is home!
As I was pulling up to the curb at the airport a security guard motioned to me. When I rolled down the window he asked, “Do you know you have a flat tire?”
I didn’t. I don’t know how as it couldn’t have been any flatter. So Paul, after 24, count them, 24 hours on planes and in airports got to spend one more hour in front of one changing a tire. Later, driving home, we both got a little testy. He said something he thought was benign and actually helpful. I heard it like a stick in the ear. After a bit I apologized for jumping down his throat.
At home I followed him into the bathroom as he washed the grease off his hands. “Let’s start over,” I said.
“That’s what I was going to suggest.” He pulled me into a hug.
And then somebody passed gas.
“Let’s start over now,” I said turning on the fan.
Reading this, Paul said, “‘Somebody’? Why don’t we be honest?”
But I wouldn’t want to embarrass him.
Gassy times make for happy times – at least for one person in the group. I’m glad to hear Paul is back. I don’t know how you cope through those times away.
It is the combination of much prayer and a good plan. I am grateful that both our mothers live in town. Although they both have their own busy lives, they each helped out. I spoke with each before and got days on the calendar instead of leaving pathetic messages on their answering machines when I was at the end of my rope.
Something new as well is regular exercise for me. In the past my mom would come over and I would try to grab a nap. Invariably I wouldn’t sleep. This time I got to the gymn and walked on the treadmill.
Glad he’s home safe and sound. And good for you for getting some exercise. That is one good thing about having a new puppy–I get a lot of exercise walking brisk laps about our property.
A tired puppy is a good puppy.
A tired puppy is a good puppy.
A tired puppy is a good puppy.
why didn’t YOU change the tire?!
I’ve never changed a tire and actually thought it might be a good opportunity to learn but all of the children were eager to talk with him and were asking about a thousand questions a minute and then a car almost hit Paul and so I decided to postpone my hands on lesson and stood in front of him acting as a sort of flare until the job was done.
Note: It did not take him an hour to change the tire but by the time he got his bags, we discovered the tire and were driving home it was an hour after he landed.