I've been implementing the AOS plan...putting dishes in the dishwasher and taking them out, cleaning the cat boxes, and I even managed to take out the trash today. (Slow going, with my leg brace and no crutches, but I managed it.) When she sees that I've done something, she frequently comes over to give me a hug and a kiss. There's that Physical Touch! She should probably read the book though.

We've found one activity that seems to satisfy both of us...she likes having her hair brushed. It's an Act of Service that also involves Physical Touch, and she finds it relaxing. Of course, st the same time, it was setting me on fire! If there's such a thing as erotic hairbrushing, that must have been it! Should I tell her about the effect it had on me?

Other than that, things are holding pretty steady. I have physical therapy now, I'm becoming less helpless, and she's scheduled her pre-surgery doctor's appointment. At least I think this is the right direction, or a right direction...

- "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."