Hosted dinner last night with W’s old boss and his family who are on vacation from the East coast. Had a really nice time. Seemed like we were a normal family.
The W went out of her way to be nice to me. She was getting ready for the dinner and I helped out a little bit. I went outside and cut off some roses from our bushes (we have about 20 rose bushes) and put it in a vase. When I brought it inside, my W commented that the vase was too big for the number of flowers I cut – I joke that my W is Martha Stewart and wants everything to be perfect in her eyes. I ignored her, put the vase down, and went into my office to do some work while waiting. Well, I must have made a face because about 10 minutes later my W came in and apologized and said, “you know how I am with my OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)” Just a remark to notice how my W is making an effort to treat me nice. I’ll see how long that lasts.
During dinner the topic of my W returning to school to be a physician assistant came up. Her former boss is one of her references. He didn’t realize that the university is 3.5 hours from here. He commented to no one in particular, “Oh, she can’t do that, what about her family?” My W made a face of disappointment and like she knows. My W respects his opinion a lot, and it was interested to have him voice the obvious to me, how can she leave her family for 1-2 years to attend school so far away?
