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He can be a real pill on his birthday, and he kind of was, at least until I got home. I can't wait for him to figure out he's in charge of his own happiness, and not depend on others and what's around him to be happy. Someday!
I got home just before 2, and we hung out for a bit, and then loaded the bobcat onto his truck so he'd be ready to go in the morning when he had to go back to work. It was crazy cold and windy. He hopped in the shower while I started to get dressed. At first I couldn't find the boots I wanted to wear to dinner, but then we finally found them. A year later and I still can't remember where I put stuff! I can't wait to get proper closet organizers so I can get stuff out from under the bed and into better places! Of course I also need to clean some things out, but that's another story...
It was so cold I decided to wear my leopard print thermal pants under my skirt. Turns out the skirt didn't come down to the tops of my boots. I was like, oh well, I'll just be rebellious today.
We headed down there, and arrived early, so we waited in the car for a bit since we were the only ones there. They don't start dinner until 4:00, and our reservation was for 4:30, and we were seriously the only ones there! So what is always top notch service was even better because it was seriously for us. At one point I got up to go to the bathroom and the chef, our waiter, and the bus boy were all standing there chatting. Like it was them and us in the restaurant and that was it. It felt so intimate, though, since the restaurant is in a building that dates to 1744, and we had a table next to the fireplace. I ended up having to trade seats with the BF because I got too warm by the fire (I was seriously layered up, I wasn't sure how cool it would be in the restaurant) and started coughing. The food was FABULOUS though. Entrees at this place range from $35 to $40, and are worth every penny. We had a fantastic venison appetizer, and then he had a pork chop and I had a beef pot pie. The beef melted in your mouth it was so tender. The BF's pork chop was amazing as well, so juicy and tender, too. The bus boy's job was to make sure that our drinks stayed filled, and since I started out with my back to the doorway of the room, he would just appear over my shoulder and refill our water glasses. I told the BF at one point that he was like a water ninja. We told him that later and he thought it was funny (he was pretty young). The waiter was lovely, too, and so gracious. I really love being able to dine at a place of that caliber, and I told the BF we need to figure out how to make it happen more often. I had a coupon since it was the BF's birthday, and even without that the meal wasn't as expensive as I had expected it to me. We drank mineral water (which there's a charge for) instead of tap water, and I had a glass of champagne, plus the appetizer, and a peanutbutter chocolate moose thing for dessert that was amazing. They even wrote Happy Birthday in icing and put a little candle on the plate for the BF. Thankfully it's not the kind of place to sing to you, LOL. I was excited that I was able to pay for it for the BF so that he could really enjoy his birthday. He was in a much better mood after dinner LOL
Yesterday I had a really nice day, I didn't have to be ANYWHERE, which was awesome. I was able to get up and do what I wanted in the morning. I'm still not sleeping great, and waking up coughing in the middle of the night, so sleeping until I woke up was really nice. And I didn't have to take care of ANY horses! I got up and cleaned the litter boxes and then attempted to get the cats to pee in them empty so I could get a urine sample. Yeah, that didn't work. So I ordered some "hydrophobic" litter that I'll try later and see if I can get them to go that way. I'll also set that up right as they're eating breakfast, so that way I catch them before they've gone for the morning (at least I assume they go after they eat... it seems logical...). We'll see if that works better, anyway. I'll have to try again next week though, when DB is back in her office when I can get there with a sample. I think they have crystals in their urine, which is the reason I'm trying to get a sample. We'll see how well this works! I also managed to get Lilith's cage cleaned, which was way way way over due. She was happy to have her dust bath, too. I got the bed changed, and then ran the dishwasher, and then spent the rest of the day doing business stuff. I did a facebook live and got some new people on it, which was cool, I also got a message from another guy out of the blue, which was a good thing. It feels good to be getting responses again. I also had a long conversation with one of my favorite clients, who it turns out is what she calls a "tech ninja" so she does all things techy, like email lists, landing pages, sales funnels, and stuff like that. She has offered to help me so that I can get my business off the ground. I'm so grateful for her offer, and my biz coach is happy about it, too, so that's awesome that I can now say I have a team! LOL So hopefully I can get some stuff put together quickly because I'm tired of dumping so much energy into my biz and getting nothing out of it. I'm ready to move on.
I also need to replace my laptop, and so that's gotta get paid for somehow. My friend suggested a mac, but I don't know that I can swing that much, even for a refurb machine. And I don't see any of them that have the numlock pad on the side, I like a wide screen with the numlock numbers, which makes it easier to do my tracking stuff. So I think I'm going to have to do some more research, but hopefully I can find something soon, because my poor laptop is just gimping along, and it isn't helping me to be productive because it's so exhaustively slow. I think the only reason I've waited this long is that my computers in the office are just as slow, so I don't have a basis for comparison of anything faster!
I also realized recently that I don't enjoy the research phase of finding a good deal. My Ex was so good at that, I'm tempted to send him a message and tell him to find me a dang computer. We're still friends, so I have no idea if he'd do it for me or not. He's the one that bought me the laptop before, and the thing has to be 8 years old by now, I think. So he not only got a good deal, but it's paid for itself for sure!
I'm doing ok with my personal budget, but my biz budget is way in the red. So it goes. I really hope I can kick it out of the red soon because I'm really ready to have resources! I'm grateful that my office work has balanced out so that I'm able to keep my bills paid and I have a little extra that I was able to take the BF to dinner, and I'll have some left for Christmas, too. Plus I have about $200 in cash back rewards on my credit card, which I've been saving for the holiday specifically. I'm really grateful to be in that position!
He can be a real pill on his birthday, and he kind of was, at least until I got home. I can't wait for him to figure out he's in charge of his own happiness, and not depend on others and what's around him to be happy. Someday!
I got home just before 2, and we hung out for a bit, and then loaded the bobcat onto his truck so he'd be ready to go in the morning when he had to go back to work. It was crazy cold and windy. He hopped in the shower while I started to get dressed. At first I couldn't find the boots I wanted to wear to dinner, but then we finally found them. A year later and I still can't remember where I put stuff! I can't wait to get proper closet organizers so I can get stuff out from under the bed and into better places! Of course I also need to clean some things out, but that's another story...
It was so cold I decided to wear my leopard print thermal pants under my skirt. Turns out the skirt didn't come down to the tops of my boots. I was like, oh well, I'll just be rebellious today.
We headed down there, and arrived early, so we waited in the car for a bit since we were the only ones there. They don't start dinner until 4:00, and our reservation was for 4:30, and we were seriously the only ones there! So what is always top notch service was even better because it was seriously for us. At one point I got up to go to the bathroom and the chef, our waiter, and the bus boy were all standing there chatting. Like it was them and us in the restaurant and that was it. It felt so intimate, though, since the restaurant is in a building that dates to 1744, and we had a table next to the fireplace. I ended up having to trade seats with the BF because I got too warm by the fire (I was seriously layered up, I wasn't sure how cool it would be in the restaurant) and started coughing. The food was FABULOUS though. Entrees at this place range from $35 to $40, and are worth every penny. We had a fantastic venison appetizer, and then he had a pork chop and I had a beef pot pie. The beef melted in your mouth it was so tender. The BF's pork chop was amazing as well, so juicy and tender, too. The bus boy's job was to make sure that our drinks stayed filled, and since I started out with my back to the doorway of the room, he would just appear over my shoulder and refill our water glasses. I told the BF at one point that he was like a water ninja. We told him that later and he thought it was funny (he was pretty young). The waiter was lovely, too, and so gracious. I really love being able to dine at a place of that caliber, and I told the BF we need to figure out how to make it happen more often. I had a coupon since it was the BF's birthday, and even without that the meal wasn't as expensive as I had expected it to me. We drank mineral water (which there's a charge for) instead of tap water, and I had a glass of champagne, plus the appetizer, and a peanutbutter chocolate moose thing for dessert that was amazing. They even wrote Happy Birthday in icing and put a little candle on the plate for the BF. Thankfully it's not the kind of place to sing to you, LOL. I was excited that I was able to pay for it for the BF so that he could really enjoy his birthday. He was in a much better mood after dinner LOL
Yesterday I had a really nice day, I didn't have to be ANYWHERE, which was awesome. I was able to get up and do what I wanted in the morning. I'm still not sleeping great, and waking up coughing in the middle of the night, so sleeping until I woke up was really nice. And I didn't have to take care of ANY horses! I got up and cleaned the litter boxes and then attempted to get the cats to pee in them empty so I could get a urine sample. Yeah, that didn't work. So I ordered some "hydrophobic" litter that I'll try later and see if I can get them to go that way. I'll also set that up right as they're eating breakfast, so that way I catch them before they've gone for the morning (at least I assume they go after they eat... it seems logical...). We'll see if that works better, anyway. I'll have to try again next week though, when DB is back in her office when I can get there with a sample. I think they have crystals in their urine, which is the reason I'm trying to get a sample. We'll see how well this works! I also managed to get Lilith's cage cleaned, which was way way way over due. She was happy to have her dust bath, too. I got the bed changed, and then ran the dishwasher, and then spent the rest of the day doing business stuff. I did a facebook live and got some new people on it, which was cool, I also got a message from another guy out of the blue, which was a good thing. It feels good to be getting responses again. I also had a long conversation with one of my favorite clients, who it turns out is what she calls a "tech ninja" so she does all things techy, like email lists, landing pages, sales funnels, and stuff like that. She has offered to help me so that I can get my business off the ground. I'm so grateful for her offer, and my biz coach is happy about it, too, so that's awesome that I can now say I have a team! LOL So hopefully I can get some stuff put together quickly because I'm tired of dumping so much energy into my biz and getting nothing out of it. I'm ready to move on.
I also need to replace my laptop, and so that's gotta get paid for somehow. My friend suggested a mac, but I don't know that I can swing that much, even for a refurb machine. And I don't see any of them that have the numlock pad on the side, I like a wide screen with the numlock numbers, which makes it easier to do my tracking stuff. So I think I'm going to have to do some more research, but hopefully I can find something soon, because my poor laptop is just gimping along, and it isn't helping me to be productive because it's so exhaustively slow. I think the only reason I've waited this long is that my computers in the office are just as slow, so I don't have a basis for comparison of anything faster!
I also realized recently that I don't enjoy the research phase of finding a good deal. My Ex was so good at that, I'm tempted to send him a message and tell him to find me a dang computer. We're still friends, so I have no idea if he'd do it for me or not. He's the one that bought me the laptop before, and the thing has to be 8 years old by now, I think. So he not only got a good deal, but it's paid for itself for sure!
I'm doing ok with my personal budget, but my biz budget is way in the red. So it goes. I really hope I can kick it out of the red soon because I'm really ready to have resources! I'm grateful that my office work has balanced out so that I'm able to keep my bills paid and I have a little extra that I was able to take the BF to dinner, and I'll have some left for Christmas, too. Plus I have about $200 in cash back rewards on my credit card, which I've been saving for the holiday specifically. I'm really grateful to be in that position!
we walk out with our tree. Most expensive tree I've ever seen! It is perfect, though, very well balanced, no funny bare spots, and just the right height for our living room. But dang, it's $70 of perfect! Good grief. Anyway, we'll enjoy it for sure. After we got home, we hustled to get the leaves blown. The neighbor was blowing out his gutters with his big backpack blower, and once he finished with that, he loaned it to us. The BF loves it when I run equipment, so he gave it to me. I was expecting to take off, I swear, the thing is like a jet pack. But boy did it blow leaves. The BF was still running the gas blower, but I could easily blow the leaves right back at him, which was amusing. We at least got the yard blown, and into piles, and then it was raining too hard to keep working. 
