Another Night, More Passing Ships

You Know,

I have decided the wifey is right, we really haven't seen each other this week. 2night was no different, as she had the Sushi with the Girls and I had my beloved NETS. (You can see my post on the game on my blog) So its 1031, and I am sitting on the couchie as the wifey gets some zzzzz's, and I guess its a good thing that we are both so independent and have our own passions and likes, which is a definate plus.

The good news is the weekend is upon us, and I am sure tomorrow night we will watch some television, and Saturday we are going to see my Nephews and do some Babysitting, its all good, because when they go to sleep we will be able to just keep it real on my sisters couch. Oh well its time to go join the wifey in bed, (hopefully i won't wake her up but I am sure I will).

Two ships, passing in the night

This week, it seems as though Ari and I have barely even seen each other, except for the few minutes a day where we catch up on the day's events before crawling into bed.

Monday - I hit the gym (well, our home gym) as soon as I got home from work. While I was working out, Ari had a snack, and when I was done, he was off to his weekly basketball game. While he was gone, I ran to the market and make myself a frozen dinner. He came home after having a beer with the guys, and I went straight to bed.

Tuesday - We actually went for a long walk after work with the dogs and had dinner together, which is an unusual occurence for this week. Of course, I was ready for bed by 10:00, but Ari was watching the Nets, and didn't come to bed until I was asleep.

Today - As soon as I got home from work, Ari went to work out. When he was done, I went to Pilates. I got home right while Ari was finishing dinner, so I heated something up for myself, and will be going to bed shortly.

Tomorrow - I have a date for sushi with the girls, which equals another night apart.

I think that it's great that two people can have diverse interests and activities - in fact, I think that it's healthy not to be together 24/7. But is spending an entire evening with my hubby too much to ask?

We are family (God help us)

Tonight, we trekked out to Long Island to celebrate Passover at my sister-in-law's house. Now, without getting into all of the dirty details regarding families and their difficulties in general, I would just like to say that it's true - you don't marry a person, you marry their entire family, for better or for worse.

If you are single, and you don't appreciate comments or remarks made by a member of your significant other's family, you can choose to stay away from those people - avoid outings that they will be attending, not make an effort to call/stop by, etc. However, as soon as you make a lifetime commitment, everything changes. Saying "Your [fill-in-the-blank] is extremely rude and mean to me, and it hurts my feelings, so I will not be attending your family functions in the future" doesn't cut it anymore.

So, you have a choice. You can either (A) suck it up, take the high road, pretend that the hurtful comments that were made about you don't really matter - in other words, make life easy for your significant other (even though taking this can be painful for a hot-blooded, grudge-holding Italian like someone I know) ... or (B) you can move far, far away. There are pros and cons to each, but you do what you must to support your significant other in his decision regarding his family.

Now, I will admit that maybe I don't understand the nuances of family dysfunction. I don't think that anyone ever boasts a perfect childhood, but Ari makes constant mention of the fact that I grew up in the picture-perfect, Brady Bunch household. Am I missing something? If I am being naive, please tell me. Is a happy existence, complete with extended family, even possible?

Ah, yes...

... the old "kick the basketball" game.

Last year, we bought a basketball for Daisy (our 10-pound doxie) since she found one at my parents' house and loved it so much... she would spend hours just chasing it around the backyard with her nose.

However, once she had one of her own, she became less interested in it, and more interested in digging up the backyard.

Now, while she tries to dig up the lawn, Ari and I kick the basketball back and forth. Of course, we wait until about 10:30 at night to start an actual one-on-one soccer game, complete with me shoving Ari out of my way, and Ari kicking the ball into my leg. We also amuse ourselves by kicking the ball between Stanley's (our spaniel's) legs....

Good thing that we have the same maturity level.

We Playing Basketball

Seems that lately the Wifey and I have been going out at night to take the dogs out or on a nice saturday and we play with the baskebtall. But we not playing basketball with the hands, we wind up kicking the basketball. Last night for example the dogs were about to do doggie things (One of them didn't as they barked about 2AM) and we started playing one on one soccer with the basketball, such random things we do.

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Ari and I will try to keep it updated as frequently as possible, letting you know about all of the little (and not so little) things that are happening in our lives. Since we will both be contributing to this, it should be interesting!

Anyway, it's a beautiful Friday and I can't wait to be done with work for the day. Just got back from lunch with two of my former coworkers, which was nice, and just watching the clock, waiting for 5:00 to roll around.

On deck for this weekend - Ari will be at a golf outing all day tomorrow, so I am planning on doing some much-needed spring cleaning and just spending time with our pooches, who we neglected last weekend so we could visit our DC friends.

Speaking of DC, we had the most wonderful time visiting baby Andrew (and his parents, of course!). Seeing me holding a baby makes my mom anxious to have grandkids... she says I am a natural.

I have finally uploaded the photo so now you can be the judge

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