geminigal's Journal

I survived Joe's party this past Sunday.  I pulled it off, much to my amazement, as he was surprised!  IT WORKED - WOO HOO!!

He was supposed to be at the family home, I told him, at 2 pm on Sunday - for a Mother;s Day cook out for my Mom, Grandma, his Mom and Sister-in-Law.  I told him that I did invite his brother, SIL, and his nieces - and that his brother would help in grilling.  So - in Joe's mind - he was going up to the family home to grill.  He pulled into the drive way - and he told me (later on) that he thought all the cars parked there were for a party at a neighbor's house.  He did not even recognize the people standing in the drive way.  He did not have enough time to register everything- as I flew out of the house, blowing a horn, screaming "Surprise, Happy 40th Birthday!"  The look of amazement on his face is just priceless.  I won;t go too deep in the details - other than everyone had a wonderful time (I was told I should do party planning as a job, and not auditing), and Joe was walking on air.  He told me no one has ever done anything that nice for him before, that he will never forget this party, and that I made him feel very special.

The downside to this - everyone kept pestering Joe about marrying me.  I think it is sweet that people feel we are a good couple - but when people are constanting bothering him about it - well, it is a good way to leave a bad taste in his mouth about the subject.  I understand why it would leave a bad taste - as I do not like it when people tell me what I should do.  That was what was happening during the party - and his friend Tim and I difused that talk throughout the party.  Why can't people just focus on why we are having the party (Joe's birthday) and leave him alone regarding anything else?  If Joe wanted to get married - we would be engaged - simple as that.  If he wants to wait, or to not even get married, that is between the 2 of us....  I know people meant well, but a celebration is a poor place to keep hammering away on this subject.

Work has been busy and fruitful - thus no complaints about that piece of my life (which is great).  We are still up in the air about the possible take over - but I am not going to dwell on something I cannot control.  I will just roll with the punches and see what happens.

This morning, AF stopped in.  Sigh - I mentioned this to some friends - but every time she shows up (even though I do not think I was pregnant) - I get down in the dumps.  I feel like it is a sign of failure of yet another month of not conceiving.  All I can do is keep focusing on the future and remaining positive.  Normally it is easy for me to do - but when those hormones get out of whack at that time of the month - it can be trying, at times.

We are thinking of adopting a puppy dog for me, so I have a dog down at the river house.  I have wanted a dog for protection down here - but since I have cats - I need to actually get a puppy - so that cats get used to the puppy and the puppy is used to the cat.  Does anyone have any suggestions for which breed of dog gets along well with other pets.  Most advice I found on the internet, was that introduce a puppy into the family and not a dog.  Other than that - animal planet had an interactive tool - that lists the characteristics of each breed.  I did not have time to look at all the breeds - but I discovered a boxer gets along pretty well with another pet and that a Lab Retriever gets along with other pets real well.  I will first have to figure out, with Joe's blessing, which part of the yard we can put up some dog fencing - and I will have him come along to help me pick out a puppy.  We will see - we have discussed this before - and nothing came to fruition.

I best get back to work - they ran a file for me to work, and as always - I am missing some information to to an accurate and thorough audit.

Peace and Happiness to everyone