Plans, Plans, Plans

I've come to the realization that my life consists of making plans. Few of these plans seem to make it past the planning stages. There is always some revision, some addition, some subtraction. Then there's no time, something gets in the way. So, my plan (ha!) is to bring more of my plans to fruition. I think being married and sharing a household drags out the planning because of the whole discussing the plan, agreeing on the plan, making a final decision on the plan. We sort of exist in a world like this:

me: "what do you think about X"
husband: "i don't know, haven't thought about it."
me: "ok..."
husband: " "
me: "so, let's talk about it."
husband: "ok"
me: " "
husband: "well, i don't know, what do YOU think about it?"

I think we're just learning. Sure we've been together for a long time, but we haven't had a lot of every day decisions to make. We're ok on the big ones, like getting married, buying a house, etc. But on the little things, like what does he want me to buy him for lunch in a given week? or, at what temperature should we set the thermostat? seem to be tricky for us. Perhaps because both of us are pretty easy going on most things. Drapes don't matter that much, so he probably doesn't care. And what's the real difference between various deli meats, or chicken or pork for dinner? Neither of us are particularly committed to every day household causes.

But last night, we did have a discussion, about cats, that had a beginning, a middle, and an end, pertaining specifically to whether or not we wanted to add to our household. It made me feel very grown up. We decided yes, by the way. So now, more plans!

To get my house ready for kittens I need to do some things. cleaning and organizing to be specific. We're not going to let this little plan fade into oblivion, but I'm going to hold myself to some conditions.

On a side note, to keep everything honest, I had french fries today, which I was NOT supposed to do. Sort of extenuating circumstances, so whatever. And I'm having taco salad for dinner, I'm not allowing myself any candy, and I will be doing some cleaning and organizing tonight as punishment.