Barbara’s Bullentin #7: For the Love of Bob
I still love Bob.
Let me just start off this post by saying that Bob is such a good sport. I warned him that my last blog post could possibly be titled “the shit on Bob post”. After Bob read it he laughed and said, “Wow. That really was a shit on Bob post.” So now I think it’s time to write an “Un-shit on Bob post”.
Bob and I have always been very “meh” about things like Valentine’s Day and both of our birthdays. This year was different. This year I turned 30 and Bob surprised me with a special Valentine’s Day and two weeks later a special birthday weekend.
Bob actually took the day before Valentine’s Day off so we could go out and have fun and I could still go to work the next day. We went to a museum because there was an exhibit we really wanted to see that was going to be leaving soon. Then we went absolutely crazy in the gift shop. I have all the gifts Bob brought me on Valentine’s Day displayed on my dresser. The pile has since been added to on our anniversary and Mother’s Day. Every time I look at it I know that Bob loves me, he understands me and we like the same things.
Two weeks later we were just starting to hear about the whole Covid thing. We were just starting to get worried but we had front row theater tickets and dinner reservations for my birthday. The kids were going to sleep over my parents house and it would be my first night of separation from Lydia since the day she was born. So we took a gamble and went through with my birthday weekend and I’m so glad we did. I’ve had these wonderful memories to carry with me since this whole lock down thing began and I have Bob to thank for those wonderful memories.
As for cleaning the house and trying so hard to be a neat freak, I have to say that Bob has always been a little (or a lot) messy. From the very beginning of our relationship I’ve been helping Bob. Way back, 10 years ago by now, I would go to Bobs apartment and do dishes, clean up and go on laundromat runs with Bob. So maybe it’s unfair of me to give Bob crap about the cleaning when this is the way it has always been.
There are so many good things that I want to say about Bob. He’s the best person to have around when something goes wrong because he’s so calm and helpful. He cares about me and our children and does his best to make us happy. He stays up after his night shift is over so he can put Adam on the bus since Adam only wants daddy to put him on the bus.
Just the other day Bob and I were having a conversation about getting wedding band tattoos so I guess you could say our marriage is pretty permanent (even Bob never does pick up his dirty tissues).
Xoxoxoxoxoxo
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