Extended Lease With Option to Buy

Andy has an ex-girlfriend who trades in boyfriends like most people trade in cell phones when they are due for an upgrade.  Now that the iPhone has come to Verizon, everybody is due for an upgrade, and Rebecca is, apparently, no exception.  Originally I was incredibly jealous of her.  When we first started dating, they had broken up only a few short months before and, terrified that I was a rebound, I obsessively tried to discover every single detail about her.  Two years later, I am relatively sure that I am not a rebound and am considerably less interested in her goings on.  (Of course, it must be noted that I have not seen her in person since Andy and I started dating, I've never spoken to her and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't recognize her in a crowd.)

She does, however, have an interesting character trait (flaw?) that I would like to discuss.  Before she dated Andy, she dated a boy named Joe.  They dated for two years, he gave her a puppy (lucky!!), she dumped him and moved on to Andy.  Then she dated Andy for two years, cheated on him and dumped him completely out of the blue.  Then she dated the boy she cheated on Andy with, a friend of his, whose name is Jason.  They dated for two years and, just recently, broke up.  Apparently she has now found a military man that she is dating so, in about two years, we will see if her pattern proves true with yet another guy.  Who trades in boys like that?  Of course, in my lifetime, there have been boys that I have broken up with--there's nothing remarkable about that.  I have, also, at other times, even broken up with one boy for a different one.  What is interesting, I think, is that its always around a two year period--and she always seems to have her next one picked out before she truly moves on.  True, that is how you approach a job--don't quit one without securing another--but is that truly the way to approach a boyfriend?  Apparently so.

Andy and I are right around the two year mark now, so I asked him if he was going to trade me in.  "I don't work like that, dear," he told me.  (Isn't it cute how he calls me dear?  It's so antiquated and it always makes me smile a little.)  "I've got you for an extended lease with option to buy."

I had to laugh.  Who says that?  At least he's clever.  As long as we're talking about options to buy, I can't complain.

He's pretty much boyfriend perfection.  Last night, he went to visit his friend Jonathan, the one whose dog recently had the puppies, and I was sitting at home, in West Virginia, feeling pretty sick when he sent me this picture.  

The puppies are growing up so fast!  Andy has been trying to convince me that I do want a black dog but (so far) has been unsuccessful.  I have to admit, though, looking at my adorable boyfriend holding that sweet, sweet little dog melts my heart.  Apparently two little girls and the runt (the boy pup Andy is holding--and the one he fell in love with) are still looking for homes.  All the others are taken.  Hard to believe, huh?

I know Andy loves the runt, and I know he likes a black dog, but I still think I'm holding out for a yellow girl.  If I get too many more pictures like this, though, I may cave.  I'm not proud of it, but in some respects I am very weak-willed.  Puppies just so happen to be one of them.

I'm happy to report that this is also my last week of classes before Spring break--so there's about six weeks left until I'm finished, and a week and a half of that is break.  By the time I come back, there will be just a month left.  Can you believe it?  I know, I know---how could you forget?  I give a count down all the time.  But still, I am so happy that soon, very very soon, I will have a life again.

I also had some luck shopping yesterday.  Check it out!

I went to Old Navy and Target.  Old Navy had some awesome deals--almost everything I got was from there.  The three tank tops and the purple t shirt all came from there--and what a steal.  I went to the Old Navy at home and couldn't find the white lace tank tops in a medium--but I found THREE at the WV Old Navy.  So I bought them all.  Yes, all.  One can never have too many plain white tank tops.  They layer so well with everything.  The white one in front is embroidered and really pretty, too--so four white tank tops in all.  Oh well, I know what I like.

At Target, I found the black boyfriend cardi--I have been looking for one for ages, but I finally found the right one (I am particular about cardigans) AND it was on sale.  $14!  What a steal.  Originally $25.  I felt so successful. 

Hope your weekend is wonderful, too!  The forecast predicts highs near 60 all week and probably much, much warmer in VA.  Can't wait for Spring Break!