Barrybran IV - Three Years Forward, 30 Years Back

[Barrybran]

It's funny how you can never predict what will happen in life. I thought today might have been a below-average kind of day. I woke at 3am to find my wife hadn't returned home and it set my mind running and heart sinking. I got out of bed as I was sure I wouldn't get back to sleep. Instead of laying in bed thinking, I decided to read some more DR and I felt better within 45 minutes. Despite it being 4:30 in the morning I felt fresh with renewed hope.

The day at work was a lot more cruisy than yesterday. I was well organised and we had very few customers so I was able to keep on top of work. I worked with a girl I hadn't worked with before and we had some pleasant conversations about work and her future as a police officer. On top of that, I had enough energy to get through the day and wound up enjoying it.

I got home and ate lunch while watching the end of the basketball game that was on. I had the house to myself and it was nice to relax. I didn't know if my wife would return home straight after work or not and I was a little surprised when she came home shortly after she finished. I was already into tidying up the house by then. My wife likes a tidy kitchen and I like the clothes to be put away so I did both before my wife got home. She played some games as I asked her about her day. She was reluctant at first and then warmed up a little, even seeming partially interested in my day which was nice.

She surprised me when she asked if I wanted Chinese for dinner. I suggested we head out to the pub for dinner instead but she wasn't up for that, having cancelled the plans she did have because she didn't feel like going out. She went out for a while while I continued housework and she came home a while later with dinner. We sat down, she asked what was on TV and there wasn't anything we wanted to watch. I flicked it to the on-demand movie service and she found one she wanted to watch. My wife and I don't watch many movies and having thought she was putting distance between us I was very surprised she was up for watching a movie in the same room as me. We watched "The Butler" at her request. I enjoyed it thoroughly (America does American politics movies brilliantly) and while my wife didn't get into it, she watched it through to the end. We briefly discussed various points throughout and after the movie which was nice.

All in all, my day turned out unexpectedly pleasant. While my wife was more around me than with me, I still enjoyed her company without the kids. She's in bed now and I'm not far off myself with a 5am start tomorrow.