update

"It is important to take from what we see every day the secrets that routine prevents us from perceiving"

so, we took a day off to spend our... GASP... 6 year anniversary together! my thought months ago was that i'd take him to a piano bar or jazz bar because I love them! Closer to the day, we thought about going to the dog beach because it's our place now. Didn't do either, really, but we kinda almost did both anyway haha. It started with a ring and ended with a kiss. In between, the day consisting of Harry Potter, double date w/ nikki and justin at Sunryser, Borders, walking around the dog walk, sitting by the lake, going to Barita's and being pleasantly surprised with a great live jazz band, a canoli, tirimusu, and a great hazlenut drink hehe, learning Tagalog, reading Paolo Coelho quotes, staring into each other's eyes, enjoying great conversation, great company, great sex... hehe yeah, it was the perfect day off. and now, we're working every day until the 5th of August! which sucks... but knowing that after that, we're going to have a complete week off, away from the stresses of my job, of movie city, of errands and responsibilities... that makes it worth it. we're flying to Orlando... doing the park thing... letting joy see MICKEY MOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then we're going to Miami for our cruise to the Bahamas!!! We're all so excited. I've never been on a cruise before. Plus it's me and pj's first vacation together. i really can't wait. Other than that... I'm taking a new approach to the rest of my summer... I'm calling it my "6 weeks to a better me" because it sounds cool haha, and because it seems like a more reasonable goal... doing better for myself for the next 6 weeks instead of the more vague and hard to enforce "I want to be better" mantra. I was going to make it a more private affair... something about pointing out your flaws by letting everyone know that you want to change, kinda sucks. but something i read by paolo coelho changed my mind:

"Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval."

which is terrible because it means we're never really getting to know each other, and crazy because i'm already surrounded by so much love... and so... one of my 6 week goals is being more honest about every side of myself... to myself as well as anyone who asks lol. 6 weeks to a better me posting starts in the next post. I will keep it continuous, instead of separate postings, so look out for updates. And if you're interested in joining me for this transforming month and a half, just let me know! I'd love the motivation and advice a partner in this could give me....

So my 6 weeks started on Wednesday, July 15th...