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| Yesterday, David bought me a gift. Now,
before I tell you what he got for me, let me tell you that David doesn't
DO gifts...In fact, he does flowers only when he knows he has to. I've
tried and tried to get him to do the spontaneous present thing*, but to no
avail. Then, yesterday, out of the blue, he brings me a
gift. Dumbells. I was thrilled, and not just because he bought me a gift (finally). I've been meaning to start exercising more (more on that next), and I could really use some upper arm tone for the bridesmaid's dress for Kellie and Brian's wedding. And, well, he thought of me. He's encouraging my good health - he cares. That's why it thrilled me. | *Ian even tried to take him aside for me last summer and give him tips (Ian's always giving Elle flowers and little trinkets and big trinkets and stuff). His advice started with: "Flowers - once a month." Fat lot of good it did me :-) | |
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| I've been talking walks at lunch. Usually about a half an hour walk through the neighborhoods in West Berkeley, and usually ending up at one of the three nurseries within walking distance of work, and usually returning slightly sweaty and clutching a new 6-pack of flowers (yes, flowers come in 6-packs sometimes, but they make me giddy, not drunk). I've been trying to learn a new plant every day at the nursery. Yesterday, I learned that those trees with the white and pink-trimmed lotus looking flowers are not lotus but magnolias! There are so many pretty flowering trees out here.... I'm hoping to become quite knowledgable about plants and trees. Well, ok, I'm hoping to be able to identify a bunch of plants and trees that grow in California. The variety is amazing... | ||
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| In other news...David brought up relationship issues at 1am last night. Now, I'm usually the one bringing up this stuff, and David is usually the one avoiding such talks...so last night was different. I don't know...last night's talk was both terrifying and reassuring. Ugh. As I type this I realize that with the 4 hours of sleep I got last night, I'm entirely not up to writing about that conversation. My apologies.... | ||
| Tonight I'm gonna try and stay after work to watch "The Days of Wine and Roses" with a bunch of coworkers after work. If I'm not falling asleep by then, which is very possible. More tempting is to go home and let David bring over an edible treat or two and then go to bed early. But I'm awfully fond of some of the people who are staying, so I'm thinking doing something social is a good idea for a change...dunno, dunno... | |
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| Hrm...bought some sweetpeas and violas yesterday. The sweetpeas are exciting - I'm going to plant them along the East fence, and train them up it. They'll get up to 8 feet high on a trellis like that, and they should have an amazing color and fragrance by midsummer...should be pretty. David's about had it with me spending so much money on flowers...you can't *eat* flowers*, so he has no use for them! Harumph! I wish I could see him with his own house and big yard...I suspect he'd fall in and create a beautiful landscape...he's so neat, detail-oreinted and he's got a knack for caring about things....of course, I'd be thrilled to help him do it...lordy, lordy, do I want to nest! | *Of course, you can eat some varieties...like nasturtium, which we pulled up ruthlessly for the crime of hiding snails.... | |
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| Found a snail on my bathroom wall the other morning! UGH! I don't even WANT to know how he got in there. Of course, he payed the ultimate price....that is, if snails can't swim. | ||
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| Hrm, well, I think I'm going to spend the last hour here at work lying on the couch. Chat with you all later! | ||