So When Wife arrived I can see she was a little stand off ish... Anyway she said something about wanting to go visit some winery's and do some wine tasting. I said great....
We went wine tasting and she complimented me on my options on some of the wines we tasted. (This was a 180 for her; she used to put me down on my wine tasting knowledge. I am a beer kind of guy and wine is ok but I rather would have beer or whiskey) Anyway she really liked this wine that I also did like.. I think she was a little impressed with my knowledge of wine barrels and the character it gives to wine. (Thank you History channel).. I bought the bottle of wine she liked and the glassed we tasted in that had the winery name on it. (Good Memories)... Then we went to the casino... It was strange because the casino is on an Indian reservation. Lots of people smoking.. (Illegal in other parts of California). We received $10.00 credit from the casino. Wife went through that pretty fast. I was a little luckier... We played mostly penny and nickel machines... BUT wife saw these machines and really wanted to play them so we sat down and I put my money in and so did she but something was not right with the credits.. So I cashed out right away.. Wife when ahead and bet 15 cents and lost it... Then she noticed something was not right also so she cashed out.. She only got back $5.00 from the $20.00 she put in. She pushed the call button to get an attendant and then I looked really close at the machine and noticed it was a $5.00 machine NOT 5 Cents..... Wife felt so bad losing $15.00 on one bet.. I told her don't worry about it.. We did not come here to win. We came to have fun.. So we then went and ate dinner. (We got a buy one get one free) Dinner was great and Wife really enjoyed it... we then left and went back to the condo.. We were both tired. I went to the bathroom and when I came out. Wife had the T.V on and said I bet you know what this movie is.. It is your kind of movie.. It was a disaster movie about an earth quake.. So we sat and watched that movie and then wife brought out box of old pictures and new paper clippings she got at her mom's house she wanted to look though. She then said "where are those margarita's you were going to make? I said coming right up.... and I made them. So we sat and drank Margarita's and looked at the pictures. Wife then said she was really tired.. She did not get much sleep the night before. She said. "I hope I can get some sleep tonight if you start grinding your teeth" I told her I already thought of that and I put some ear plugs on her nightstand...( I really did put some there) After we looked at the pictures and laughed and had a good time.. I cleaned up and said good night and went to bed. I fell asleep pretty fast. (Wine, beer and then margaritas).... I woke up during the night and wife was sleeping right next to me. IN THE SAME BED... there was another bed room in the condo and she could have chosen to sleep there. I needed to get up early and get home so Daughter could go to work so I rolled over gave wife a hug.. Kissed her on the head and said. Thank you... I love you.... I then got up and went into the other room to take a shower. I closed the bedroom door and cleaned up the condo and got all of my stuff. I left a note on the frig. Thanking her for the great time I had. I also wrote that I am sorry for letting her down during our marriage. If there was any way I could take away the pain I have caused her I would do anything to do that. I signed it...
I LOVE YOU.... Doc
I went to the bedroom and opened the door and said 'I will see ya later" and I left.
So that was my "as if" weekend. Part of me thinks maybe I should have pushed a little more. But part of me thinks I am slowly breaking down that wall she has built up. She is accepting me as more of an equal. If you remember last year at our Yosemite dinner she told me I had no class because I had not "graduated" to red wines... now she is listing to me.... my opinions on the character and flavor of wines......
Well I will fill ya in on what happens when she gets home
Later Me
And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know
