Weekend Update

I haven’t been writing lately because I’ve been busy. Well, I guess I’ve been busy. I certainly haven’t been productive…on Friday it seemed that Mike’s place was no cleaner than it was last weekend, and my apartment was no less packed up, and those were the two major things I wanted to accomplish this week. But I must have been doing something all this time, ‘cause it feels like I’ve been running around like a crazy person.

I had a nice weekend. Mike and I both had Friday off, so we spent the day hanging around his apartment, trying to do some cleaning. We also took his cats to the vet to make sure they weren’t harboring any germs that could set off my poor little FIV+ Rusty. The vet put up with my feline hypochondria very well and reassured me that his cats were the picture of health. Mike was gloating for the rest of the weekend about what good cat parents we are.

Yesterday we spent most of the day at an engagement/marriage workshop put on by our diocese. It’s a requirement for anyone getting married in a Catholic church in southeastern Wisconsin. Although I had fairly low expectations for the thing, it was actually pretty interesting. Mike and I had to talk about all kinds of things that we hadn’t considered before, so it was pretty good. We got big, thick workbooks to go through and we decided to save them for car trips.

After the marriage workshop we went box hunting (alas, we only got one free box!) and went to Michael’s so Mike could lust after wooden boxes. I picked out a little rubber heart stamp. This is the stamp it makes:

I’ve read a lot about themed weddings, and making everything look uniform. I’m too lazy for that, but I figured that if I used this stamp on our website, our invitations, our programs, and on other stuff like place cards then it would look unified. It would like I made an effort. Plus, since our wedding colors are red and white I can just get cheap white stuff and a red ink pad and it’ll all look the same.

<>I wonder what would happen if I used my intelligence for good instead of for laziness?

Today we went to church and I came home to pack, pack, pack. My apartment is starting to get that depressing, halfway-vacant look that places get when you’re in the process of moving out. I’m glad that I’ll be spending a few nights in Mike’s apartment this week – I always hate being around during this period of moving.

Tonight I shall journey to Walgreens to get a prescription and a magazine for my mom. It’s such a glamorous life.