So, the good news is that my insurance is giving me a really good price on my totaled car. It'll pay off the loan and leave me enough to buy a decent enough used car.  But I won't be able to get a new car until the BF decides to fix his. I told him I'd help him pay for it if I can drive it for work and stuff.

The bad news is, he did get fired. They are giving him a month to finish out the project that he's already on. So at least he's still getting some paycheck and hopefully continuing to make connections so he can get a new job sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, he's alot like me in the job regard - that is he doesn't 100% know what he wants to do. The job he has now was supposed to last 2-3 years and give him a wide variety of exposure to different industries. The people he works for though, were not entirely honest when hiring him and in the first year he didn't get the kind of exposure he was supposed to, and that will make it hard for him to get something he might want.

We haven't really talked about what this is going to mean for us. I know he's not ready to leave where we are. He's said that already. But he may not have much of a choice. I'm sort of in a "cross that bridge when we come to it" mind-set right now. He doesn't want to leave the city just yet, so I feel okay continuing to look for work here. But I can just as easily switch my focus to finding a new job in a different place if I have to.

To answer Kitty's questions on my last post:
Do you want to move with him again if he moves? 
I think that I will if he wants me to. (That's a whole other subject! Basically, I'm wondering where we are heading. We're getting to the "shit or get off the pot" point soon. In October we'll have been dating for 5 years. And if he's not sure he wants to marry me yet, maybe he never will. I don't know if deep down he just doesn't want to get married. Even though he was engaged once before, I never got a whole story about why it fell apart.) Of course some of whether I move or not will depend on a job. If I'm stuck in this part-time BS of a job I have now, most definitely I would say, "when are we leaving?"  If I get a full time position in a different field, I probably would not be able to go right away.

and if you do, are you going to stay in your own place, or move in with him? 
I think I might consider moving in with him this time. First of all, it's just so much nicer. The few times I've stayed over on a Sunday night getting to wake up with him and get ready on a work day has been awesome. He kisses me before shutting the alarm off and getting out of bed and then even if I'm still in bed he kisses me goodbye too. The one month I was staying with him last year was awesome too. Secondly, I have basically proved my point, that I can live on my own and be okay. I haven't been great, but I've done alrightn. I think the marriage discussion would have to be had in complete earnest first. I'm not moving in with someone who doesn't picture himself marrying me at some point in time.

But like I say, we haven't talked about it. Dealing with the cars and he just got the notice about his being let go on Monday, we just haven't had the chance.

In other news, I am making headway on my weight. It's not where I want it to be still. I haven't even lost that 1st 5lbs I needed to get my flip belt for running. I'll have to make my 2nd 5 lbs anyway, since I went and bought running clothes without meeting my goal.  But, it's going in the right direction. I'm about 2.5 lbs down. The problem is that I can gain that back and more over the weekend if I am not careful. I pigged out after my 8k last weekend and I can't keep doing that. Even one day a week can set me back. I only have about 3 1/2 weeks before my family vacation. And I'm really hoping to be down quite a bit by then so I can feel okay in my swimsuits.

Also, a thanks to Miranda for you kind comment. I hope things start looking up too!

2 comments:

Kitty said...

Finally a tad of good news! Hope you find a good car with the money left :)

And good luck with everything. I hope things go the way you want them to. You sure deserve a break.

Miranda said...

Wow. There is so much going on. You sound very practical and realistic in your view on your relationship. That's good. I know how evil weekends can be. I just had my first good weekend in a looooong time.

LilySlim Weight loss tickers