Stage 2.25

[istherehope]

Hi Beth,

That's so nice that you find my sitch inspiring. One thing I will say is that my H, though clearly still having issues, is very "advanced" in terms of how he is dealing with them. He sees a psychotherapist every week, works out 5 days per week, and is eating really well. He really adopted a healthy lifestyle in order to try and tackle his depression. So even though I am putting in loads and loads of work, I don't think we'd be where we are now if it weren't for his hard work on himself. Even though I get really frustrated sometimes at how slow he wants to take things, I think he is absolutely amazing and I don't know how many men would have been able to pull themselves out of the darkness like he has.

So last night we hung out, nothing too exciting. Actually I got home, dropped my stuff off, and ran to the store. H called while I was there, wondering why I wasn't at home. This was cute. Then I made dinner, and once again I offered to just bring it down so he could eat it while playing video games, but he said he wanted to sit with me instead. So we sat on the couch together and watched a couple of shows. It was just comfortable and peaceful. In bed he was semi-affectionate like he has been lately. This morning he was pretty sweet though. We were in bed and he wrapped himself around me and kissed my face. He said I was adorable, adding the usual "sometimes", but hey I'll take it! He also played with my nose, and told me how it is cute like a little button :). We talked about me getting my driving license and how we could add me to the insurance once this happens (note this is future talk as the appointments for driving tests here take months). I have a US drivers license, but I cannot drive on it here. I must take a driving test, and there is a several month wait period...

I offered to go to the store and pick up some berries for the smoothies he likes to make in the morning, and he said he didn't want me to go anywhere...

It's a frosty day here in Dublin, and H wants to hang out around the house and do nothing today. This is what I want to do as well, but I may go out for a few hours and force myself to do something, even if it's just grocery shopping.

Also, for anyone reading along, do I move to piecing now that we are officially trying, or is piecing when there is more of an actual recommitment? We are no longer separated, even though I have yet to reclaim my shelf and closet space.

Maybe I'll have something more interesting to post later :).

ITH