. Tomorrow my Dad will get into town with a u-haul of my remaining stuff from Missouri. I get the keys to my apartment tomorrow, and I can start moving in! Jeremy and Joni told me they will help me move too, and I feel really lucky to have such a great supportive family. I’m tired just thinking about it. My couch, bed and mattress needs to be picked up from the furniture store. My tv is going to be delivered by Best Buy, and I have so many boxes of crap to move! Then the fun part is unpacking it all! Chuck offered to help too, but I told him not to worry about. He is going to stay with me Sat night though, and I’m having my family stick around for supper so he can meet them.
And Angie leaves for Georgia this weekend too. That is hard for me to deal with, even though I’m so happy for her. I hope I get a chance to tell her good-bye??
So here I am ready to conquer the day as I close one chapter and bounce into another. I hope I get a good internet signal in my apartment, and I hope I get a good cell phone signal as well. I’ll find out tomorrow. You probley won’t hear from me for a few days, I will be keeping busy, but know that things are good, I am having fun, and getting a lot done.
