What a great weekend! Lots of shopping, lots of drinks, lots of fun.
As summer is officially here, and I say officially because it made me grin to see how excited Emilee was to be done with school for the year (and after all, isn’t that when summer “officially” starts?), I’m so ready for it, I can’t even tell you. Longs weekends at the pool, bike rides, and last night Em and I kicked it off by hitting up the local ice cream parlor, spending a good hour and a half using sidewalk chalk on our driveway, and of course, the smell of fresh cut grass. Mmmmm …
Our summer schedule with Em’s dad will change a bit, so she’ll be spending every other weekend with him, and every Thursday night as well. This way he and I can share a bit of the greatness that is our kid. Who by the way, informed me last night that she will no longer be dating her current boyfriend, because she wants to be “single and free” this summer.
*Blink*
My kid is six. WTF?
I believe at one time or another, I’ve mentioned I Live, I Date, I Learn. Let’s just say I am learning every day, more and more, that I’m worth a whole helluva lot more than what I’m being offered at the moment. I still stick to the same motto, if a man wants a woman, he’ll pursue. So I see no point in pursuing someone that can like me at one moment and dismiss me the next. And really, why would I want to be with someone that can dismiss someone that easily? Only shows how he’ll be in the future and I know damn well I’m worth more than that. So I let that go, because … well, it’s easy now. I have new eyeballs, you see. 
Learning to look at things for what they are and not what they could be? Is one of the best things I could do for myself.
And, as Sunshine says, “We all see things in our own ways, don’t we?”
June 16, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Love that last paragraph QT, and I’m right there with ya. All very good points but easier said than done sometimes, huh? I’ll just come back here and read that when I start to slip.
And I think your daughter is VERY observant…apple…tree…
June 16, 2009 at 3:07 pm
So funny… I quoted that same thing by Momma Sunshine in my post today too! Weird!
Yes girly, you are definitely not worth dismissing!
I’m starting to look at relationships like this: how do my really good friends treat me? If a man doesn’t at the very least treat me as well as they do, then I am not interested.
I’m glad you came back with new eyeballs.
And my goodness, I have to meet Em!!!
June 16, 2009 at 9:51 pm
As much as I love an aggressive woman, I totally understand the need for the man to pursue and show interest outside of the purely physical.
So yes, QT…you are TOTALLY worth more than what you’re being offered if that’s the case.
When it’s a battle or a question or even forced a bit at the very beginning of a relationship (or before it even gets started), then you should probably know right away it’s not gonna work.
There’s no rush. It’ll happen when it happens. And when it does? You’ll know right away.
June 16, 2009 at 10:23 pm
LOL
Was Em ok with the breaking up for the summer? This is so damn cute! But what a stupid boy.
Can’t wait
YAY for Thursday’s
June 16, 2009 at 10:27 pm
“And really, why would I want to be with someone that can dismiss someone that easily? Only shows how he’ll be in the future and I know damn well I’m worth more than that.”
You’re damn right!
Here’s to an amazing summer!
June 16, 2009 at 10:31 pm
YES!
June 17, 2009 at 3:13 am
My son asked a girl to marry him when he was in kindergarten. She said “Can we wait until we grow up first?” Additional proof that girls know what they want out of a relationship and learn it faster than the boys.
But, at what point do we boys catch up…or don’t we?
June 17, 2009 at 5:21 am
Love summer, too.
Em is hilarious and brilliant. Much like her mum.
Boys who are passive-aggressive, “now I want you, now I don’t” types are among the worst, IMHO. Because they build you up and then tear you down. You don’t need that, QT. You need BETTER. *Big hug*
June 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Ahh Amira, you couldn’t be more correct. It’s a terrible way to make someone feel, too.
June 18, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Auugh. This statement haunts me, “Learning to look at things for what they are and not what they could be.” I’ve been the opposite of this my entire life. Fix me.
June 18, 2009 at 9:54 pm
You deserve to be loved, QT. Every cell of you. I’m serious.