what's with this updating-soon-after-my-last-entry crap? i never do this. ;] i was actually going to sooner, but i worked a lot this past weekend at my security job - all twelve-hour shifts. i love that job, though it has two negatives: ( . . . well, three, if you count the increasingly corporate-mindedness) 1) i end up being soso tired afterward, and my inclination is to sleep at night, so third shift is a tiring one. (i work third anyway; days sucks - it's waaaay too hectic.) 2) on the days i'm working out there, my schedule is like this: work, come home and sleep, eat, and go back to work. not much couple-time, but the money is great and it's not an every day thing. things with mike's fam have improved . . . a bit. i think. his mum is so frickin' hard to read, and i'm always wondering if she's being honest or just telling people what they want to hear. my guess is that it's the latter; mike even inherited a bit of that, though i made sure that stopped QUICK. either way, i told him we have two options - this relationship consists of HE and I and we stop letting other people dictate our decisions, or this relationship consists of HIM, HIS MUM, HIS DAD, and I - and the 'I' part of it scrams as a result. (we're still together. he chose wisely.) i don't understand how people can be so, so two-faced. i know that it's often about not wanting to hurt another's feelings, but when it's over trivial bullshit or something that -intentionally- hurts someone, i stop comprehending it. i know we all do this from time to time; the problem i have is when it's blatant and done constantly, with no regard for others, and the person doing it refuses to acknowledge and/or change the behaviour. ah, well. so we haven't been over to see them as much. i'm going to be civil, but if any shit starts in the future, i told mike i'm going to just get up without saying anything and leave. we haven't mentioned the wedding at all to them since the last fiasco, and things seem to be a bit more 'back to normal.' hope i can keep that going. it really feels like fall today. i know it's only august - which is supposed to be our hottest month - but the sky is that faded colour and the wind's a bit colder than it was in july. i've even seen some leaves jumping off the trees. i always get excited for fall and winter round this time, but this is insane - i can't decide if i like it or not. =P (i'm going with 'yes,' since it makes me feel cheerier.) at least we have some near-definitive plans coming along. for the wedding, we've decided to stick with spring of 2009 for now and get the europe trip done first, since we'd been working on that before he proposed. we'll do a month 'trip' in the EU and see if we like it enough to stay; if not, then we'll try to move to canada. i'll keep you all posted on how things progress. (= how's everyone doing this week? i'm going to go check up on you lovely favourites of mine. have a swell evening, everyone! (= (ps. thanks for the kind thoughts, daytripper. (= unfortunately, i can't tell you this on your diary cos it's 'FO,' so i hope you come across this or are directed here by another.)