Alone Time

Tonight we will have no house guests. It's the first time since March that no one else will be at the apartment. Just the hubs-to-be and me. I'm so excited for it.

The in-laws-to-be came in last week, and it's been fun having them around. We've done some fun Boston stuff, and spent time in Vermont (with a stop at the Ben and Jerry's factory!) They're here until Sunday, but are spending two nights down the Cape, so we're on our own. My sister moved out of our living room and into her own place this weekend too, so even she doesn't need our couch. (This I am pretty sad about. I loved having my sister with us. Luckily her new place is only a few blocks away!)

So what will two young, vibrant, engaged people be doing tonight in our alone time? Why, working on our wedding invitations and cleaning our apartment of course! I wanted to mail the invitations yesterday, but it just wasn't going to happen. The arrival of the family came too quickly and there was just no time. So now our two nights alone will be spent doing arts and crafts. And cleaning. Lots of cleaning. It's hard to really get a good deep clean when the apartment is stuffed with people and their stuff.

It may not be the most exciting plan for time alone, but mostly just the lack of other people will be nice. We've been missing that quiet couple time we'd been so used to. It will be nice to have it back, even though we do love having family around.

A Little Late

I know I'm late on posting about New Mexico. It was a fun trip, but a busy week when I got back and I just didn't have time. Missing two days of work is tough...I came back to quite the large pile of packages on my desk and haven't been able to get out from under them...even a week later.

The trip was worth it though. I got to see the bff and the in-laws-to-be. The weather was awful (and I miss the crazy warm Boston weather), so the race was FREEZING, but we managed. I was happy with my time, even though it's not an impressive one compared to anyone else. We didn't make it to the zoo because of the weather, but there was good baseball time and shopping. I just love New Mexico so much. It's hard to be away for too long.

Isotopes park at sunset

fireworks after the baseball game

some shots from the race. crowded start line, the bff and her bf finishing, me finishing and a post race picture (once we finally got some coffee).

On an unrelated to New Mexico note, the hubs-to-be and I FINALLY figured out our moving/living situation for next year. We're in our lease until September 1, and we're getting married the weekend before, so poor planning on our part, but we want to move. We need more space but we weren't sure we'd be able to move anyway due to the deposits etc required since we're paying for said wedding the weekend before. So, after a long talk of moving/not moving/breaking our lease/subletting, we decided we'll stay in our place for another year, unless the one bed in the building next door becomes available. It's the same landlord, so we won't have to do any new deposits, or  applications or anything. It would still require us to move four days after getting married, but it's bigger and nicer and only one building over, so it would be totally worth it. The catch is, the landlord doesn't know if the current tenant will renew or not. She just hasn't gotten back to him yet. We're crossing our fingers that she's moving on, because we want to move in! Hopefully we'll find out this week...