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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: Your weekend. How was it?
Friday...stayed home.
Saturday...lifted weights followed by 3 hours of basketball outside. I am now wearing an awesome sunburn to prove it.
Sunday...by some miracle my ex let me have kids for a couple hours when it was her weekend. Fed them homemade pizza and ice cream. Later mowed yard and layed down new mulch around my house.
Started out awesome, ended kind of weird.
First, I took my kids to see Phineas and Ferb live, and then they went to spend the night with their dad, who was in town to take them to the beach for the weekend. FWB texted to see if I wanted to stop by on my way home, which I did. Had a good time and slipped out before his daughter woke up. Everything was cool, we said we'd talk the next day, no weirdness, the end. (Stay tuned...)
Saturday I had a 3 hour coffee date with my best friend from college who I haven't seen in 3 years (she and my XH didn't get along and he was an ass to her). It was great to catch up, and SO NICE to have time for me since I haven't had any time for myself in 6+ months. Had a fun dinner alone, which has its advantages, and then went to see the incredible Hunger Games with another friend.
Yesterday I slept in and then went on a 3-hour margarita date with a guy from match. He was nice and I had a great time. I hope to see him again. When he left he said it was refreshing to spend time with a woman who has her shiit together, so it feels like he probably wants to see me again too. We'll see what happens.
Last night I was poking around on Match and noticed that FWB wasn't showing up in my search results like he usually does. I thought that was weird, so I sent him a text that just said hi and asked how the rest of his weekend was. No response. I'm not sure what happened there. I don't care so much, but I do wonder what's going on in his head (which pretty much sums up the dynamic of our entire friendship since he NEVER talked). I didn't want a relationship with him, and I didn't think that's what he was looking for either, and we were definitely having fun doing what we were doing. Blocking me on match and then ignoring me just seems SUPER weird with the type of arrangement we had. He was fun, but I wasn't sure he was the type I'd ever want to actually be in a relationship with, so I was looking at it as a temporary fix anyway. I'm chalking it up to a good way to get my feet wet after my separation, and I'm happy to be "out there" again!
Mine was pretty darn good! Did Happy Hour Friday night.
Saturday, I ran some errands, had a meeting where they booked - yeah! Then picked up some Cheesecake Factory for a friend and I, and watched basketball and drank
Sunday, cleaned the house and D came up for a visit. We had a terrific time and I will be posting a AW in a minute
dmarie...you could have a life with him, I guess you would have to change your idea of normal though
I can imagine, if you had a job you loved, it would make it hard too....but there is a big push to hire military spouses.
My only rec would be not to get married just bc he goes active duty. That is a major mistake that people make and why the military divorce rate is higher.
He keeps telling me I would be in high demand. I am a clinical social worker which is needed! Thanks for the advice, Carrots. I appreciate the feedback from "the other side".
3/12 5 mi -- 49:22 Pace: 9:52
5/1 Half Marathon -- 2:11:22 Pace: 10:01
5/22 10k -- 56:29 Pace: 9:00
5/24 3.6 -- 29:03 Pace: 8:18
7/10 15k -- 1:44:46 injured Pace: 11:14
10/29 5k -- 28:24 Pace: 9:04
Mine was ok.
Friday night, bf and I just went out to dinner and then caught up on the tivo. We had both had a long week and I had to work an event for some of my donors on Saturday morning.
Saturday, I worked until about noon then we went to lunch and checked out one of bf's co-workers's new cafe she just opened. It was the soft opening (just to try things out before they have real customers). We ran some errands and then I cooked us dinner and we just laid low, because bf had to leave early Sunday morning for a business trip.
Sunday, since bf was gone and ds was still with his dad, I went walking on the beach with my girlfriend and then treated myself to a facial, mani and pedi
Friday - I left work early for a Drs appointment. After that, I went grocery shopping (one of my most favorite past times - seriously!) then got home and cooked dinner and got the BF prepped for work since he was working OT on Saturday.
Saturday - BF got up way to early and left for work, I also got up and made his lunch/coffee and then went back to bed until 10. Sleep, glorious sleep! When I did finally drag my butt out of bed, I cleaned and did some laundry. Just general housekeeping stuff. When BF got home, we had dinner and watched tv and relaxed.
Sunday - I got up and went to Church. I got home and made brunch. Then the rest of the day, we sat on the couch. I ran to the grocery store for some last minute things for dinner but that was it.