countries i have been to usa england ireland wales france spain australia
countries deb has been to
canada england scotland wales france belgium holland yugoslavia italy greece spain switzerland australia new zealand
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September
6 - Father's Day Today was my first Father's Day, as a Dad I mean. The first present I got today was from Gump. She'd killed a mouse for me and laid it out beside the heater where she was sprawled, asleep, when I first got up. Cats are so thoughtful like that, rarely putting themselves first. I picked the mouse up by its tail, opened the front door, and chucked it out into the bushes. Sort of a de facto mouse graveyard. I went back to bed while Deb fed Matthew, and then they both came in with another present. A wonderful card from Matthew and the two cats, and a book token. A lot of people think book and record tokens are a cop out, showing you don't really know the person, haven't put a lot of thought into the present. Au contraire. For me anyway. I love knowing I can walk into a bookshop, browse around and by any book I want, and not feel guilty for spending money cos it's already paid for. We'd just got Matthew to sleep this afternoon and I said to Deb I hope he doesn't wake up soon. She said she doesn't mind him waking up as she can then play with him. She then said I still look on him being awake as a bit of a chore. And there's some truth to that. I guess I'm still something of a mindset where he's interfering with other things I want/have to do. Deb has passed beyond that, to incorporating Matthew into the things she wants/needs to do, but I haven't quite. It's coming though. Ok, basketball. We played the top team today and won 57-50. I'm still in the zone. Today was a tough game, felt almost like a final, but the feeling at the end wasn't the elation of winning a final - you understand I'm only surmising what that feels like here - but rather a step on the way. Next week is the semi-finals. I'm feeling a pleasantly tired, Sunday night, kinda mellowness tonight. Being away from work relaxes me. I think I could get used to Father's Days.
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