As things progress

Things have been getting more serious lately with CG.  I thought I would be more freaked out, but actually I'm ok. 

As I've mentioned, we took our first trip together earlier this month.  It was six days of almost nonstop togetherness, and it wasn't nearly as bad as I'd feared.  We hardly fought at all, even when stressful things happened like not sleeping on the train and getting lost trying to visit my friend in the suburbs.  About halfway through the trip I had a cranky episode from all the activity, but I got over it.  I know I could have had some alone time if I'd requested it, but we had packed our schedule with things to do together so it didn't really make sense.  The thing the surprised me the most was that despite our awesomely fun days, I'd find myself looking forward to the hour or two of quiet time we'd have together in the hotel room before bed.  It was nice having him around but doing separate things.  Usually one of us would be on the computer and the other would be watching tv, or in my case, knitting.  Then we'd go to bed at the same time and I got kind of used to having him there at night to cuddle with.  It was weird sleeping alone after we got back.

The other big thing that I've mentioned was that I bought my first car.  (I should have known I was doomed dating a car guy...it was just a matter of time.)  However, it's not quite that simple.  I can't afford a car + extras by myself, so CG added me to his insurance and is paying it.  That way I only have the loan and gas, which is doable.  It only costs him $50/month to add me, while getting my own policy (not ever having been insured before) would be way more.  He has to be on the title for the insurance, so technically it is both our car, even though in the event of a breakup it will be mine (we wrote it out in a contract).  Also he is planning on storing it at his house when I don't need it so I'm not tempted to get lazy and use it all the time for every little trip.  I still want to be a walk/bus person most of the time because it's good exercise and better for the environment.  The car is mainly for things I can't do by bus very well, such as going snowboarding or visiting my parents in the suburbs.

It seems inevitable that we will move in together at some point, it's just a matter of when.  Our leases are up in the spring.  Originally I wanted to wait until my longer school break in September, but after recent events it seems that I might be okay doing it sooner.  I still have my same old fears, though.