a once-a-month blog

Well, it seems I am beginning to write a once-a-month blog.  Thanks for continuing to check in with me and share your thoughts, even if all I really have to contribute lately are updates.

Earlier this week I told Gerard that I am now the happiest that I have been in four and a half years.  And I really am!  With all the shit that I've been through since early 2007... oh my god, I can't believe that I have finally pulled my way out of the darkness... but I am so grateful that I have.

I am working now.  Not enough-- not yet-- but it's on the horizon, and it's a sure thing (i.e., I know I will have exactly as much work as I'd like, if not more, in the next month or so).  I've made it up the curve in part, and there is more rising up to come in terms of my career.  That means that things are eventually going to improve financially.  (Although that part isn't as important to me-- what I really want is to be doing the work that I love, and I am!)  Every time I leave work I am always thinking about how thrilled I am... I am really good at what I do, and I'm being reminded of that now.  It just feels amazing.

Gerard and I are still happy together as well.  We have really figured out a lot of stuff about being together and how to make it work.  I feel really proud of that.  Furthermore, now that I'm out of the house for two or more full days each week, we've started to have sex more often.  Hooray!  I do NOT get tired of feeling that man inside me.  :)

We've also played around with the idea of creating a spanking contract.  Gerard pulled a Spencer Plan thing off of google a couple of weeks ago, made a few edits, and then told me that I had to sign it.  Later it became clear that this was just a clever method of foreplay, but as we talked about it we decided it might be fun to try it out for real.  We're still negotiating the contracts a bit (I made sure I made him one as well, that says all of his responsibilities as a dominant and spanker), but one thing we've already started practicing is Sunday maintenance spankings.  The punishment and behavior-management aspect of this whole contract thing is extremely arousing to me, I must admit.  So that's a fun little thing that we'll get going on, I suppose.

Oh, one other thing that is contributing to my good spirits is that Gerard and I used money from our respective savings accounts to join a gym around the corner from us.  I have never been one for exercise, but I've gained 7 pounds in the last couple of months, and they are not melting away like they once did.  So we've started going over there together.  We swim, we do exercises together, and Gerard takes yoga classes.  I am really loving it, and feeling like my body is getting toned, even though I definitely haven't lost those 7 pounds.  (I know, I know, muscle weighs more than fat.)  It's a great way to use my extra time.  I sort of wish we had decided to do this sooner!

So that's my July update, friends.  Thanks as always for reading.