Looking backward...but only to move forward TWO

[sage]

Had a great night last night. H had a good day at school and had done enough on his paper that he decided he needed a relaxed evening in lieu of homework! He told me that he'd have a plan for when I got home -- and he DID! I didn't even take my coat off...he whisked me back into the car and we went for a nice dinner at a mexican restaurant we love and then onto see another Oscar contender -- "Being Julia". The timing of the whole thing was perfect, h was wonderful and sweet (at one point during the movie he leaned over and said "ILY" ) and we just had a really good time. He's hard at work at school today -- but he sent me a really great e-mail this AM- much longer than usual and quite cute.

We've worked out every day since Saturday -- I think the endorphins are good for us!

Tonight he has more work on his paper (due today) so we'll have a relaxing evening at home after he hands it in! I've got an acupuncture appointment so I get to leave work a little early -- hooray!

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I don't know why but this joke that was e-mailed to me totally cracks me up:

One of Boston's wealthy, elderly female residents decides to go on a
photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful pet poodle along for
company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long
he discovers that he is lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard
heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having a
poodle for a lunch.
The poodle thinks, "Uh-oh, I'm in deep trouble now!" But this is an
Massachusetts poodle, got a good education, scored high on
MCAS, etc. Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately
settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat.
Just as the leopard is about to leap, the poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy,
that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around
here."
Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride, a look of
terror comes over him, and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew," says
the leopard. "That was close. That poodle nearly had me."
Meanwhile, a monkey who has been watching the whole scene from a nearby
tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for
protection from the leopard. So, off he goes. The poodle sees him
heading after the leopard with great speed and figures that something
must be up.
The monkey soon catches up with the leopard and tells him the whole
story, how the leopard was tricked. He strikes a deal for himself with
the leopard. The leopard is furious at being fooled by the little poodle
and says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to
that conniving canine."
Now the poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and
thinks, "What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog
sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them
yet and, just when they get close enough to hear, the poodle says,
"Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me
back another leopard!"