Loose Ends...

B has a place to live!  Super exciting.  I saw about 5 places, ranging from "charming" holes in the wall to super-cute-but-expensive fully done apartments.  He picked a room in a house about five minutes from here.  Totally fine by me!  I can't believe it's been almost 3 years since we've been in the same city full time.  Visits, yes.  Vacations, yes. But really living, day-in and day-out, no.

I'm excited, but I'm also pretty scared.  I know we're compatible, and that our lives are compatible, but still there's some great fear that somehow things will just ... *poof.*  I am very anti-poof.

Care, my college roommate, says I try to overcompensate when I'm anxious and that I displace my angst.  I tell her she should get a hobby. But in this case she's right.  I have this weird inner draw to find the perfect place for B to live and, if I can find that 'perfect' place, then everything will be great this summer.  I know it's crazy, but it's something I can control.  Must relinquish control.  Must go back to faith.

Here's the place he decided on.  It has azalea bushes, so I know Grandma would be proud. Perfect?  We'll see.

Bucket List

Ok, so my list is less of a "to do before kicking the bucket" and more of a catch-all for the things I'm afraid will slip through the cracks...in the bucket? Maybe I should call it a bridge list instead.

Things I'm doing these days:
1) Looking at apartments for B. B. and I have been dating for 5 years now. Nope, not a typo. And that's exclusively. We dated for a year before that on and off. If we'd gotten right down to it, we could currently have someone who could write their name with a fat pencil. Crazy. B. is moving here for the summer for internships at a few law firms, so I'm spending my lunch hours this week running to and fro and trying to leave a trail of notes as to where I'll be should "Bob" turn out to be a "lotion on the skin" type guy. So far the leads are good, and I'm sure there will be more to follow.

2) Planning showers/bachelorette weekends for high school girlfriends who are getting married. Next one is later this month (eek!) in North Georgia on the lake. Should be amazing, if I can get myself organized enough to plan it.

3) Writing a LOT at work for our summer grilling guides. Luckily, my assigned section is Drinks, so I'm spending most days researching mojitos, coladas, and anything fit for a tiny umbrella. However, as good as that may sound, there's an equal amount of time spent coming up with synonyms for "refreshing."