Random Thoughts

I'm sitting on my new couch, watching The People's Court on my new TV, in my new condo less than 2 months into my new (and only) marriage... and I feel so frustrated. 

Frustrated because as I look around the rest of the room and I see boxes of decorations that need to be unpacked. I need to find places to put my picture frames and other items. 

Things have just not found their places in the condo and it makes me anxious. I have a clock staring at me from the ground which reminds me I forgot to buy batteries so that I can finally put it on the wall. 

My bar counter has non-bar items on it. My dining room table has paper and other junk. Which reminds me I have to go through the junk paper drawer and decide what to do with what's in there. Which only reminds me that I have to buy a filing cabinet. Buy buy buy. 

My bedroom is pretty clean and organized - clothes are what I took care of first when we moved in - but I need to go through the drawers because we've run out of space (my husband has way too many t-shirts!). This will probably be what gets done first. 

Now most of you will probably be "just get up, off the computer, and find places for things, clear the table, clear the counter, hang the clock!". Which would be sound advice. But I can't bring myself to do it. I feel the need to do it all at once, but I don't have the time. I get home from work around 5:30pm ready to make dinner. After cooking, eating, and cleaning it's past 8pm and all I want to do is lay down and sleep. 

Looking ahead I only see bit of times to work with. Today is Saturday and in the morning I have a special event at Bed, Bath & Beyond, following closely by someone coming to check out our AC unit. An hour or two after that will be my sisters' memorial at the cemetery. My eldest sister arrived in town early this morning (say, midnight) with her daughters which I will be spending much time with. 

Sunday includes an early Father's Day brunch for our entire family and then in the afternoon Argentina's first 2014 World Cup game which must be watched (and will be watched) at my place because I have a new 60" smart TV. This means my dad, brother, and the kids coming over for the game. 

Next weekend doesn't look much better. It includes my nephew's birthday and me taking my niece to a birthday party the next day (because when parents' aren't willing to take their children to socialize at a party the aunt has to do it).

So, I'll continue to spend the few free moments I seem to come across looking at my unorganized home and groaning at what I see.  

Weekend Wrap Up

I got back from our honeymoon last Monday and I got to work on unpacking right away. My office/game room was full of my boxes that needed to be unpacked and sorted and I just couldn't stand it. 

I took the entire week off from work (I got 3 days bereavement for my sisters' death, and then I took an additional day off) and so I spent it unpacking, organizing, cleaning, and shopping. There were still many things that needed to be purchased for the house - including food. 

Thomas had Monday off (since we arrived in the morning) but he had to work the rest of the week so I had my mom help me. (What would I do without her?). When the weekend came, though, I told Thomas he needed to sort through his things. 

That was the difficult part. I guess I now understand what married couples always meant by nagging wives and men who sit around all day.  

Thomas had a dentist appointment on Saturday morning so I went over to my parents to finish packing some things and enjoy some time with my mommy and daddy. I had planned on going to the bank during the week to close my account since I opened one with Thomas at a different bank, but I hadn't gotten around to it so instead I went with my dad on Saturday to close my account and then to close my sisters' account. 

While I was at the bank I ran into an ex-boyfriends' mom. This guy had been the first guy I had actually thought could go long-term. I was with him when my aunt passed away and he was very kind to me. I run into his mom every now and then and she updates me on his life and I tell her about mine. He married the girl he met right after me and has a baby. 

I was happy I could show her my wedding rings :). 

Saturday night was interesting. I was finally able to wash my hair after the perm I got on Wednesday, and then... then I fucked it all up. You will want to come back tomorrow for that story and pictures. 

After my emergency trip to Super Cuts Thomas and I went to Target to pick up an entertainment center/TV stand. We had our living room TV placed on the wall on Thursday, but I wanted to have a stand placed under it so that we can put our DVR and other electronics as well as decorations. 

By the time we got home it was late and dark, so Sunday morning after breakfast we began to work on it.

It was a very complicated and long process but we were able to get it done! 

After we finally finished getting it done I did some wifey things like grocery shopping for the week. 

Thomas' parents invited us to dinner at their house Sunday night. Grilled steaks! Yum!