I tend to ponder stuff, alot of “I wonder why…” things. Even when sitting in a restaurant, on our first date, I asked J why he swished and smelled the wine.
He shrugged and said “I dunno. My sister does it.”
By the end of the evening, I must have asked a few more questions and looked at me and laughed and said, “You sure do ask alot of questions.”
I do. I like figuring things out and thinking about things.
I like to know stuff.
So, I have some questions randomly going through my head lately.
1) Is Bruce Jenner wearing alot of makeup or has he had a facelift?
2) what will it be like to live with J? Permanently. I mean, MY GOSH, I haven’t lived with anyone in, oh, 5 years. And look where that landed me. (oh yeah, here, with J).
3) Will J always leave the seat up? Or will he start putting it down after he pees? I have never ever said anything to him about it. It doesn’t bother me, it amuses me. He has only lived with one woman in his life, for about five years. I wonder what will happen when one of my kids go to the bathroom and fall in.
4) How come weather.com says it’s currently raining in my town when I am standing outside in 70 degrees and sun?
5) Why is farting funny?
6) How come Dove Bars NEVER go on sale? I asked the guy who is always stocking the ice cream section at the market (he knows me now) . Seriously, I asked him, “Do the Dove Bars EVER go on sale?” And he goes, “NOPE.”
And then, lastly, tonight, on Skype, J and I were catching up since the last few days were merely quick hellos and emails while I was at my friends’ house down south. (southern Massachusetts, not South as in “Arkansas”.)
At one point, our conversation went like this:
J: I’ll be home in a week and three days.
Me: You still want to come home?
J: Yup.
Me: You still want to live together?
J: You bet I do.
Me: You still want to BE with me?
J: I sure do.
Me (flashing some boob): Ya want some of this?
J: (laughs, unable to speak)
As a post script, I am looking ahead and wanted to mention, you DO realize, that the theme of my writing is going to be changing, fairly soon. You know why? Well, because, if you’ve been paying attention, J is going to be moving in.
There will be a man in the house, for good now.
I know there will be some adjusting and we’ll need our own studio time (me with my art and him with his music). There will be STUFF to deal with. I expect it to be smooth sailing, but am sure we’ll be faced with some hilarity and stuff to work out from time to time.
There will be basic “step” parenting going on, which so far, has been really easy and great, but that’s not been a PERMANENT thing, you know, before. I mean, he was coming and going.
But it is getting close and I am coping better with this last jaunt of his overseas. This one was a rough one for some reason and that was surprising since the beginning was so hard. I mean, this should be a breeze!!!
Maybe I am still thinking he is going to change his mind in the end.
I am coping better by doing things like painting, getting ready for an art sale coming up, potentially going to the beach on Saturday since it’s gonna be 75 degrees (WOOT!), cleaning the house and continuing to clean out crap from the closets and drawers to give him space…. and doing things like, making extra keys for our basement and side door (although, he has had a key to the front door for quite a while now).
Yeah. You know it’s serious when you’re making more extra keys!
1) – gotta be yes and yes, not either or.
2) – hhmmm? I’m a betting girl you guys will do fine.
3) – Probably yes until one of you falls in. Then he’ll feel bad and start putting the seat and the lid down…at which point you girls will go in the middle of the night and get pee all over the place
4) – because they’re in marketing, not production
5) – it always is! Seriously, why?
6) – mmmmmmm Dove Bars……
I remember thinking my husband wasn’t going to show up to the wedding ceremony. I think those thoughts are just normal stress of the unknown.
I wonder if your posts will become less frequent? I look forward to see what the new subjects become. Can’t believe it’s less than 2 weeks to go – there’s the ocassion for the WOOT!
5) because it just is. You must be part 7yr old little boy. I still think anything having to do with that is chuckalicious.
interested in seeing how you write when he’s home 🙂 So cool.
I think Bruce Jenner has had MORE than ONE Facelift…lol! I cannot remember the other questions except for the seat being up…Gee, that has always driven me crazy….lol!
I am sure there will be adjustments but I from all that you have written it sounds like you guys are very well matched and care a lot about each other…..I think all will be just fine!
Re: Question #4 – What I want to know is why the weather report still says 30% chance of rain when it’s raining RIGHT now! I’m not great with math, but doesn’t that mean that the chance of rain is actually, um, 100%? 🙂
You know what other dudes apply the makeup far too liberally? Rob Lowe and Richard Alpert (Lost). Ridiculous.
Yay! Congrats! That’s so soon!
Dr & I lived together before we ended up getting married. My two were 5 &3 years old then. I had many of the same thoughts rolling around in my heart. Things wored out for us- looking back I am soo surprised we did it. Was not easy- but I really loved him, and he “GOT” what he needed to do to be a Step parent.
Bruce J creeps me out. So does that Kelly chick on New York HW’s.
I’m sorry, what were you saying? You lost me at Dove Bars…
I interview everyone, especially if I’m in a new or uncomfortable situation and there’s a possibility I may have to talk about myself.
You guys are getting so close to starting a new chapter. Yeah.
Dove Bars never go on sale because they are like crack and getting too many people addicted would be dangerous.
Get that new book ready. You’re about to close the last chapter on this one!!!
I am so happy for you and J and Red and Blue – you will make a wonderful family all together.
I’m a huge question asker too. I don’t mind the toilet lid being up for me, but it is a problem when you have young girls. I might mention it to him, and I’m sure he’ll try to remember.
1) BJ has had WAY too much “work” done and should file suit against whoever did it.
2) I dunno, but it sounds like you’ll dig it :). Maybe the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but more often than not my daydreams are of living alone. I think my dream situation would be to share a duplex with my partner. Half his, half mine, fully functional connecting doors.
3) I hope not. It’s just unattractive, a toilet with the seat up. And if he says, “well, men always have to pick up the seat, whasamatta with you having to put it down?” then you can suggest that everyone replace the seat AND the lid each time. Level playing field, and no wet butt cheeks.
4) Weather.com is fucked. I always get a significantly different forecast for East ____, where I live, than for ____ proper, approximately 2.5 miles away.
5) I may be the only person on earth who doesn’t think it is, especially.
6) They’re too good. They don’t need any incentives to get people to buy ’em. But if they ever DID go on sale, they should coordinate it with Sears or Lowes or somewhere that could have a sale on second freezers.
You have way too much time to think…and flashing boobs.
Definetely looking forward to this weekend. Get out there and enjoy it!