summer romance

All summer I told Neal that the garden would have to be at the top of the property because of the progression of the sun during the year. We are still learning a lot about each other: Its so cute to watch him shuffle through his own ideas about these kinds of things,for weeks or months before coming to the same conclusions I did in the first 5 minutes.

Particularly because HE is so freaking Brilliant about so many things! -Especially medically and physiologically (you should be taking more iron, blah blah blah) -and actually RIGHT more then I AM -the dang lemon butt! -don't tell him I said that!. I am NOT used to being wrong very often. Of course I believe there is more then one point of view of reality that is 100% valid at any time, so maybe more then one point of view is right. Still I am learning how to be wrong sometimes. ouch.

But Neal is still learning about my instant and surprisingly accurate assessments of people, places and things (like physical science and spatial awareness)... I think he is used to always being right as well, So I get yet another lesson in patience. aaggh. -ain't love grand? But really it is. We certainly don't get bored with each other even when everything else is boring. Learning about oneself and a beloved other is what we're here for, right? What we all say we want in our relationships... LOL

The flip side is that my friend Benjamin tells me frequently that I already have the "Patience of a Saint"... gave me my own Nickname: "Saint Mesopotamia". So there is a place of balance, although it feels crazy, since Neal frequently accuses me of being the most impatient person he has ever met. How is it that somehow they are both right? Because they are. They are both right.

What money can't buy

Ten experiences I LOVE that money can’t buy.

Walking through old overgrown alley ways
Finding Feathers, shells, and pretty rocks
The smell of the earth on a warm spring night
Crunching snow or gravel after it rains
Slow, cold mornings with a hot lover
Twilight evenings in summer that stretch for hours
Watching the birds swoop and call over the sea or the sound
Fresh, crunchy, Line dried laundry
Making music with anything, and a friend or partner
Being a positive force in the lives of others
Driving anywhere in the sunshine with great music, someone I love, and all the windows down (does this one count? – it does cost a little bit of money for gas)