Good luck with everything,
Lilac! I know it's going to be a busy time ahead for you, but so exciting! Your dh sounds kinda like my ddad w/the cars. Only ddad's car thing is not a phase; it's his entire life. He can tell you exactly what car he was driving at any moment in his life, for example.
"Did you play for Coach So&So in high school?" Ddad's answer would be, "Oh, yes... that was during 10th grade. You know, Daddy bought me that '54 Chevrolet that year..."
"When did Great-Uncle Joe pass away? Did I go to that funeral?" Ddad's answer would be, "Yes, don't you remember? We were driving that '72 Monte Carlo. We had just bought that car... you remember... it had the something-something carburetor and something-something exhaust." (He wouldn't say something-something of course, he'd be giving all this technical talk that just goes right over my head.)
He bought his first Corvette almost six months to the day after I got married. He still has it.
He bought his second Corvette a few years ago. Still has it.
He has just restored his '63 Pontiac Catalina, which he has had since '63 (and which was the family car & only vehicle we owned from '63-'72, to my great embarrassment at age 12
).
Plus he drives a truck and dmom drives an SUV.
Oh yes -- and he bought a '57(?) Chevrolet from my cousins when duncle passed away. It is still at dcousin's house, but that will be his next project.
Yet this is a man who does not relate to dh's obsession with sports. To each his own, I guess.
DH & his brother tell time by football. When did you get married? Dbil will always remember his wedding anniversary (year, at least) b/c it's the year Bo Jackson did something-something in the Alabama game. LOL. DH is the same way, and ds, for that matter. They remember the most tiny tiny details of every single game. I can't even remember who WON, most of the time!
A massage sounds sooo nice,
MT! Have fun!
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Harriet's dd))) I too am facing a weekend heavily needed by homework AND housework... (AND bday parties. * sigh *)
I wouldn't mind going to dcousin's bday party -- 5 year old boy, who is cute beyond belief, but very, very shy and has no interest in me at all
-- EXCEPT -- even I would like to watch football today, as we are facing the #1 team in the nation, you know... AND I am having a terrible time with allergies right now and do not look forward to sitting outside all afternoon.
OTOH, as I've said before, I do enjoy my aunts and cousins so much... so it will be a nice day.
I am NOT really looking forward to dsisil's "surprise" party tomorrow, b/c, as dh said, we've already celebrated with her once, and this will be her THIRD celebration of the week, plus whatever she & dbil did on the actual DAY of the event.
It's not that I wish more had been made over MY 50th back in August -- not that at all! I actually refused celebration w/dh's family, begging off that one dinner w/my parents would be quite enough party for me! I just do NOT enjoy being the center of attention and, although I am very happy to have lived to be a healthy and still rather young-looking 50, I really didn't/don't want to DWELL on the fact that I have reached the half-century mark, you know? * sheesh *
Kathryn, dbro's situation now involves a ntg. LOL. Exact same history... dated forever, gave her a ring, broke up, now that do everything together but she is Not the Girlfriend.
I bet your ds & his ntg will have a wonderful time, though!
Mmmm... soup sounds good in cold weather,
Nancy. It's getting cold here, too. We FROZE at the ballgame last night. I think it was 48 degrees when we went in, but that was before total sundown. I think it will be in the high 60s today, though.
Further evidence that God IS trying to drop the proverbial load of bricks on my head re: teaching for one more year:
1st -- yesterday, seniors were encouraged to present roses at the pep rally to people who had helped them along the way. One of my np students, little girl w/cerebral palsy, gave ME one. I was totally surprised! Never would have expected it in a million years. Her mom said she really appreciated all the opportunities I had given her by allowing her to be on newspaper staff.
2nd -- while making hotel reservations last night, young Indian man who I was talking to asked if I worked. When I told him I taught high school, he went on and on about what a wonderful thing that is, "to impart knowledge." I told him, "Thank you, sometimes I wonder." Before we got off the phone, he said again, "And be sure, that is a great thing you are doing, teaching young people."
I'm like, "Okay, Lord, I get it! I'm not leaving this semester.
I get it."
But it is kinda nice to be hit with these rose-covered bricks every now and then.Oh well. I must take more allergy meds and get s2s. Party starts at 2:00 p.m.