*cricket*

[synapticjava]

No, Indiana has not, in fact, swallowed me whole.  I am still alive.  It's just amazing how little time I seem to have lately (not to mention patience) for all things computer.  I have, however, been eaten by the PS2 and PSP.  Guitar Hero, Kingdom Hearts, and Grand Theft Auto have sneaked into my brain and taken over.  There's really nothing left up there besides triangles, squares, and x's & o's.

Work is okay.  The boss had a manager barbeque the other night, which was awkward.  It was Phil and his wife, Joe and his wife and daughter, Joel and his wife and daughter, Cinny and her husband, and Nancy and her husband.  And me.  Frank declined in lieu of golf with one of his buddies.  Nope, wasn't weird at all...*chirp*

Two weekends ago, I took Frank home to meet the family.  It was not, as I feared, WWIII.  It was actually quite pleasant, and they all love him.  My  mom even gave him a big hug and welcomed him to the family (not in any way presumtuous considering we've only been together three months - but otoh when was the last time I was with anyone this long?).  We saw my sister graduate, my mom be crazy (man has she gone off the deep end), my brother get in trouble, wallabies at the zoo!, and we went swimming.  A Lot.

Things here on the homefront are good.  Well...good, but stressful for me.  Frank's started talking to Troy, the ex, as of today, and things have been kind of tense around here lately because of money and work (on my end).  So I'm starting to get all the old insecurities and I'm afraid to say anything because I don't want him to think I don't trust him.  But otoh, he told me to talk to him about everything - so should I say or not say that it bothers/worries me that there's the sudden reappearance of his most recent ex?

Also, some advice for those that have it to give - I'm thinking about calling one of those debt consolidation places to clean up my credit and start paying bills again.  Has anyone used one?  Know anyone who's used one?  Pluses, minuses, personal experience much appreciated.  I want to be able to fall asleep at night again and not panic waiting for someone to come bust down the door and start taking my stuff to sell off.

Oh, and one more thing: I've finally surrendered my psychofreud84 email account to the spammers, and have a new one.  Anyone that wants it, let me know.

Comments

[angstpuppy.livejournal.com]

Good to here from you hon!
I know nothing about the consolidation thingies, so no advice there.
But...I think you should tell Frank that him all of a sudden talking to Troy bothers you. He did tell you to tell him anything, and would think (or hope) that he's going to figure out something is bothering you.
I'm not sayin' it will make him stop talking to the ex, but at least you won't be keeping something from him.
*hugs*

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice (i'm just now getting around to responses, can you tell I'm a bit late?) lol.

*hugs you back*

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

so should I say or not say that it bothers/worries me that there's the sudden reappearance of his most recent ex?

I'd say, tell him if it's making you cranky, because he might not know what's bothering you, and then things could spiral.

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice:)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Yo, you!

Much love.

:)

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[caviling]

I'd let him know. If I started talking to a guy I'd dated in the relatively recent past, out of the blue, and it bugged Jason...I'd want to know about it. I would NOT hold it against him, especially if he said something along the lines of, "I know it's irrational, and it's not really a jealousy thing, but it kind of makes me uncomfortable blah blah." (Not that it would actually be irrational to be bugged by that but it would be nice for there to be a gesture of "this is more about me than it is about what I think YOU are going to DO with THAT PERSON." Especially since "It's not that I don't trust you" sounds, to me, like "I totally don't trust you.)

[frolic9.livejournal.com]

ACCC consolidation. (American Credit Counseling something something?) I don't know. Do a search and you should be able to find it. They'll try to sell you a package for $100, just keep saying 'no, no, n-yet, and no'. They set it up to automatically deduct from your checking/savings and they have a nifty site that you can use to track your payments. (I've actually sorta forgotten they steal my money every month, I don't even miss it anymore).

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! I'll check 'em out tomorrow.