Play Date

On Tuesday, DH got to go on a play date with close friend /coworker. OK, it was a meeting, but still...it WASN'T a doctor's/therapy/clinic appointment. It was just a low-key, away from home, seeing old friends kinda day. I was excited for him to get out and do something familiar and get away from his smother, oops, I mean caring wife. And guess what? The house suddenly seemed like it had lost its center. It was so lonely! After being with hubby essentially 24/7 for the past few weeks, it felt like such a hole in my heart. When I have heard some women complaining about their Sig-O retiring and how hard it is to start a new routine, I was thinking would this change our dynamics? Would it be problematic? Add to that, this was a somewhat unexpected "forced" semi-retirement, and he is relying on me to drive, which has robbed him of his independence, would he be resentful? Well, so far he hasn't rearranged my cupboards, nor complained about my driving skills. In fact...he isn't complaining at all. He is also eating a whole new way, really. Forced "almost" vegan (I call it vegan-ist, even though he is still having a bit of dairy, it has been cut down at least 75% of what it was and his veggie intake has risen at least 75% and meat is down 90%..in fact he had only his second serving of meat in 3 weeks, tonight with 3 carefully measured ounces of chicken breast. (Can I say breast in this g-rated blog? Now I'm gonna get spam for porn, I'm sure of it) I am so proud of him! He was such a meat-a-tarian, remember, I am mostly a vegan-ist who eats eggs now and again, so even though meals have leaned towards that, he had been eating meat, sparingly the past few years true, but to really take it and run with it, essentially cold turkey (pardon the bad pun), well, that takes a lot of guts, er, stems. I am havingloads of fun trying to invent "meaty" dishes sans meat. He even casually mentioned he has lost some weight. (damn men, all they have to do is say "gee, think I will lose weight!" then they glance at their stop watches and say "there goes another 5 pounds!) Anyway, I digress. It has been a joy to have him here, he is so low-maintenance I feel guilty! He picks up his socks ,(I am so bragging!) is sweet and appreciative, and his hugs make me feel like I am the most precious thing on earth. Love you baby. Stick with me and we'll go places. OK, maybe I'm doing the driving...but you still run this family.