Ahh yes, I just spoke of how much I love weekends...

Friday night was a nice little night in with AJ. After going to the gym, we came home, I made dinner, we put a movie on and relaxed together on the couch. Saturday morning AJ had to work, but I got up early with him and cleaned up around doing dishes and laundry, bathrooms, etc. I did do that...but I mostly just laid around drinking coffee and watching stuff on Netflix. I love AJ and spending time with him but it was nice to have a little relaxation time to myself. 3 o’clock rolled around and AJ came home with Pat, and the three of us hung out while waiting for Rooks so us four could go to BD’s Mongolian Grill! It was a ton of fun with just us four, we sat at the bar and ate delicious food and it was pretty awesome. We went to some toy shop down the street and then headed home. We got home, crashed on the couch for about 15 minutes and then AJ’s mom called asking if she wanted to pick us up to go to Center Court with her and Karen, so, we said why not? Headed down there and started drinking and hanging out and then our friends Jake and Emily came and it turned out to be a really fun night!!! AJ’s mom dropped us off at home and we crashed on the pullout couch downstairs (apparently going up the stairs was out of the question?) Where we passsssed out. AJ woke up early to get a drink and apparently I didn’t move or anything at all even after he was really loud so he woke me up to "make sure I was okay". So we got like 5 hours of sleep after being drunk and we felt like poo. We headed to the gas station and grabbed some gatorade, went to his parents’ house for a little bit and then went to my parents’ house. It was really nice to spend some time with my parents and then all my siblings came and it was so nice to see everyone again, of course. And then the PATRIOTS game!!! WE WON! :) going to the superbowl! It wasn’t the prettiest win but it was a win nonetheless. Rematch with the Giants!

Now, to go off on a little rant real quick. I’m sick of everyone talking about how insignificant the superbowl is this year and how no one cares about the teams that are in it, blah blah. Really? If you’re a browns fan, your opinion is totally invalid. First, because obviously the browns will never go. Second, what, did you want the Steelers to go?! And everyone else, really? Why is it insignificant? Did you want Green Bay to sweep through again? Like, what makes it less important? Who did they want to see?

Anyways, came home, laid on the pullout couch to watch the Giants/49ers game and then crawled into bed. I am exhausted, all I want to do is sleep, I don’t want to be at work, I feel like I didn’t get enough lazy time this weekend (even though I laid around a lot of Saturday morning) Yay weekends.

It is snowing right now. A truly beautiful, fluffy, steady snow. It’s coming down pretty hard, but not big flakes, little powdery perfect ones. It just feels weird, since the weather has been so un-Ohiolike for the winter.

Yesterday when I got up for work AJ had texted me that when he had left for work (an hour and a half earlier) that 21, the main highway I take ALLLL the way to work was backed up with an accident and that the back roads were icy so to leave a little early. And I did. And when I got to Cleve-Mass road, my alternate way, I could see IT backed up for at least a mile. GRR. So I got into the turn lane and headed off to take back roads. And AJ wasn’t lying, the back roads were pure ice! And my front tires SUCK. I was supposed to get new ones this past weekend but I when I went to drop off my car it would have been a 3 hours wait. NO THANK YOU. So, AJ is taking my car tomorrow. Anyways.

I am happy to see the snow. It is pretty and I don’t even mind driving in it and it makes me appreciate the summer months (and every other season) a little more. But, I’m sad it was "late" this year. It wasn’t a white Christmas and the holiday season was just rainy and dreary and not pretty white. The Christmas lights looked nice, but it didn’t reflect off the snow and ice and all of that pretty stuff. And it is weird to me to think that it hasn’t even been a month since Christmas, but it is still 6 months away from vacation. And I thrive off of looking forward to things. When I knew we were moving, that whole month or two was excitement and preparation for that. Then I had two Christmases to look forward to (which were both lovely) and then I had my LONG awaited iphone to wait for, and once I got that...all of that anticipation and waiting was kind of over. AJ and I are going to Pittsburgh in a little over a month for the Penguins v. Blue Jackets hockey game, and as excited as I am for that, its not ENOUGH of something to look forward to, I guess. I’m EXCITED for vacation, but 6 months is a little toooo far to look as my next big thing. And along with that is how excited I am to get a (hopefully) awesome body as a result of working out 6 days a week and eating amazing...but that is something gradual and there won’t just be one day where it is there, congratulations. So, I’m not going to call it a "rut" but I just need something new and exciting to look forward to, I guess. Something that kind of keeps me going.

Don’t get me wrong, I love just about every single day of my life...work is fine, going to the gym with AJ and going home to AJ everyday keeps me a very happy girl, on top of amazing weekends with AJ, too. And as much as it is just a routine, I do like it, but it is just that...routine. So. I guess I need to find something to look forward to :)

So, I’m going to Columbus/church for the first time this weekend in over two years I believe...or close to it. I’m oddly nervous, but I guess still excited. Last I was down there it was crazy, the church was totally different than how I grew up in it and I felt unwelcome. And, well, I’m probably not...after leaving the church, yada yada.

Anyways, Gavin is moving to DC soon and I promised I’d be down to see him, so, here I go. AJ has to work so its going to be just me. I was going to drive to my parents house and then go down with them but they’re sticking around longer for Emma’s birthday party and I don’t want to be down there that long, plus, I have a feeling something awkward would occur if I did go to the party.

AJ is really pushing me to go down. I’ve been talking about it for months...going to see the Gavin, Jamie, Dean and Susie and Pastor Robert and Lana and Marissa, the people I grew up with. But, along with that comes the Thomases, who have hated me since I was 13. And probably even more so now. Seeing Matt didn’t even CROSS my mind until AJ mentioned it. But I know that will be no problem because he didn’t even talk to me when we were together, I can’t imagine him talking to me now that we’ve been broken up forever, plus the Cheyenne incident, etc. BUT, I almost hope he does talk to me so I can just talk about my life and how happy I am and everything. But I hope it doesn’t look like a facade, you know? Because it is legitimate.

Anyways, I guess I am a little excited to go. Maybe people will be happy/excited/surprised to see me. If not, that is four hours of driving I probably shouldn’t have done/spent gas on. But, I promised Gavin I’d see him before he left. I don’t need to not do that and be a shittier friend than I already was.