Turning over a new leaf

Hi all! Yes, once again it has been nearly aeons since I last blogged but I'm back and and giving it another shot. After a little gentle nudging and some of the not so gentle variety, I've decided that I'm going to heed some very well intentioned advice and try to keep my posts shorter. I know, it will be much easier on you guys and yes, will admittedly take MUCH less time to write and therefore allow me to blog more often. So okay, good plan.

But of course that leads me to my next issue that seems to stand in my way when I think about blogging...yep, the plain truth of it is that my life really isn't all that exciting! Yes, yes, get your laughter out of the way but I'm being serious and honest here! I wouldn't say that I'm a boring person but aside from the normal day to day stuff routine of getting up, going to work, coming home and going to bed, I'm not sure that there is all that much that happens in between that would be blog worthy on a daily basis. But sure, I'll take a closer look at that too and see if I'm not just overlooking a plethora of useful material..lol.

The one thing I have noticed that I talk about a lot, both in my blog and in real life, is my beagle Jasper. And again to be honest, because that is what I'm going for here, I promised myself right from the start when we got him that I didn't want to be one of those people that needs to tell every single person they meet about the great/cute/amazing things their children/dogs do. Because really...no one else is nearly as interested/impressed as I am about it, right? So as a rule, I'm also going to try to limit my number of Jasper-related posts, even though he is cute as hell! Besides, other than my husband, he is the one I spend a good deal of time with so he is bound to pop up here and there in passing..lol.

Okay, I need to keep an eye on the length of this beast so I'll keep this one short...ish. Really, can I be expected to just go cold turkey on this short post thing?! This week has been a bit on the crazy side as Adam (my husband for those that don't know) is in sunny and *hot* Las Vegas for a week on business. And yes, before you ask, I *did* in fact just come back from my very own Vegas vacation in the middle of June but that was planned with my friend before we knew Adam would be going too. There is a New Job story involved there somewhere but I'll leave that for another day as I'm trying to keep this thing short.

So it has been a week of hanging out at home with the infamous Jasper and just taking it easy. And to be honest, it has been a pretty good week. No major issues have popped up, which is better than I could have anticipated, and I really, honestly and truly do not mind spending time by myself. Yes, I was a rather independent sort before I got married and it is nice to just get a taste of that again for a few days. Of course having said that, I'm going to be just a little more than ecstatic when he finally arrives back in town on Saturday night..;) But I can say that I had a very strange incident that happened to me tonight and it is one that disappointed me more than anything. You see, there is this older man (50+) that lives in one of the townhouses in our complex and right from the start when we got Jasper back in December, I would often run into this man when we head out for our walks. And it was good because Jasper seemed to take a liking to this man a little more every time we would see him. So as it happens, I have noticed as of late that this man was outside every time we would go for our walk, which at first I thought was friendly and I was touched that he would take time out of his schedule to say hi to us as we walked by every day. But then after a while, it just started to feel creepy and he started asking more personal questions. I always kept our conversations pretty short and made a point of mentioning Adam a lot but still..it just felt weird.

So after work today, the puppy and I headed out for our walk and of course ran into Brian. We talked for a minute about inconsequential stuff..the weather, the puppy and then he asked where we went when we went walking each day. This threw up a red flag so I just replied with a vague answer and then said we had to go. But while walking away, I hear him say "Oh, by the way.." and so I turned around. He ran up to me and said that he just wanted to know what unit number we lived in. I mean, what was I supposed to say? The man had seen me go in and out of our house quite a few times as he would be driving by or whatever and he *knew* where we lived, even if he didn't know the unit number, so I couldn't very well lie to him. I told him and then headed off for our walk feeling distinctly uncomfortable. But as if that wasn't bad enough, when Jasper and I got back from our walk an hour later, who do I find standing and waiting at the gates to our housing complex?? Yep, you guessed it...creepy Brian. I was trying to convince myself that it was a coincidence but it wasn't exactly working and he sealed the deal when he came up and started his sentence off with a "Hey, I have a favour to ask you.." You just know that the remainder of that sentence is never going to be a good thing. Anyway, to make a long story less long, he asked if I could loan him $10 as he doesn't get paid until tomorrow and his wife doesn't get paid until Wednesday. I said no and cut the conversation short but in the end, I'm just really disappointed because he seemed like a genuinely nice guy before he went creepazoid on me.

So there, that is something interesting that happened in my life. I'm not concerned with being alone here while Adam is in Vegas as our neighbours are VERY close by and I have an extremely nosy dog. But still..it is just one of those unsettling things. Oh well, you live and learn. Anyway, so this post didn't end up being short and I apologize to the blogging powers that be for that one. I promise I will try harder with the next one!

Adios!