Quirks

Oops. It seems that I took a blog break again, so let me catch you up really quick. I've been pretty tired busy with life and such. Everything caught up with me and I got really sick last week. I did get better (ish) in time to go wedding dress shopping last Saturday! It was easy breezy and I found my dress! If you see me in person, I can show you :)

 

 Also, I'm growing my bangs out. They finally got long enough to swoop just this week, so if you see me with my awkward hair, that's what's up.  (If I was at work I would totally make my student re-do that sentence!) 

              

 I mentioned earlier that I've been really super tired, stressed and blah lately. Kyle totally called me out on it last week. Remember that post about balance? I'm still working on that. But that leads me to another topic.

Living together before getting married. 

When I was growing up I didn't really picture myself living with a guy before getting married. My dad always said "A guy won't buy the cow if he can get the milk for free." Touching, I know. (And then my parents got divorced and his tune totally changed.) But then life happens and things change. Not to mention, its really nice to live with the person you spend all your time with anyway and its tough financially to live on your own. I have to say, I'm really super happy that Kyle and I have lived together for awhile before getting married. 

That first year of marriage that everyone says is so hard? We've kind of already done that. ( Yes, some things will still change once we get married..finances..etc) However, I feel like Kyle and I have figured out how to be a team in this past year. You definitely have to get used to each other's quirks.  Here's some examples:

1. I hate doing dishes and Kyle can't stand a messy kitchen. Solution: I rinse my dishes in the morning and then we do the evening dishes together.

2. I'm crazy messy. However, if the mess gets out of control, it overwhelms me, stresses me out and never gets cleaned. It makes no sense, I know. Solution: we clean up a little every night so the clutter never gets crazy.

3. For awhile I was trying to do the grocery shopping and make dinners, etc. all by myself. It got to be too much. Solution: we meal plan and grocery shop together on the weekend. We both contribute to the preparation during the week.

4. Kyle wakes up on the weekends talking, singing, playing music etc. Like the second he opens his eyes. I'm not a morning person on the weekends. He's learned to work with me on this.

 Those are just a few examples but I've heard a lot of others from friends, fellow bloggers etc. Do you leave the shower curtain open or closed? Same goes for toilet covers, closet doors, etc. etc. We humans are funny creatures. I feel like we have gotten a lot of those little things figured out. Yes, there will always be more things and we are always evolving. But I feel like I am really sure that we function together well. I feel like we can tackle things as they come up and find solutions or figure out how to deal with them together. We are always in the process of learning how to communicate more efficiently.

 We know each other 100% and we know what we are signing up for. I can't imagine a better partner for me, even when I want to duck tape his mouth shut on Saturday mornings. :)

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