November 23, 1999
I wrote an entry yesterday, but there was a lot of stuff in it that I wanted to talk to Keith about before posting, so I waited until today.
I'm feeling much better today. Last night I went home and felt really depressed for awhile, but then I got bored with moping around feeling sorry for myself, so I put Van Halen on the CD player, took a shower, and made lasagna. It really helped bring me out of the bad mood I was in.
What REALLY helped is my talk with Keith once he came home. I told him how I felt about not having a car, and how when the option was either 1) having Keith come home very late or 2) being stuck at work without a car, I'd much rather choose 3) having two cars. I told him that I knew he didn't really want that, and that I'm sure it sounded like I wanted a second car for silly trivial reasons, but that it was actually very important to me.
He said he was glad I'd mentioned it if it was bothering me. He also said that he doesn't really LIKE driving to work, and that sometimes he'd still rather take the bus, but that if it's going to cut a total of over an hour off his commute every day, driving is probably the way to go, at least some of the time. He also said that he considers a new car to be a luxury, but that if it's a luxury I want, we can certainly get one.
I also agreed that a new car isn't something I want to get RIGHT NOW. There's other things I want first, like a dishwasher and a new bed, and possibly a couch. But the fact that we talked about it and that I know that I won't always have to take the bus home when Keith drives to work makes me feel a LOT better. It's like, I know the end is in sight, so the present isn't quite so bad. It was a good talk.
In car-related news. We got new tires for the car this weekend! Looking through back entries of my journal, I see that we put the donut tire on the car the week of August 16th. Yes, that's right, the donut tire was on the car from mid-August until late November. Woo-hoo! We like to live life on the edge, what can I say?
Keith did point out that the warnings not to drive over 40 mph or more than 50 miles on the donut tire are more to protect the alignment of your car than because the donut tire is prone to blowing out at any time, but I still feel much safer now that we have new tires on the car. Also, the car doesn't look nearly as stupid as it did before, so that's a plus too.
A girly problem. I'm sort of bummed because I called the hair salon on such short notice that I couldn't get my regular stylist before Thanksgiving, and I REALLY want to get my hair done before I go to Chicago on Friday. So I'm getting it done tomorrow with a different stylist. I feel like I'm betraying my regular stylist, somehow. How am I going to explain this when I go back to him the next time I get my hair done? What if the girl tomorrow does a better job on my hair and then I go back to HER and he sees me with her? Will he be pissed? I probably shouldn't worry about stuff like this, but still, I have to wonder. I hope he isn't mad. I also hope that the new girl doesn't screw up my hair. I'm crossing my fingers.
I'm getting totally psyched about my trip. Danny informs me that Saturday afternoon we're having Thanksgiving brunch with Liz et. al., then Saturday night we're going out to Girl Bar with Liz, Frankie, and Heather, and Sunday we're going out to eat somewhere nice with Charles. Monday is still free so far. (If you haven't read the intro page, Liz, Frankie, Charles and Danny are all former housemates of mine, and Heather was a chick who hung out with us a lot. Steve was my other housemate, and hopefully I get to see him while I visit, because Steve rules. But anyway.)
Also, you may recall from a previous entry that because I got my tickets through priceline.com, they scheduled me to fly in on Tuesday morning at 3AM. This is BAD, because I am scheduled to be at work at 8AM that day. Well, I talked to my boss about it, and apparently they decided that they're not going to put the book out on that day anyway -- my presence is so vital to putting the book out that since I'm going to be out on Monday, they don't think they can get the book done on Tuesday. In light of this, he has no problem with me coming in at like noon on Tuesday. I am overjoyed by this.
In Keith news. Keith is liking the job so far, although he is finding it frustrating that they still haven't got around to giving him a server account so that he can log in and start learning some stuff about how to do his job. He did manage to get his computer set up yesterday, so he was pretty happy about that.
I think I'm getting used to the idea that he'll be coming home later and I won't get to see him *quite* as much. It will probably be good for me, in that it will allow me to get some stuff done that I've been meaning to get done (catching up on reading, organizing stuff, etc.) When Keith is home, I just want to do stuff with him, and I always feel sort of guilty if I'm off in the computer room working on my webpage or whatever, when he's home. I know that sounds really stupid, but I really do value my time with him, and also we just moved in less than six months ago, so we're still in the 'honeymoon' stage of living with each other.
Then again, maybe the honeymoon will never be over. A girl can dream, can't she?
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