Things are going OK with W and The Planning Thing. We're staying very busy - for example, this weekend, we went out with three different couples to do stuff (dinner on Friday, an arts festival on Saturday, and a concert-in-the-park on Sunday). And occasionally some of my suggestions are even making it onto the calendar. Not doing things with other people was one of W's biggest complaints about us in The Old Days, so this is all for the good.
D16 is gradually coming around to the terrible hard truth that she may need to spend at least some of her carefree college years closer to home. Poor little thing.
I'm going for a Guy's Weekend this coming Friday & Saturday with a friend (the husband from the family we vacationed with). Heading to a craft beer festival Friday night, then camping in a state park, then an all-day bike ride on Saturday. Should be fun. (OK, I must be totally honest here - it was W who spotted an article about the beer fest in a magazine and suggested it. But I was the one who ran with the idea and made it happen. )
Decided I needed to do a little GALing, was feeling the need to learn something new. Signed up for a six-week ceramics class, where I will learn to make pottery on The Wheel. Some background: We go to craft fairs fairly often (like the one this weekend). I decided a couple years ago I would have more fun if I was seeking something in particular, rather than just wandering. Since I love coffee, I started collecting nice pottery coffee mugs. So, now I get to make one of my own! I am very creative and love to do stuff like this. I'm also working on figuring out something nice to create for both W and D16 while I'm at it.
On the SSM front, I am doing better at initiating more often, and even get The Desired Response from time to time. A couple of good developments are that W is (gradually) waking up to the need to be more sensitive and kind when she does say no, and at the same time I am being much better at not taking it personally when she says no. We're still not going at it at the level I would like - but we're getting there. Time and Patience, as always!
Thread #10 22 year M, MLC, Piecing since 1/07 Goal: Live with confidence & enthusiasm!
Not doing things with other people was one of W's biggest complaints about us in The Old Days, so this is all for the good.
