I'm back home for now. H picked me up at the airport.We had a cute exchange (the plane was 25 minutes early, I texted him, he replied to come out to the car part, I replied- out- a bit later as I got out, he texted he was in the airport and turning around, I replied my location and sent it just as he was walking up to me).
He took my bag, gave me a kiss and said I looked nice. I always go shopping with mom, so I was wearing new clothes. OK so sue me, of course I was wanting him to notice and comment-- doesn't everyone??
He asked if I was hungry to which I replied that I wasn't as I still had airplane stomach. We got back to his house. He took my bag out of the truck and asked if I wanted it in the [his] house or in the [my] van. I took a long minute to think and said that in the house was fine. We watched a movie then went to get food. I spent the night. Had some nice kissing, but that was it. I was exhausted and in pain from a sunburn and told him so.
See, I knew this would be like this. He acts like nothing is wrong, that everything is Ok just because he's being nice right now.
Anyway. We had a great time in Colorado. The kids and I did a 2 hour horse back ride and had a blast. Next time we go for the 3 hour.
I spent time with the Triplets- man are they cute. Also spent time with my brother and his wife. I haven't spent that much time with my SIL before. I really like her. We went shopping and stuff together as well. Had a B-day party for my niece (their older daughter) and decorated her a cake.
Then we went to the cabin. Where in 5 days I... stained the decks (1 is 25x25 and the other is about 15x15) plus the railings and built in benches...and did 2 coats, helped grade and fill the dirt driveway with a tonne of rock and dirt (gulleys from the rain), polyeurathaned trim moulding and baseboards in a room, cleaned the entire downstairs and reorganized the workroom (we're talking sawdust, boxes and boxes of screws and nails, tools, wood, tile accessories...), helped with a ceiling fan, put a new gas grill together...I think that's it. oh and played cards and read. Nice relaxing vacation huh???
I joke that my list for vacation at the cabin always looks like that- build a wall, paint, sand, drill, saw... andmy sister gets the list that looks like- buy new material for pillows, shop for new dishes, shop for new lamps, go antiquing for a new table...
My kids helped with the driveway regrade. They did awesome shoveling dirt and rock into the ditch and packing it down. They weeded about 100 yds of driveway, picked up scrap lumber from all around the house, and made so many trips to the dumpster we lost track. They played cards with my grandma too, to keep her away from us while we were working (she tends to watch over shoulders and get in the way. I almost took her out with lumber that I was moving when she snuck up behind me to watch.) That is my kids main job- keep great grandma busy!! They also run and get us drinks and tools and whatever else we need when we call.
They're great kids like that and thye know that when the cabin is theirs they will have worked hard helping to build it as tehy grew up. They'll have a much greater appreciation of the land and the house when they inherit it.
that's all for now. Still not sure about the H situation. My landlord emailed me and I need to renew or get out in the next few weeks. I was on the phone with H when I read her email, mentioned something about it, and he replied that he's been on a month to month lease for a while now. That's a good thing, right?
I am looking into a few things and will have a clearer picture in a few days.
