All I Want for Christmas...

[toughlover]

Thanks. I've been blessed beyond what I really thought was possible.

I don't think I'd be where I'm at right now if it, ironically, weren't for my W. She's been wonderful...almost TOO good, which I think is one of the reasons I tended to hit those cheeseless tunnels pretty hard myself. I figured I was getting shined-on.

At this point, I'm convinced I'm not...though at this point, even if I were, I think (think) I'd handle it well.

One thing I decided lately is that the 180s ought to continue. Got to comparing it with work. In my work I have to learn new stuff all the time to be competitive, to grow, and just keep improving on the quality of what I do, which means looking for challenges as well. So why should my R with my W be any different?

So I decided that every 3 or 4 months I'm going to find something new and we're going to do it (with her approval, of course).

root hit on something one day about how romantic my wife really is, deep down, something I always kinda knew, but dismissed.

Well...I decided that she needs to be fed some of that to be happy, so for the first quarter of 2007 I signed us up for ballroom dancing classes in January. She seemed to really like the idea, though she said, "I'm not a very good dancer."

To which I replied, "Baby, in my arms you'll look like Ginger Rogers...and, hopefully, not Mr. Rogers"

Course, except in the woods or on the baseball field I'm pretty dang clumsy myself, not a good dancer at all, but I figured if I can PMA my way into a better marriage given the crap we've put ourselves through, a little dancing with my W ought to be a piece of cake.

Besides, this is good old touchy-feely dancing so I get to hold her the whole time