Well, nothing big has been happening the last couple of days. Pretty much biz as usual in the Jethro household. Gotta love those "regular" days, right LL?
Yesterday evening went rather nicely. I went to Yoga, mellowed out, and came home afterwards. My D was asleep, but my boy was still awake. He wanted to play for me the new song he learned at his piano lesson. He's quite the prodigy...first day he learned it he can play it...blows me away! Well, he's got music in his blood--FIL and MIL were in band when they were pregnant with W. FIL has recording studio (we've made some CDs), FIL plays a few instuments and sings, MIL sings and was a concert pianist, W sings and plays a little piano, and I play guitar (no singing please). Kid's got it in his blood and I'm so proud!
Anyway, we put my S to bed and W goes to bed herself. Huh!?!? It was kind of early. I went into the bedroom and she was just laying in the covers. I said, "You're in bed already?" She responded, "It sounded cozy." So, I sat on the bed and we talked for a good hour about this and that...a REALLY nice talk.
At one point, the discussion of my mother came up. My W gets annoyed with my mom because she's very tense...hence the reason I have a history of that myself, I'm sure. So, my W says, "I want to surround myself with people that are doing stuff like what we're doing." (meaning, all of the self-discovery stuff). I was very happy to hear her say "we" in this context. Then she recounted a conversation she had with my mom the other day that annoyed her. I simply told her that it's unimportant to get so riled up about this stuff...that it's only our egos that allow us to feel like we need vindication, etc. Guys, I was good and not "fixing." Her response was, "Okay, Zen Buddhist Master! I can't believe I'm hearing you say all this stuff that I've been reading about!" She was good natured about it. Chock one up for Jethro!!!
This morning I told her that I enjoyed our talk last night and she said she did too. I feel like, for whatever reason, we gained some intimacy last night...and I feel the positive afteraffects of it today (even on the telephone). It's great...like we're connecting. I think she feels it too. I can sense it from the tone of her voice and stuff. I WANT MORE DAYS LIKE THIS!
