Looks like everyone is in a good mood today--which is really good for me. Because I HAVE to accomplish everything on my task list at work today.... and won't feel bad about logging off for awhile.
Today is also my day to have lunch with D10 at school. She's been asking me for a long time now, and I have always been "busy"... I decided that it won't be long for her to figure out that I'm a dweeb and doesn't want to be seen with me. So I might have to take the cram course in being a nice mom to a tween.
I forgot to mention that one of the endearing things about my dear husband of long ago was his ability to show emotions. When he first told me he loved me (we were camping in Yosemite, and lying in our sleeping bags in the back of his pickup), I was silent.
I had never said those words to another man without being absolutely sure I meant them.
I wasn't sure then, but I knew I cared deeply for him. As I started to tell him why I wasn't ready to say the words, he began to sob. He told me (this chokes me up right now), "I love you so much that I'll be patient enough to wait for you to say them back. But please say those words because I'll die if you don't.)
I noticed that he would get misty at the right times during moving movies and I think we were at a theater when I really knew I loved him. There sat my future groom, with tears running down his cheeks.
He knows that I liked that emotional expression, which is exactly why he was not willing to share it with me last night.
Observations from the fish tank this morning:
He came upstairs and stood at the vanity while I was applying mascara....
MW: "Hey."
Me: Talking and applying mascara is sort of awkward.... this was the best I could do under the circumstance. "Hey."
MW: Fidgeting with his jacket. "How's D? "(Boss's stepdad and also close to Mr. W.)
Me: "I haven't spoken to boss since yesterday afternoon. I don't know, but I'm sure he'll give me an update in awhile. I'll let you know when I hear from him."
Me: I had no idea that he looked up to me as his current events teacher. "I don't know."
MW: "I figured that tracking her trial would be something you would do."
Me: ???? I am not a Martha fan, nor do my housekeeping and entertaining styles suggest I have a flair for replacing good old legally troubled Martha. "Uh, I seem to be watching more stuff on Disney, Animal Planet and Cartoon Network, and Martha updates do not usually happen during Kim Possible or Animal COPS."
MW: "Oh. I need some coffee."
Me: Coffee? I need a drink! "Okay, I'll be down in a second."
I rest my case. Life is strange.
TTFN!
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
