What I haven’t been all day
Allison: “Do you know what I’m not, and I haven’t been all day tired?” (the answer was “tired”)
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Valentine’s card
When Allison opened her Valentine’s card from me, she started laughing. Vigorously. Once she could calm down enough so she could speak, she told me that that’s the same card that I gave her last year. I guess I think it’s a great card!
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Tied to PJs
Allison and I were working in our living room this morning when we heard a truck outside. Allison realized that the workers were here to work on our bathroom (which we need to redo). She said “the workers are here and I’m in my PJs!” and she left toward the …
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bye bye xmas warmth
Allison asked for and got a cool jacket for xmas which had become her favorite. It’s now gone. Bye bye. She lost it, probably at USF when she went there to present on her dissertation At least Spring is coming, and graduation! (hopefully that won’t mean more presentations with more …
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Not a good move when going to bed
Last night I stayed up working late. When I went to bed I came in the bedroom, got into bed, and there was no pillow to be found near me. I couldn’t see anything. So I reached until I touched my pillow and pulled it under me. The only trouble …
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who cares? as long as I get my massage…
I just got a call from the massage place that Allison left to this evening to get a massage. I picked up the phone since I knew she was going there. It was Allison calling. She asked me to look for her purse because she didn’t have it. It was …
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Oh yeah, you look like a chipmunk
Yesterday, Allison looked at this picture and she asked me whether it was from our trip to LA three months ago. She was off by 12 years. Today we were commenting on that and she said that yes, I look very different – that in this picture I look like …
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got the flight
Today, Allison bought a flight to go to Philadelphia to speak at a conference. She spent some time researching flights (she was having trouble finding one that worked) and got excited when she found one and bought it. The only problem is that she bought flight tickets to go to …
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please don’t do anything else
wife: would you please move the clothes from the wash to the dryer? me: yes, of course, no problem wife: and please don’t do anything else me: hmmm. do you want me to turn on the dryer? wife: (sigh)… besides turning on the dryer
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Quick wipe off of the evidence
I came out of the shower this morning and the living room floor was very shiny. The wife had spilled her tea all over the floor, but she had promptly cleaned it, so I missed the photo shoot opportunity, sorry.
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