RM STATUS

Roommate Status - You know the space where you and your hubby are reduced to grunts and shrugs for communications. Something like this: Oh -your home already (could you leave again?) You might get a nod (like duh, I told you I would be home at this time) Well, alrighty then, good to see you. (I have a ton of laundry in the basement that I'd rather be doing) Or another scenario could go like this: You are excitedly sharing your day or even just a tidbit of it (wouldn't want to over-load your spouse with too much useless information) when you get the eye roll and the deep sigh that acts as a Oh yes, I'm hearing every word you say so hurry up and get on it with already. (does this story have a point) You finish up and look at them with enthusiasm and wait for their reply when you may just get a "oh". So then you go on your merry way wondering if this is what happily every after is all about – staying out of each other's way and giving high fives on a few occasions when you pass each other on the way to the kitchen. Yeah, I know all about the ebb and flow of marriage and this is just a season that we are in with all the new adjustments to our lives. You would think you could treat the one you love the only one in the world that is solely there for you with a little more respect and enthusiasm. I'm sure a stranger gets better empathy than we give each other. Like the first thing in the morning a big smile would come across the face of whichever spouse has been up the longest and has had a few minutes to themselves. They would greet you with a "good morning sunshine, have a cup of joe!" instead of the oh-shit-you-are-up-and-what-are-you-going-to-ask-me-to-do-today-and-haven't-I-already-told-you-how-busy-I-am?



It's days like last Friday that make all this go away and finally you get to regroup and unite as one force against all the stress of work schedules, school schedules, family assistance forms (a gazillion of them!) bills, lack of money to pay such bills, spilled milk on library books, interrupted blogging time and the drama we create in our own minds. We made a family trip to Cedar Point and rode rides like children again. The older boys overcame fears of heights and loopy-loops. The weather was perfect, the crowds were minimal - even Crispin was a gem for the whole trip, knowing we needed to have us a fun time with out a care in the world. We drove the 2.5 hours there and back like country bumpkins, if we had a ford truck with a bench seat I would have sat right smack next to clint with our hands on each other's leg. We laughed, talked, smiled at each other like we hadn't in weeks, we agreed on rides and waits (mostly – I HAD to wait the 1.5 hours for the American dragster – it was worth it) and who would ride what with whom.

It was a perfect end to a big summer and now we are a force to be reckoned with this semester! Try as you might to get us off keel - we will not succumbed to the pressures! Hear our roar!