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Good Morning
What is on the agenda for today?
QOTD: WHere would be at today if you had married your first love?
Re: Good Morning
Good morning! Just a regular day for me today, had early AM meetings, rode my bike, more meetings, mid-afternoon goofing off is in order in an hour or so, then prepping for my evening meetings.
H is working from home until 4PM today, which should be a nice thing, but it just means that the AC is set to super cold and that we have dueling conference calls going on as there is only one room of our apartment with adequate cell phone and Skype reception.
QOTD: If I had married my first love, I would be living in a planned community northwest of Baltimore, MD. I would probably not have gone to grad school and I would likely still be working as an engineer. None of this is better or worse than what I ended up doing, just different. It is pretty amazing how little decisions along the way can add up to huge differences in lifestyle over time
Duke's House: Eating and Running with the Big Dog in Chennai: eatrunbrit.com
2010 Race PRs:
5K - 24:57 10M - 1:28:20 13.1M - 1:57:29 26.2M - 4:28:29
Morning! I'm looking forward to tonight, my friend's LD girlfriend is moving to Cambodia (from England) and he's getting everyone together for drinks to welcome her. It will be a nice relaxing night out and I'm enjoying time with friends as much as possible before I leave!
QOTD: I would be a cop's wife in my hometown in CT. Don't think I would have ever had the courage to move abroad, or even travel much. He's a wonderful guy and I wish him well (we broke up on pretty good terms), but that's just not the life I wanted.
Now jumping domestically.
Well that was a crazy couple of years.
Morning. Today was a day off for me, so I did laundry and puttered around the house. Tonight is the last night of Delta's beginner puppy class. I hope she passes.
QOTD: Based on what I hear his life is like, I'd be a SAHM in TX with four kids. So glad that didn't work out.
Good morning, we are off to visit Buckingham Palace with FIL. It should be a fun day!
QOTD: Interesting question. I would be in Texas, in all honesty, my first love is a great, great guy and a lot like my DH. We dated in high school and off and on in college. The main reason I ended it was I wanted more of an adventure out of life. It would be a good life, but not what I truly wanted.
Good morning! I've really been enjoying having my dad here. He's a great house guest and a really informed traveler, which is making his visit extra lovely. Today, though, I have to go in for a presentation at work, so Dad's on his own to navigate the city. Then we'll all meet up for dinner.
QOTD: My life would have been different, but in many ways, pretty similar. My first love moved to Spain the year after he graduated from college (and taught English for a year in Aranjuez, although he lived in Madrid). I considered a similar program (as did a couple of my friends) but in the end got a job offer in publishing, so decided not to apply.
Sometimes I regret not going to Spain, as living there for an extended period is something I've always dreamed of doing, and I am not sure it is something DH would be up for. (DH studied French and Chinese, so Spain is more of a challenge for him, which is understandable.)
First love is now in law school--just started his third year--at one of the top 30 law schools in the country. So I imagine we'd have had a sweet life, except for that we just aren't right for each other. First love and I work so much better as friends. And, yeah, we bond over a love of Spain and an interest in law...but we also compete to outshine one another, and don't have sparks.
Morning! Today I'm going to hang some artwork I made for the nursery last night, have lunch with a friend who's back in town, and tonight DH and I have dinner with family friends. I feel like I'm in full-on nesting mode already! Maybe it's because I have so much time on my hands but I'm energized and constantly thinking about preparing the nursery, cleaning, starting projects, etc.
QOTD: I'd probably be divorced already (he was a cheater) and going to school at UW so still stuck in Seattle area. My guess is that I'd definitely be divorced though if I'd married my high school love right out of high school...within 6 months probably! Marriage never would've happened though. Never.
Lady Madrid: Are you going to post some pics of the nursery?
I have a lot of errands to run today and housework to do today. I am also working on a book I started like a year ago. I want to finish it by Christmas.
QOTD: I guess I would be living in Montana which would be a bit strange since he is Spanish. I guess I would be living in a tent somewhere while he is off taking pictures of wildlife.
Good morning. Today is my parent's last day here, so will try to leave work early to spend the evening at home with them. Mom is cooking her home-made mexican food, with yummy ingredients she brought from home - DH and I are really looking forward to the feast tonight!
QOTD: My first love was such a good sweet man, who treated me so well. I still feel bad for hurting him when we broke up, but there was just no passion there. We would probably be living in western Canada, with a few kids. I would not have gone to work in banking, and probably would not have gotten my MBA. We would spend our weekends attending medieval recreation events. Wouldn't be a bad life, but I wouldn't be near as happy and fulfilled as I am now.
Cecilia arrived 12 October 2012
Morning!
I have to go pick up school supplies for M today. I also need to get labels to sew or iron into all of his clothes, I think I'll check etsy.
QOTD: I'd be a musicians wife living in LA. He is a great guy and one of my closest friends, but I'm not sure we would have been good married to one another.
Good morning! I'm meeting a friend for lunch then not sure what I'm doing the rest of the day, maybe going to France to buy groceries.
QOTD: I'd be living in my hometown (St.Louis), probably using my degree working for the NGA or Boeing (Geography---GIS). I'm not sure if we'd have kids, my ex love is a financial advisor and lives with a friend of his in a loft apartment in a trendy area of the city. He went to university in our hometown (Washington University...great school, but still... it's in STL) and is doing the exact same job as his parents. He was too much of a mommy's boy, I doubt she would have allowed anyone to marry her darling son.
Today I had a job interview. Originally set for 1:00 pm, but just was I was walking out the door, they called asking to reschedule until 3:30. It was my first ever job interview and I was surprisingly calm. I should hear back by the end of the week. Not sure about the job -- I have to do some thinking about the situation if I am offered the job, but I am happy it was not as nerve-wracking as I feared.
QOTD: Assuming that nothing else would have changed for him, I would be the wife of an underwater photographer living on the Florida's West Coast, though he travels all over the world.
Well I was to have a Spanish lesson, but he cancelled. I don't have any other plans. I do have Spanish homework to do and the dishes, exciting I know.
QOTD: Probably divorced.
Morning! Enjoying another lazy day at home. I was SO ready for this Eid holiday. No plans for today! DH decided to work from home, and I might run a few errands. Should be a nice, low-key kind of day!
Ha, I love this answer and I think I would have been the same! Also, still in Pgh, not getting to travel and experience new things. I would have regretted a LOT!
Dave & Jennifer 10.18.08
My Doha Adventures
No big plans for today. I'm going to be cooking a delicious dinner though (Orange Chicken with Broccoli).
QOTD: Oddly enough, I'd probably be in Germany. My first love was a German guy. Instead of being here as an expat knowing it's only temporary, it would probably be a more permanent thing. I'd probably know German and have to use it. I would be the primary breadwinner, which, thinking of the town we would have lived in that means my job would've sucked. I think it's safe to say I'd be miserable.
I really need to go grocery shopping. I should probably get dressed soon and get on that.
QOTD: I did marry my first love. H is the first guy that I was with for more than a full two weeks and the only one I ever used the 'L' word with. But if I married the first guy I dated, I would be living in TX with a child and maybe a master's degree and paying for him to go back to uni. He worked at a job he hated to pay for his wife to finish her degree and now it is his turn. I probably would have been happy, but not nearly as happy as I am now
Italian class and work at the library today. Then going to the optometrist to figure out what's wrong with my contacts.
QOTD: I'm with BlueAngel in that DH was the first one I ever loved. But the first guy I dated is now living in Brooklyn trying to be a writer and "finding himself"....no wonder my mother hated me dating him. She knew he was too flighty. Oddly enough, though, he ended up spending some years in Italy as well so we met up a couple times in Rome. We're still good friends. Just happy I'm not on that train!
Nothing exciting planned for me today. I reeeeeally need to do laundry tonight!
QOTD: I'd probably be in the Peace Corps. He drifted around a lot right after college and then ended up in China at the same time as me. What are the odds? He still works for the Peace Corps but in some kind of headquarters job.
Morning! We took Will to his one year check up this morning. The rest of the day will be spent getting stuff figured out for our trip and the IL's visit.
QOTD: I'd be exactly where I am today since H was my first love. If I had married my first boyfriend, I'd be married to an addict and living in TX. He was the sweetest guy and I really still care about him a lot, but he has ruined his life.
I'm not doing anything today except maybe a few loads of laundry. Both D and I feel like crap, and DH has to work (as usual).
QOTD: I did marry my first love. If you count the first guy I dated, I'd be the main breadwinner of my family. I'm sure I'd have four kids, live in his grandmother's basement and try to live around all of his role playing crap. Of course he'd be jobless and collecting some sort of SSI/disability.
From what I hear, that's exactly the life he has. His wife works a lot, they have two kids and still live in the grandmother's basement which is piled up with role playing stuff and video games.
Thank goodness I didn't go down that path!