“Friends”

Warning: Vent Session

Lately I have realized that I have less and less in common with my current friends. I don’t know if it’s because I’m married now, have a full time job, or what. But things are starting to become really apparent.

I love friends that want to spend time with me. I am tired of these every-once-in-a-while hangouts where we talk for a couple of hours and then part ways for months on end. I need more than that out of my friendships.

Call me high maintenance, but I would love to have friendships that have weekly hangouts and/or phone calls. Lately I have realized how little my friends care about my every day life. I mean, if I really needed them, they would all be there. But, if I didn’t really need them, they wouldn’t come.

It has really put things into perspective and I have decided that I will be trying to find new friends. I will still keep the old ones, but I need people who actually want to do things besides sit around the house or going out late on week nights. I need some grown-up friends.

2 Months

Tomorrow is our 2 month wedding anniversary.

For those of you old married couples, this seems like a small victory to take lightly. But for us, every day is a celebration! It has been a mere 2 months since the best day of our lives. I still get chills thinking about that day and about the life that we have now.

So much has happened in 2 months and I’m so glad that things are the way they are. I love being married. I love living together. I love getting to make our home into our home and I love raising our puppy. I love getting to see Phillip every single day and getting to sleep in on the weekends together.

I love him and I love being married. Happy 2 months!

Winding Down

Finally, after a couple of weeks of craziness (thanks to a new puppy and having two weekends out of town in a row) things are settling down.

I am so excited to see where this life is heading. I’m already so pleased with where it has already gone. Things are really looking great.

Phillip is closing in on the end of his summer semester – and about to begin his last semester in college! We finally found all of the wedding presents a home and are about to have everything hung on the walls. Murphy is starting to develop quite a nice routine with us. And we are finding time to crack open the cook books and experiment with our new kitchen gadgets.

I am still on the hunt for a job I can be passionate about. This week I will be looking harder than ever. It’s time for me to find something that makes me feel like I haven’t wasted all of my money on an education that leaves me without a related job. Here’s hoping…

Lazy Sunday

Today we officially reclaimed our second bathroom from Murphy. This is no small feat. He stayed there his first night here and has occasionally been fed in there. Basically, it has been puppy-proofed and unusable for the past 5 days in case we’ve needed it. But now that he has a cage and is used to it, we’re taking the training wheels (I mean bathroom) away. This is quite the victory in the Long house.

We are also mastering the art of house training already. Murphy is so smart (living up to his breed’s expectations) and already knows what to do. We don’t have to wait on him. He doesn’t mess around playing instead of doing his business. He’s pretty much great. Although, this being apt to house train faster could be because it is so hot outside and he doesn’t want to be out there longer than he should… but we’re going to keep going with our “he’s so smart” theory.

In other news, not much is going on. I’m still working and Phillip’s still working and going to school. He will definitely be graduating in December! It’ll be nice to have a husband that’s on a more full-time schedule with me so we don’t have to keep missing each other in the evenings. He’ll also be going back to his skimmed down work schedule soon to coincide with his school schedule. It’ll mean a little less money to spend but more time with him. I like that tradeoff.

Oh! And my grandparents on my dad’s side are moving up to Bedford! Isn’t that great!? I’m excited to have them around and in a place they’ll love. I feel like they are going into a super fancy and snazzy retirement community that is all about their residents having fun. They might have such a good time they won’t have time for us.

Tomorrow starts a new work week. And next weekend Samantha’s crew is coming up to celebrate Jeremy’s birthday. I foresee a weekend of sister time and laying out by the pool. Definitely looking forward to it.

I’ll end with pictures of our wonderful addition to our family. He really is a wonderful dog and doing so well as an apartment dog. We love him like a child already and consider him as part of our family. I can’t wait to see how he grows up and to see our future kids love on him. And him being just two days older than our marriage makes him even more special to us.

We Got a Puppy!!!

Murphey is a 7 week old border collie. We got him Wednesday night and our lives have been different ever since.

We weren’t in the market for puppy, really, until Phillip mentioned something Tuesday night. We have always wanted a dog and knew they would play into our life for years to come. Wednesday, however, it all came together too perfectly for us to pass up on him.

He is certainly a challenge already. But man is he fun. And tonight, while Phillip is working, I get to have someone to play with! No more being lonely and bored. I at least I can talk to him. I’ll post pictures asap.