Maybe I should be in piecing part 6?

[Hope4us]

Thanks everyone.

Well, first things first. Got the new bed Tues morning but had to wash all the new bedding stuff and there were some other things going on so we didn't get the bed put completely together until last night and........SHE SLEPT IN IT! When she came to bed about 20 minutes after I had, she made some joke about her having the bed looking really nice and I'd messed it up by getting in it and I fired back at her, in a joking manner of course, and we both had a laugh about that. And it was really windy last night, and our bedroom has vaulted ceilings so the ceiling is basically the roof and it was LOUD. And W said this morning she almost went downstairs cause it's more quiet, but she didn't. And we had more morning conversation this morning than we've had in a couple years. No touching in bed though, but it was still just freakin nice to have her in OUR bed with me.

What else is going on....?

The contract negotiations that W was heavily involved in were settled and the Manager of her Refinery invited all the people involved in the negotiations out to dinner sometime next week. W told me about it this morning. She then forwarded the note to me that the Mgr had written to them. In that note he invited them PLUS their spouses. W could have not forwarded that note or deleted the part about spouses being invited if she didn't want me to know I was invited so she could just go by herself, but she didn't. So that made me feel pretty good.

W has been stressing because her Temp Assignment is coming to an end and she REALLY doesn't want to go back to her normal job that she HATES. I've been very supportive of her. Gave her space when she's obviously wanted it, thinking about returning to her job. I've been a sounding board when she's wanted someone to talk to about it. Listened, LISTENED, LISTENED....

She hasn't given me anything to call her on for a couple weeks. Last night we went grocery shopping and had FUN. It's amazing that we seem to really connect when we grocery shop. How weird is that?

Saturday is the show we're going to see. Going to go out to dinner, the show and then some drinks. W is excited, but with everything going on at work, she hasn't talked much about it. S16 is going to spend the weekend with his best friend in our hometown, so it'll be W and I from Friday evening til Monday evening. I'll let her dictate how much we interact.

Tonight W is going shopping with EGF. In my best GAL, when W told me she was going shopping, I immediately replied that I had a haircut and a friend and I were going out for some wings and a couple beers anyway, so I'd just see her sometime tonight. W is shopping because she needs some clothes for the wedding we're going to next Friday. And then we're going to visit our good friends and see their new house. So all in all, it's been a pretty freakin normal couple weeks.

And oh yeah....Tuesday, after they delivered the bed, I had to run up to her Refinery for work, so I stopped and picked up a couple Latte's and dropped one off for her. It was kind of weird when I did. It was like she was surprised and appreciative, but really didn't want me there. I kind of called her on it later in the day, but she said she was just surprised to see me and was really busy and didn't mean to give me the impression she didn't want to talk or anything and thanked me for the gesture.

So, that's about it. Probably won't be on here for a few days. Got a personnel issue with one of the guys who works for me that I need to meet with Mgmt and HR about. Oh boy, isn't that fun? But it's been good. When I found out about the issue yesterday, I went home and told W I wanted her opinion on something and we discussed it and she came to the same conclusion to the issue that I'd been rolling around in my head and she seemed pleased that I was interested in her opinion. I said to her "of course I'm interested in your opinion, you have great business sense and I wanted to bounce it off you" and she smiled.

Talk to you all later. I'll try to get around to some other threads, but again, it's pretty busy at work so I don't know if I'll have a chance or not. But I'm thinking about all of ya!

See ya.