Dan and Shelley

So, it took us a while, but we were finally able to have another glorious weekend together.  Not because we didn’t wish to be together (quite frankly we could never spend enough time together), but because of Tim’s birthday.  His birthday dinner was the Sunday after Valentine’s Day (so, yeah, there went Valentine’s together), then his family party the next Saturday…  I don’t explain it, I just accepted it.  That’s the way their Mom likes to do their birthdays.  Now, this made me feel like I was going through withdrawal from Dan because we were apart for so long.  I cannot tell you how happy I was to finally see him walking down the steps to see me… We were actually really lucky because there had been a possibility that he wouldn’t have been able to come out for having things to finish up at work.  Needless to say I would have been a touch more than miserable if that would have happened.

So, Friday night, Dan literally ran out of work early and drove as fast as Henry would let him to come and see me.  I had taken the children down to Michele’s because after that long apart I felt like we really needed some alone time and I was right.  We were completely inseparable that night and into the morning.  Dan did get to try on the new Spongebob pj’s that the children (namely Shannon) picked out for him and I had some new pj’s as well.

Saturday we eventually rolled out of bed and got dressed.  We even had time for breakfast and started a game of chess before Michele called.  It ended up that we got Nicky for the afternoon but Shannon went with Michele until later that afternoon.  The three of us went to Best Buy and Dan helped… well he picked out a camera for me and later on set it up completely and showed me how to use it.  Then we went to Elmer’s and Giant Eagle.   After that we just spent a nice evening at home with the children and another night together.

Sunday we woke up early after my alarm on my cell phone nearly scared everyone.  We got ready and went to church.  After church we were invited to brunch with the pastor and his family.  The brunch went well.  We didn’t get back home until mid afternoon and spent the time barely letting go of each other.  We did take turns giving each other back massages that we desperately needed for our sore muscle.  We gave both kids a bath and just ordered some pizza because I had forgotten to take out the chicken for dinner.  Honestly I was a complete mess when he had to go and it took all I had in me to let him go and not run up to his car and refuse to let him go.  I don’t know why this time was worse than the other times, but it was.  Usually I can keep him from seeing me like that and wait until he leaves, but this time it was just too hard for me to keep back.  Yes, I was one step away from a temper tantrum… I’ll admit it.  I do say this, when we can finally be together everyday and not have to be apart like we are I will be a much happier person.  I cannot describe just how much happier, how much more complete I feel with him, how at peace I am in his arms or with my arms around him, how much better I sleep at night and possibly twitch less… I just know that life with him next to me is the most wonderful thing.  So, my sweet Dan, just know that you will always have my heart and in fact own me.  Simply, I love you.