Barrybran IV - Three Years Forward, 30 Years Back

[Barrybran]

Well we've just had our first marriage-related decorative casualty. My wife took down a 100cm x 50cm canvas of the two of us from our wedding day to put up the new display cabinet. I guess we're in for a bumpy ride for a while yet. At least she stayed home this weekend to do it so that's gotta be a positive haha.

I had a good day today. I started the day by driving down to the gym, finding out it was closed and coming home again. So much for that idea. I decided to jump into the housework and as my wife went to work, I had the house to myself. I got a far bit done with the dishes, laundry, and the surfaces and floors of the living areas. I watched a combination of NCAA and NBA and read some more 5LL. I'm about half way through now and I'm convinced that my wife will have to read this if she wants to be a part of our marriage again. In fact, whoever I wind up with is going to have to read it though obviously, I'd like that person to be my wife.

It got me thinking today about how I used to write poems for my wife. I stopped doing it at the same times I started withdrawing from her. She loved my poems. I know it's something I'll have to reintroduce if/when the time is right. I think I'll have to take a bit of a stocktake of my relationship with my wife when I finish the book. I've not done any of the homework stuff from the three books I've read so far as I've wanted to get through them and get as much knowledge in. I've taken many mental notes but it'll be interesting to go back and start committing thoughts to paper and really get to know my wife and I.