Last week, I celebrated my four month anniversary of being smoke-free. It's really working this time; I have no desire to smoke whatsoever. Yay me! I'm still maintaining my minor weight gain in the 10-12 lbs. range.
Thanksgiving plans are to go to my DD25's. She's being inundated with about a dozen in-laws and has never done a turkey before, so she called me in to help. I enjoy DSIL23's family, so it should be an enjoyable time. My mom will be there too.
I'm off today and for the rest of the week, although I'm touching base at work via email. We have some training and audit issues I need to stay on top of, at least for today and tomorrow.
I picked SO up from work for lunch today, which really was just an excuse for a "nooner". We are really getting back into our sexual groove and enjoying each other very much! Recently when we were together, SO mentioned something about how good it was to have his libido back! I didn't ask him anything about it, but apparently the OWs just weren't doing it for him!
Observation: We are not spending the holiday together. In the past, this is something I probably would have pouted and brooded over. So, a little pat on my back for getting over that. We may not spend Christmas together, either, unless he would be comfortable with seeing my family. I'm okay with that, either way. I definitely want to see my family; it's my grandson's first Christmas!
We're still easing things slowly back into "family awareness". All of my family knows we're seeing each other again, but we've had no interactions.
SO finally told his D15 that we are seeing each other again, and the rest of his family knows too. His D15 took it fine surprisingly. His XW hasn't mentioned it to him yet, so I suspect she doesn't know. Or perhaps she doesn't care. She's now engaged and is planning on marrying in the Spring, so perhaps she's too pre-occupied with her own life for a change.
My room mate and I are planning our second Winter Holiday Party. Those of you who have been following my thread all of this time may recall that we did this last year when I was briefly dating Mr. Professor. We are looking forward to a very good time again and seeing some new faces at the party. SO is planning on coming, but not until after he finishes a previous engagement. He's a little nervous about it as we have not done anything socially with most of my friends yet. I'm sure it will all be fine, however.
We are still doing a very good job of managing the minor conflicts that pop up now and again. We are keeping them to a minimum, keeping them in perspective, allowing each other time alone to process, and then discussing them and apologizing to each other for our respective parts.
I've a busy evening tonight with two meetings. One is a new club I'm joining; the other is a meeting at church. But I should be home around 8 and I'm looking forward to a relaxing evening, perhaps with a movie.
