Last night Garrett and I were driving home from the grocery store when I asked him if he'd shoveled our sidewalks yet this week. (I keep forgetting we legally have to do this now.) Yes! He had! In fact, he did it while I also was being productive by going visiting teaching a few days ago.
Suddenly, we both felt the need to list every constructive activity in which we have recently participated. For instance, we cleaned out The Room, the extra bedroom we'd put all the miscellaneous boxes in that day we moved in — in August — and promptly ignored. Garrett practiced — and played — basketball with the ward team. I went to the gym. (This is amazing.) We went grocery shopping. Then, there was the visiting teaching and the snow shoveling. And of course, we both went to work every day.
As we reveled in our unusual productivity, Garrett said, "We're not exactly get-up-and-go people, are we?"
Eh, no. We're not.
We are the couple who generally gets home from work everyday with no expectations for that evening. We are completely comfortable sitting on a couch, a floor, the bed, whatever, for hours on end. We're easily entertained. We don't make plans with other people, but that doesn't mean we don't like other people. We've been meaning to go see a movie now for weeks but have never really gotten around to it.
It's kind of funny. My sisters' husbands both like to be busy. When they go to my parent's house, my mom gives them projects. When we go to my parent's house, we just need a couch, someone to talk to and maybe a TV if a particular college basketball game is on.
Some people may say we're lazy. Yeah, maybe. But I just take it all to mean we're pretty happy with each other's company. So I'm OK with lazy.
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Kev and I had the same conversation last night. Sometimes I whine that we're boring and he tells me we're fine. We're just content to be together not doing anything specific. Life is good.
This would explain why every time I text you guys asking what your plans are for the evening you answer with "not sure." But the bright side to your lifestyle is that people can call you almost any night of the week saying they want to do something with you and you'll be available.
Anyway, Em and I are becoming more and more like this everyday....but I am fighting it. I used to have things planned out and busy, but its harder when you are married. So we usually just stay home, hang out, even when we know there is some event we could go to.
This sounds a lot like us. We never make plans with other people... like you hadn't noticed that one, but we still like other people. I think it's great to just be content with your lifestyle though. Keep it up.
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