April 30, 2011It’s been a busy week! New inputs for two of the websites I maintain…corrections to those inputs cos my ass insists on checking them when I’m half asleep…frenetic energy at work because of the move this week…the Man went to the doctors for a checkup which he was relieved to get the results of but the lead up to it was again, nerve wracking…my best friends mom went into the hospital with a blood clot and she’s worried as all hell even though she’s mad at her mom for other things happening in her life, which also occurred this week…other clients have just given us the info for their websites which now have to be tweaked and uploaded…the gale force winds here sheared a panel off the cooler and it was leaking…*whew*
But it hasn’t been so busy that the Man and I haven’t been able to take a little bit of time to appreciate one another…
The Man came home one night this week later than usual. I sat in the overstuffed chair watching “Tangled” as I worked on social media for a client. “How was your night, babe?” I said as he entered the door.
“Get up.” He says firmly and directly. (Every time I tell this story I am interrupted with, “ooh, forceful…” or “yum, I like a strong man”)
I get up, he takes me in his arms, and squeezes without release or even threat of release. He chokes out 6 words, “It can happen in an instant.” and squeezes even harder. We stand there wrapped around one another for another 5-10 minutes before he relents to telling me what happened.
While on his way home, traveling the I-15, somewhere near the Spring Mountain exit, he sees COMING AT HIM a large, black SUV towing a U-haul trailer SPINNING BACKWARDS towards him. With gritted teeth and a firm grip on the wheel he narrowly escapes the onslaught by skidding slightly one direction and then straightening the wheel enough to needle through the shrinking gap between the back end of the trailer and a small vehicle traveling in the lane to the right of him.
So, not that we don’t already, but we really appreciate the moments we have together now that we both are working pretty regularly. Every moment we can we steal a kiss, or a touch, or a look… I try to always close the computer or put down the iPad and we converse about everything… From the doctor to the blood clot, from the cooler to the clients. We cuddle very night before we sleep with a kiss before we move into our favorite positions and wake up to one another with a smile and a good morning.
We do this because very small thing we do to reaffirm and rejoice in what we have….
Can Happen In An Instant.




