Accolades

Ever just CANNOT concentrate?  for weeks, maybe months???

That's me lately.. and it's baaaad.

I now have a very attentive man at home who is crazy in love with me and I'm STUCK HERE AT WORK.  *cries*

This is yet another one of those times when I really wish I had more than a measly 2 weeks of vacation time from work each year.  Every time I ache for some additional downtime from work, I get angrier at society.  I know I have a choice in how I react, but after 18 years in my career field THAT SUCKS.  I think I have 2.5 days left for this year, and I'm always "saving it for a rainy day" in case I need to take time off, that is difficult to "make up" by week's end.  BUT... at least I have that flexibility, to shift my schedule around somewhat.  I do have privileges that others would completely appreciate.  I should STFU, eh?  It's not all bad.  But seriously... 

     SPACEMAN IS HERE!!!!

He arrived with all his stuff on Saturday afternoon, just as planned.  Last February we decided to move in together and this weekend it happened!  We planned appox. 6 mos for this transition and it took slightly more, but couldn't have been better planned and executed.  The kids (20 & 17) are beyond accepting... one might even say helpful and encouraging.  Certainly two young adults/teens could be quite the obstacle if they had chosen to be, but they aren't.  They see how happy he makes their momma and truly do want me to be happy.  They are both cooperative, communicative and welcoming (each to their own degree lol).  And so far, the picky girl child has eaten what he has been cooking (phew!).  And let me tell you... While I have microwaved and sometimes attempted recipes, this man can cook!  From SCRATCH! But I knew that already. ;)

Most of all, we went to bed early-for-us last night.  It was SWEET! lol  For a year I have been up until midnight or 1 am talking on the phone or messaging with him and yesterday I came home from work, dinner was on the table, THE TABLE WAS SET (such simple things amaze me lol), and the food was more than one dish.  After that we piddled, went to the grocery to cover the next few days, then came home and piddled some more before turning in... get this... EARLY.  We're like an old married couple now lol.  It was great!  So normal and that is incredible by my standards.  I've never been able to experience that before.  I'm 42 and have been a single (aka: struggling) mom for nearly half my life, 17 years anyway.

And while these (not so) little things are dearly cherished, I get the whole package with spaceman... hit the mega millions lottery, if I may use that comparison.  I feel rich.  I feel incredibly blessed.  I know just how lucky I am to be in love with someone who is so openly in love with me as well.  I don't know how life orchestrated all this, but we both have the feeling it's been lifetimes upon lifetimes in the making.  This is our awards ceremony.

It's just the beginning.  We have so many things we want to do together, complete with lists we've started lol.  I don't want to miss out on anything.  Dark sky park?  Why yes!  A countryside train trip... a beach walk at night with the ocean AND stars pulling simultaneously... maybe even a trip to Tibet and India. <3  But first... first we just merge our lives, day by day, find our groove.  And I couldn't be happier than that!