Morning

I love having time to myself in the morning. There is just something amazingly peaceful about having the apartment be still and quiet and not have ESPN blaring from the television. I get up earlier than I need to, just so I can have that small amount of time. To eat breakfast. To check my email. To not have to pay attention to the other person I live with.

And it's not that I don't very much enjoy paying attention to him, of course (good thing since we're getting married), but rather that I'll be listening to people talk and focusing on a million other things for the rest of the day. The morning moments are my own.

This morning I am up extra early waiting for Peapod. Groceries delivered right to me, what a brilliant idea. Yes, I do feel kind of lazy, but basically I just love it. I do the shopping online, and someone else gets to haul the bags up to my third floor apartment. How could this possibly be a bad thing?

They have not arrived, but my quiet time has been interrupted. I need to get ready, and so he needs to wait for them to arrive (I refuse to answer the door without being fully clothed). And the day has begun.

Been too long?

I know it's been weeks. Work has been so insanely busy that I haven't had a second to think, let alone blog. Could I blog at home instead? Yes. Do I ever? No. Once I get home I barely ever get on my computer. I've been looking at my work computer all day and the last thing I generally want to is look at another one.

Things are crazy at work, but good otherwise. We've booked the tent and the caterer, so we're feel pretty good about things wedding-wise.

I really need to start taking more pictures and sprucing up my blog a bit.

Although it's been a while, there still isn't too much to say. Work has taken over my life and that's about it. Maybe I'll have something more thoughtful to say tomorrow...

Welcome to the New Century

I don't care that some people think 2010 is the last year in the decade, I think it's the first. Out with the old, in with the new. 2009 wasn't a terrible year at all, but I'm ready for the new one. 2010 has some good things in store.

THE TOP TEN IN 2010

(these are the things I"m looking forward too the most at this point)

1. Visitors in January! The brother-in-law-to-be is coming this week and will be here for a week, and at the end of the month my dear Welshy friend (who isn't Welsh at all, but I met her in Wales) who I haven't seen in FOREVER is coming up for the weekend!

2. Another trip to the Gulf Coast in March. This will be my fifth year. I don't know too many details on this as of yet, but I'm hoping it all works out perfectly and I'll be down hanging drywall again.

3. The Boy Ball! The real name is the Fenway Community Health Men's Event, and it's so much fun. I went last year and I am so glad to be a supporter of the community. Plus, I get to buy a new dress and the hubs-to-be will wear a tux...and he looks so sexy in a tux.

4. Turning 25. Although most people don't want to get older, I would really like to be 25. I feel like it's a really good age. Not too old, but old enough for people to take you seriously.

5. The Run for the Zoo. Although I'm not 100% sure I'm going to make it out to Albuquerque for it, right now I"m planning on it. I've spent a year working really hard and I'm going to keep working hard and my goal is to run the 5K. I've done it before, but I had to walk some of it and this time I don't want to. Hopefully I'll be all trained and ready to go by then, and the altitude won't be too much of a problem...

6. Planning my wedding! I've definitely already started the planning, but there is SO much left to do, and I'm excited about it. Our invitations are homemade, and so are the center pieces, and even my dress! It's a lot to take on, but I do have a creative side, so I'm pretty jazzed up about it. Plus, registering goes in the planning category and I can't wait to run around the stores with the beepy thing.

7. Getting Married! And being married for that matter. It's something I've never done before (and don't intend on doing ever again) so I'm really excited for the day itself and the new life it will bring. I already live with the hubs-to-be, so clearly that's not going to change, but I know it will be different and wonderful. I mean "husband" isn't really in my daily vocab at this point...

8. Upgrading our apartment. We discussed moving this year, but we like our little place, and since our lease is up the same time as our wedding, we really had no desire to move as a honeymoon, so we're staying put, but we're going to be doing some upgrades throughout the year to make the space we have a little better. We just bought a brand new flat screen TV to replace the one that takes up more than it's fair share of our living room, and that's just the beginning. I'm reading up on the DIY blogs and hopefully we'll make our place amazing (without spending too much, seeing as we don't own it or anything).

9. Traveling. We don't have anything big planned yet, but I feel as though 2010 will hold some really good trips for us. We're big fans of car trips and we love getting out of the city, so hopefully in 2010 we'll venture to some new and wonderful places.

10. Setting and reaching new goals. I don't like resolutions, but I like goals. I've set a few for 2010, which I think are reasonable and feel as though I can accomplish them (setting the bar too high can mean failure and that's no good...I'm all about under promising and over delivering). I want to take more pictures and blog more, drink more water and run the 5k. There are a few others I won't share, but they'll help make me better too. 2010 looks promising and I'm ready for it.