1 month in the new house!
It's been exactly 1 month and 1 day since we moved into our new home.
So far it's been exciting, different, exhausting, fun, costly, scary,
relaxing, and a whole new level that me and Topher has taken our
relationship. About the first 3 weeks we moved into the house was the best 3
consistent weeks we've had together in a while. We didn't argue the
way we did where our argument would last for several hours. It was
different and I was very happy with the way things were going. It's
probably because we were so preoccupied with the house projects that
it took a lot of load from sweating the small stuff in the
relationship. We were actually working together towards a project.
And it was great. It was great because he was up for more than an
hour before he went off to work and worked on the house. We were
doing things besides laying in bed or me waiting for him to get up.
He was in a good mood a lot of the times and it was so refreshing to
be around that good energy. It made me the happiest! And he was
defintiely the happiest I've seen him in a long time. We are still working on the house and trying to complete some projects
before his family comes from LA. They will be here the 2nd week of
July. That makes it about 3 more weeks. Within the last month, we did have a couple of confrontations that was
unexpected but we worked it out. And hopefully it will never happen
again. Besides our arguments, I had a really hard time when he left
for work at nights. That was probably the worst sleep I've ever
experienced. Being in a new home alone, different sounds, and knowing
that I was in a big house alone was discomforting. Typically I never
call him at work, but that week I did. What was so sweet was the fact
that he attempted to help me get over my fears. He talked about
getting a dog, he had me keep his gun by my side, he was so patient on
the phone with me, and he called me almost every 20 minutes to make
sure I was ok. Once his weekend started, he immediately took care of
issues with the darkness around the house by installing sensor lights
by the windows. Uncle Kenny helped him install them too and that was
the night where I was so tired from not getting any sleep earlier in
the week that I kept falling asleep as they were working. Last weekend my little brother, Timmy, came over on a Saturday night
to help me paint the bathroom. It was nice and fun having him over.
Before we started getting down to business, me, Topher, and my little
brother ate at Lemongrass for dinner. I think it was me and Topher's
3rd time there within the 3 weeks we've moved into the house! That
good. In a nutshell, I got into my very first car accident! =( And our
fish "committed suicide" is what Topher says. He hated the Arawana
that he bought that costed him $50 but was retailed for $70.
Hopefully we find the right fish to live in the beautiful tank that
Topher put together soon. Topher got the computer up so I can start working from home once a
week and it's been fabulous. I love being able to have a room devoted
to work or anything we need to handle on the computer whether it's
researching or paying bills. Love the fact that it's NOT in our
bedroom. Last week Topher finally decided on a surround sound system and got
that hooked up. Now all he has to do is wire the back speaker
underneath so the wires are hidden. And on top of that here's the run
down with what other projects we plan to execute: - Install the new panel doors to the office and the closet upstairs.
- Put the curtain rods up that I bought from Ross.
- Paint the linen closet shelves to white (don't want to settle for
the icky tacky brown that's in there).
- Paint the new panel doors white.
- Build a headboard for our bed. I'm sure there's a few more items I haven't yet listed but these
projects alone should take us a good 2 weeks to finish. We'll see.
So far it's been exciting, different, exhausting, fun, costly, scary,
relaxing, and a whole new level that me and Topher has taken our
relationship. About the first 3 weeks we moved into the house was the best 3
consistent weeks we've had together in a while. We didn't argue the
way we did where our argument would last for several hours. It was
different and I was very happy with the way things were going. It's
probably because we were so preoccupied with the house projects that
it took a lot of load from sweating the small stuff in the
relationship. We were actually working together towards a project.
And it was great. It was great because he was up for more than an
hour before he went off to work and worked on the house. We were
doing things besides laying in bed or me waiting for him to get up.
He was in a good mood a lot of the times and it was so refreshing to
be around that good energy. It made me the happiest! And he was
defintiely the happiest I've seen him in a long time. We are still working on the house and trying to complete some projects
before his family comes from LA. They will be here the 2nd week of
July. That makes it about 3 more weeks. Within the last month, we did have a couple of confrontations that was
unexpected but we worked it out. And hopefully it will never happen
again. Besides our arguments, I had a really hard time when he left
for work at nights. That was probably the worst sleep I've ever
experienced. Being in a new home alone, different sounds, and knowing
that I was in a big house alone was discomforting. Typically I never
call him at work, but that week I did. What was so sweet was the fact
that he attempted to help me get over my fears. He talked about
getting a dog, he had me keep his gun by my side, he was so patient on
the phone with me, and he called me almost every 20 minutes to make
sure I was ok. Once his weekend started, he immediately took care of
issues with the darkness around the house by installing sensor lights
by the windows. Uncle Kenny helped him install them too and that was
the night where I was so tired from not getting any sleep earlier in
the week that I kept falling asleep as they were working. Last weekend my little brother, Timmy, came over on a Saturday night
to help me paint the bathroom. It was nice and fun having him over.
Before we started getting down to business, me, Topher, and my little
brother ate at Lemongrass for dinner. I think it was me and Topher's
3rd time there within the 3 weeks we've moved into the house! That
good. In a nutshell, I got into my very first car accident! =( And our
fish "committed suicide" is what Topher says. He hated the Arawana
that he bought that costed him $50 but was retailed for $70.
Hopefully we find the right fish to live in the beautiful tank that
Topher put together soon. Topher got the computer up so I can start working from home once a
week and it's been fabulous. I love being able to have a room devoted
to work or anything we need to handle on the computer whether it's
researching or paying bills. Love the fact that it's NOT in our
bedroom. Last week Topher finally decided on a surround sound system and got
that hooked up. Now all he has to do is wire the back speaker
underneath so the wires are hidden. And on top of that here's the run
down with what other projects we plan to execute: - Install the new panel doors to the office and the closet upstairs.
- Put the curtain rods up that I bought from Ross.
- Paint the linen closet shelves to white (don't want to settle for
the icky tacky brown that's in there).
- Paint the new panel doors white.
- Build a headboard for our bed. I'm sure there's a few more items I haven't yet listed but these
projects alone should take us a good 2 weeks to finish. We'll see.