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Yesterday was a much better day. I think this was due in part to a number of factors:

1. Saturday ended up being a bad day I think because I created a self-fulfilling prophecy - a Bateman paradox if you will. That moment when you *expect* something to be awful and horrible and no matter of logic will convince you otherwise so you walk into the situation expecting it to be bad and you allow it to be bad without giving it a chance. I don't know if that makes sense in writing but it does in my head. I went into the show expecting it to be a pain in my ass and annoying and allowed it to become so as that's where I was already at mentally.

2. I didn't have to answer or deal with anyone outside of B yesterday. That's a big one. No clients, no work, no cast shit. Just her and me dealing with each other and being isolated. That always reduces the stress off of things.

3. We had the sex. Don't discount this one. It's been a while thanks to travel and work and just general shit and I was feeling tense and stressed. There's a lot to be said to the physical contact of another human being to raise your happy level.

Point being, I enjoyed yesterday. I got up at about 8:30 and did some light cleaning while B slept. She got up around 11. Made some food, played some video games, and then around 2 we went and took care of her car. Since it was Sunday, the store was empty. We were in and out with a new battery in less than 10 minutes. Had it installed in even less and voila, her car started right up. I knew the battery was a major culprit in the issues she was having. While I don't think it was the only thing wrong with her car, I knew we had to eliminate that variable.

With that all done, we relaxed. We went over some wedding stuff, and then we started discussing honeymoon ideas. Ideally we would like to go to either Disneyland Paris or Disneyland Tokyo. The only problem is they are both going to cost us an arm and a leg. We estimate that with airfare and hotel we are looking at 5000-7000. That also gives us spending money. It's the airfare and hotel that are the killers. For either destination airfare alone is $3500+. We then spent some time trying to come up with places neither of us have been that we both have an interest in seeing. In the end we decided on Ireland. Thanks to their weak economy, we can rent a house in the country for $200 a WEEK. Not a night, a week. Plus the airfare is about 50% cheaper than other destinations. While B took a nap, I looked at the surrounding areas for about 15 different rentals she found. In the end I narrowed it down to about 6 locations. The criteria was there had to be something else to do within walking distance - pubs, food, shopping, etc. I told her I am not spending a week in the Irish countryside staring at cows. The ones I liked the most were in or near Galway. If by some miracle we can do Disneyland Tokyo we will, otherwise we are going to Ireland.

When she got up we went over all the different areas and then I made dinner. Beef patties with corn and beans. Then we had the sex. Woo! We then laid around watching the Oscar results online. We kept refreshing the website to see who won what. Went to bed around 10:30 and bam. Much. Better. Day.

Today is an admin and document day for me. I have two days onsite with a client starting tomorrow so I am going to enjoy this time of freedom.