H arrived in time for a late lunch. It is a very balmy warm day, H said it was even warmer up in the hills... (so we could have gone up to his place really...)
He brought along a bottle of (red!) wine, paid a fair amount for it, and when I commented on him spending more than his usual budget, he said, well, I thought I'd bring something along, after all, I'm always drinking your wine. (He noticed!!!!)
Then said to D, do you want to come along into town with me later? I started to feel the usual reaction - H leaving me out of stuff when he's at my house etc etc etc, although I said nothing. A little later, he said to me, do you want to come?
I asked him what he would be doing, he said, buying stuff for his pipe and some DVDs. I elected to stay behind and finish house cleaning and other stuff, otherwise it would be the start of the week again before I knew it, and I have to have a clean house when students and suchlike come here. Plus, I thought I'd use the time to get my head together a bit. My mood wasn't fantastic - nothing bad, just sort of dull and blah.
See, the thing is, H really is a cool customer. If he comes and stays here, it should be for him to ask if it is OK to go out and take D with him, not for him to just ask D like that. He ain't just using this place as his base. This isn't just 'accomodation' for H, if he stays here the weekend it is as one of us.
And for the record, this has been his attitude throughout the marriage, sort of - he can come and go as he pleases, drop in and out of our lives, in some way.
Anyhow, I asked him to try and open up the blind casing. It had been stuck or a week and no one who tried could open it. I thought it would offer the perfect opportunity for H to do something... like, heroic, ahem, or at least, male. I told him two people had tried already, in addition to myself. He asked who? I just said, students.
He eventually forced it open, as the casing was warped. I thanked him, and he replied, it wasn't difficult.
Then he proceeded to instruct me about how to go about repairing it. Later he said, well, you did that other one in D's room, so you know. I just agreed.
He told me how his latest pipe was fantastic. I have to say, tobacco stains on his lips and teeth is NOT an appealing sight. But otherwise he looks well, and slim.
He has brought down a clutch of DVDs to watch, said he wanted to watch one in particular with me, as he wanted to know what I thought of it!
And he also brought down his latest version of his project for me to look at.
Well, that's it from me in Livnlearnland...
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
(He noticed!!!!)
