GingerPale’s Story

I am absolutely in love with Patrick. He has completely stolen my heart and it is the greatest, healthiest, most perfect relationship I’ve ever experienced. Excited doesn’t even begin to describe how freaking pumped I am about moving there this weekend. Its what.. Wednesday.. I’m moving in 3 days.. SATURDAY! I am SOOOOOOO Excited.

Here are some pics of the new apartment!

1297 Sq Ft. 2 bedroom, 2 Bath, with a Study.

Our Favorite Part of the House.. Hardwood floored Gourmet Kitchen with glass-top stove, stainless steel appliances, built-in wine rack and microwave, hanging pot rack, and fridge with the ice and water in the door!!

Here’s the 2nd bath. Both bathrooms have garden tubs, and the master has a seperate standing shower and dual sinks. We lOVE the place so much..

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So what lit the fire under my ass to move up there so fast? Well, a lot of things with my job were going wrong, so I was already considering it, then my ex-husband started acting psychotic and threatening to break the restraining order I have on him.

Patrick and I are moving in together before the end of the month. Not that its a whirlwind romance (well it is, but anyway). Actually.. circumstances on both our parts have made this the best possible option. I will be relocating to Austin… which I’m absolutely thrilled with. I’ve been dying to get out of this city for SO long. My abusive ex has completed his probation, which he’s taken as a cue to start harassing me again.

I’ve filed police reports about him trying to contact me, which is stupid on his part because I DO still have a protective order against him. He isn’t arrested yet because his text messages aren’t “threatening enough.”  He knows where I currently live, and I’m 100% refusing to deal with him anymore. It drove me crazy the entire time I was with him because I hated the way my life was going.. and now that I’ve taken the necessary steps to change my life, I’m NEVER going back to anything even remotely similar. So my option is to relocate.

Patrick’s lease was up at the end of March, and he has been paying month to month, but wanted to move anyway - so even back then we looked at apartments, not for US - but for him, and its just completely coincidental how things turned out. We’ve already secured the new place (we get the keys on May 10th!), I pay my half of first months rent on the 10th. My current apartment is working with me, given my circumstances, and not charging me the lease-breaking fee. My roommate has found an apartment with her girlfriend, and we are starting to collect boxes. I’ve talked to “Front Desk Debbie” about hauling off all these extra clothes I have laying around my house.. they don’t fit anymore anyways. I told her she could go through them, keep what she wanted, sell the good stuff, and donate the left overs if she wanted. LOL I just don’t want to deal with it. I have enough shit to do anyway.

I’m trying to completely scale back on all the shit I have. I have a “married person”s amount of shit. Not a single 25 year old. I’m dumping sooooooo much shit in the trash. I want to feel like I can breathe. I’m getting an AWESOME new apartment with and AWESOME new person in my life and I want it to kick ass as much as it should.

Speaking of great people.. here’s a picture of my studly man from this past weekend. He officially met my parents and nephew. I met his a few weeks ago. Kind of eerie how well things are going.

Hello hello.. it’s been a week or so since my last post. Things with Patrick are still as awesome as ever. I met the family this past weekend. They are great. His mom just recently got into the business I’m in, so she was all curious about how I like my job, etc. I must say, I was totally not prepared for the humble abode that he calls home. 5 acres and beautifully massive. I guess I just had something completely different in my mind. This weekend, its his turn to meet my family. Wow… I’ve already explained that my parents have been flipping houses since I was in elementary school, and their current one is no different. A lot of the bigger things are already done, but some are still in progress.

Well, I’ll have to write more later, I’m up here at work and boss has been on a rampage lately. (which is why I’m moving to Austin shortly). Late!