Thanks MB and Poe!

Wow! I think you are exactly right about how H would have responded had I just silently reached out...(I did have my hand lighly on his knee when I made my request, however)...really insightful of you, Poe!.

Point taken, sometimes I let words do too much of the talking for me. H's other Love Language, he tells me, is Physical Touch. (Which, frankly, amazes me given how much of that he has denied to me over our marriage, but perhaps that was unconscious payback for my sarcasm and such? ).

H is out buying a caller ID box for our phone. We've been having a great number of hangups the past 10 days (our phone machine is always on).

On Friday, he had me pick up the phone before the machine clicked on, just in case it was one of my silly students (some of them are too scared to leave a message) but whoever was on the other line (geez, I wonder who??? ) just listened to me say hello 2X and hung up in my ear.

We had a quiet Saturday night. Hit a late show (Shanghai Knights...funny ). I actually went out to our multiplex on a Saturday Night with ZERO makeup on . Now ladies, let me tell you, 5 years ago this NEVER would have happened. I have very pale skin and inhereted dark pigmentation under my eyes. At the very least I put on a little cover stick under the eyes.

But I just felt so comfy, didn't feel like having to put in the effort (Now, I'm no Diva, my whole make-up routine takes about 10 minutes) or wash up again after just sitting in a dark theatre.

So off I went, and was actually recognized by a student from last year. Guess I don't look THAT horrible sans makeup!

Oh yes, someone asked a few posts back, erinr I think, I teach 1st, 2nd and 3rd...not grades though, years...University...Psychology no less!

Now I check on you!

Shiny