1. Before Wife left for her mothers she gave me instructions on what time to put the dinner she prepared in the oven if she was not home in time what to add and when to do it. I did my duties as instructed. When Wife got home from her mothers, Dinner was ready to be taken out. I walked into the kit ion and Wife was opening a bottle of wine. She asked me if I wanted wine with dinner also. (I usually don't have wine with dinner but I thought the offer was nice so I said yes. She proceeded to tell me that she was not sure if this was the same wine because she could not quite remember the name but the wine she had on her last "girl's night out" was really good. She sat at the dinner table with me and she talked about her job. She talked about her hair cut she got that day and how she did not like the last one she got and how this was much better. I told her I liked it because it was longer in front and the last was short in front and made her face look..........then I caught myself about to say something Negative and as I searched for the right words.. She said "fat". I said well not really but this hair cut does frame your face better. (Fat was what I was thinking.) I told her that this was a really good cut of meat. She said thanks and THEN thanked me for putting it in the oven for her. I said no problem. Now this might not sound like a big deal to you all but.. Wife has very rarely thanked me for anything. IT's like everything I do around the house, her moms, and my moms is my duty to do. So this was a new experience for me to be thanked. So I was a great listener at dinner... later
2. So One of Our fish had been Sick all day. I knew it was not going to make it and just hoped it would be over before I went to work. I did not want Wife to have to deal with it, and I could not just take it out of the tank because son was worried and if I just put it out son would be hurt.(this was a large fish. It weighed 10 oz). Well after dinner I noticed wife standing next to the tank rubbing the side of the glass where the fish was laying. Hit me strange because wife has had a "as if" attitude towards these fish in the past. Anyway a little while later I noticed the fish had died. Wife and son came over to the tank as I scooped it up and put it into a plastic bag. Son wanted to bury it in our garden. Wife was holding the bag in the palm of her hand and was petting the side if the fish (through the bag). You could tell she really felt bad that the fish had died. I have not seen this type of reaction in wife in a long time. Up until now it seemed that nothing else in the world mattered to her except her.... It was late so I suggested we put the fish into the freezer until today and then we can bury it after I get home from work.
Well that is about it for now Stay tuned....
Doc
And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know
