Who's that girl?!

I can't believe it either, but yes, I'm updating my livejournal [now blogger]. So much is happening, I hardly know where to begin. Bear with me, I have a feeling this one may be a long one.

I guess it all started about a year ago when Kyle and I split. I hung out with Chris a few last times and then began seeing Craig. An old flame, turned friend, re-turned flame.

I didn't know it the first day I saw him. I guess I was just so excited to see an old friend - someone who was always good to me no matter what I said or did. We had lunch and I decided to visit his home in Barrie... that afternoon.

It all happened so fast. It's easy for me to say I love you when I've already said it for the first time, so for Craig and I, I guess I knew within moments of having his arms around me. Nothing had changed besides my attitude towards men. I was a woman with my own career, priorities and goals and I was not in the mood for any man who wasn't in 'it'. I was sick of the games and the bull.

I'm no one's "sugar momma", I wasn't going to be anyone's shrink or end up so mentally twisted around someone I'd stand in -20 degree weather just to have a chance to talk to them. To some that may sound romantic - but in those days, I was a total headcase. I still kinda am - but the meds help. :-)

Speaking of meds, I was also sick from January 10th - February 8th. It was a cold that felt like the flu and just would NOT leave me alone. So after a lot of thinking and a lot of time off work... *drum roll please*...I QUIT SMOKING!!!! WOOT! Took me long enough! And it made me get better faster. I know that's common sense, but really, who knew?!

Anyway, around his birthday last year (after a summer of road trips, visits to Wonderland and a great job change for me), I got him drunk and found out his plans for a proposal. It was all so sweet I was just eating it up. He wanted to take me to Sigma Chi's Founder's Ball (March 31st), and while in Windsor, he was going to take me to the U Windsor student pub, where he was bartending the night we met (September 11, 2001). I was in love with the idea, though pretty sure he wouldn't do it once I knew about it.

To top it all off, it turns out our friends are getting married too - and their Stag and Doe party will be on the same night that Craig wants to propose to me. So it's not going to happen then. That and his change to a new (and very lucrative) job only recently took place. I can wait a while longer for a ring. It's not the important thing to me, anyway. So we ARE going to get married. We just don't know when it will be "official" with both our families (something equally important to BOTH of us).

In the meantime we still haven't killed each other in the Bachelor apartment...

I'll let you marvel at that for a moment...But we've put in our letter that we are moving on or before April 30th!!! I'm terrified and I absolutely HATE moving, but there you have it. We're looking in the area of High Park for a 2 bedroom apartment and Craig is already scouting for a puppy to adopt (we have agreed NOT to buy when there are so many that need good homes). Of course, our cats are none-the-wiser on our puppy plans, but we're sure they'll get along fine.

I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do with all that space. It will probably look pretty barren until we have a change to buy some "grown-up" looking furniture.

So... yeah, I think that's the brief update. With the one I love, lovin' the one I'm with and looking forward to 2007. Thus far, it's looking pretty bright. :-)