Peace and Quiet
It's so lovely at home. My other half is away for a week (well 5 days) on a training course. I feel the spring breeze blowing through the house. It is so calm, pleasant and stress free it's like a cloud has been lifted.
He always thinks I don't like it when he has to be away from home and 10 years or more ago maybe that was the case, but this time I was so pleased when I heard the news I could barely contain myself, as his course is very close to family he is staying with his sister and the look on his face when I suggested he stay the weekend as well as he hasn't seen them all in years.
He called me last night, which is pretty unusual, and something I used
to complain about. He'd go away, not call to say he'd arrived, or make
any contact the whole time he was gone. He asked how it was going, I was
straight up with him, said how chilled it was, how nice it was to be
able to leave my shoes were I liked and the bed unmade if I felt like
it. He wasn't happy about that and reminded me that when we were apart I
always kept my house tidy, and mostly I did, but the thing was it was up
to me, no-one was going to start banging things around if I didn't put
my shoes in the cupboard.
He has this opinion that without him around, our daughter won't get to school on time, we'll eat take-outs all week, and that the plants won'tt be watered, that in fact without him around the place descends into a complete shambles. Although he does not say this in so many words he makes it crystal clear that he thinks I'm a wreck when he's away.
In my opinion nothing could be further from the truth, when there is only me to rely on then getting everything done is so much easier. Last night I made Covent Gardens parsnip and Parmesan soup. It came out really well, and there is plenty left over for a couple of lunches. I got the lunch ready for today as we have an early start and ironed for the rest of the week.
Being here on my own and relaxed and happy really makes me realise what an idiot I was to move back in!
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