ME1967, we're not sleeping in the same room these days. Partly that's because, with my injury, I can't get into the bed very easily; it's a high captain's bed and my leg makes it awkward, so I sleep on the couch to make things easier, and also to ensure my wife gets enough rest that she's capable of driving me to work on days where she has to do that. She would often sleep on the couch when I was in the bed, because (she says) I snore, and she has insomnia problems, too.
Sorry I wasn't faster at thinking of a followup when I asked that last question. I was concentrating on remembering what was said.
We did have an interesting conversation before she went to bed, brought on by some family matters, about how things might have been if she were able to have children, such as whether we'd be good parents and so forth. She remarked that she always thought she'd be a good mother, and that when she was in high school, her friends predicted she'd get married and have four or five kids. This spun off into a discussion of potential child names; she started off by picking names from a couple of my favorite science-fiction series. One possible interpretation: She really does want to make me happy, at some level. I riffed a couple of ideas in the discussion, but mostly listened for her input. I think that, if we did have (or adopt) any kids, I'd rely on her suggestions for names, and of course, on her good judgement in child-rearing.
I won't say that this is a positive thing, but I don't think it's a negative one, either.
- "A"
"Everything that happens, happens. Everything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Everything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again."
