Quote: Mr. Wonderful ran upstairs, got his coat and started exclaiming loudly, "I'M ALLERGIC TO THE CAT! I'M ALLERGIC TO BUTTERFLY!!!!! I HAVE TO GO NOW!" I had to contain myself from laughing... I've had this cat for over a year, and NOT ONCE has he had that reaction to her.
That's so cute.
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
Quote: Mr. Wonderful ran upstairs, got his coat and started exclaiming loudly, "I'M ALLERGIC TO THE CAT! I'M ALLERGIC TO BUTTERFLY!!!!! I HAVE TO GO NOW!" I had to contain myself from laughing... I've had this cat for over a year, and NOT ONCE has he had that reaction to her.
Aw, poor MW!!! My dad used to blame everything on the cat we had growing up too.
Hey, crying is very cathartic, perhaps it will help him through this bad time and he'll come out of his emotional state dragging Bob behind him! One can hope...
Look at the bright side, he didn't once use the word 'boink'!
"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."
--Agnes Repplier, writer and historian
Your conversation thread with Trip was great. The fears are a difficult thing to conquer and you have some good goals set forth to help you with that.
Meredith hit the nail on the head when she said that when they pull us closer with the imaginary thread it makes it more difficult to detach.
I think as caring a person as you are and as insightful it must be difficult that in his time of need MW isn't using his best resource...YOU! It frustrates me about MW, I can only imagine how you feel. That's just a hunch.
Think of the TMJ you are avoiding by giving up gum (CBH says as her jaw practically cracks in half).
BTW Officer Jerkwad will be in your neck of the woods 10/10-10/16 so get your skis ready sister. You'll be on a DB stakeout
Looks like everyone is in a good mood today--which is really good for me. Because I HAVE to accomplish everything on my task list at work today.... and won't feel bad about logging off for awhile.
Today is also my day to have lunch with D10 at school. She's been asking me for a long time now, and I have always been "busy"... I decided that it won't be long for her to figure out that I'm a dweeb and doesn't want to be seen with me. So I might have to take the cram course in being a nice mom to a tween.
I forgot to mention that one of the endearing things about my dear husband of long ago was his ability to show emotions. When he first told me he loved me (we were camping in Yosemite, and lying in our sleeping bags in the back of his pickup), I was silent.
I had never said those words to another man without being absolutely sure I meant them.
I wasn't sure then, but I knew I cared deeply for him. As I started to tell him why I wasn't ready to say the words, he began to sob. He told me (this chokes me up right now), "I love you so much that I'll be patient enough to wait for you to say them back. But please say those words because I'll die if you don't.)
I noticed that he would get misty at the right times during moving movies and I think we were at a theater when I really knew I loved him. There sat my future groom, with tears running down his cheeks.
He knows that I liked that emotional expression, which is exactly why he was not willing to share it with me last night.
Observations from the fish tank this morning:
He came upstairs and stood at the vanity while I was applying mascara....
MW: "Hey."
Me: Talking and applying mascara is sort of awkward.... this was the best I could do under the circumstance. "Hey."
MW: Fidgeting with his jacket. "How's D? "(Boss's stepdad and also close to Mr. W.)
Me: "I haven't spoken to boss since yesterday afternoon. I don't know, but I'm sure he'll give me an update in awhile. I'll let you know when I hear from him."
Me: I had no idea that he looked up to me as his current events teacher. "I don't know."
MW: "I figured that tracking her trial would be something you would do."
Me: ???? I am not a Martha fan, nor do my housekeeping and entertaining styles suggest I have a flair for replacing good old legally troubled Martha. "Uh, I seem to be watching more stuff on Disney, Animal Planet and Cartoon Network, and Martha updates do not usually happen during Kim Possible or Animal COPS."
MW: "Oh. I need some coffee."
Me: Coffee? I need a drink! "Okay, I'll be down in a second."
I rest my case. Life is strange.
TTFN!
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
I guess I'd better think of a new title for the pending new thread... cuz things are looking imminent here!
My crazy update before heading to lunch with the tween crowd... my boss's stepdad died this morning.
Now the 3rd death in my office is behind us. Having 3 people in various stages of acknowledgment and grief is a little weird.
I did phone Mr. W. to tell him and he was saddened. He also cared deeply for D, and asked me what we can do? I told him that they were still trying to make the arrangements since D had chosen to be cremated... Since he's Catholic, it will have to be a memorial mass.
Mr. W. asked why the church doesn't allow for cremains and I had to give him the patent answer for that one (he was surprised...). Anyway, I told him we'd figure out something after getting more info. His mom just might need a different kind of support.
Anyway, that's it for me right now.
Just keep swimming....
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
