"The One" was very kind today and let me stay home and sleep while he opened and watched the store. There were probably several parts to his decision to be so loving. 1) he wouldn't have to put up with my intolerable bad mood as I tend to be when I'm not feeling particularly well. 2) he wins massive brownie points. 3) He gets to be home in the evening and play video games with a friend who was in town to visit. Whatever his reasoning I was grateful for it. I feel like I have been neglecting "The One" a little bit lately. By the time we get to bed at night I am so exhausted I can hardly even imagine taking care of wifely duties, and I've been tired enough lately that I'd rather hit snooze than do things in the morning. It's really unlike me to lax in my sexual attentions.

I still have the music playing constantly in my head from watching "Phantom of the Opera" last night with "The Other". I really appreciate that "The Other" enjoys opera and theater. It's nice to have someone not only willing to watch it, but suggest watching it. I found myself on several occasions during our evening together looking at him and having flashbacks to a dream I had. And it wasn't even a kinky sex dream. Really I don't remember anything more of the dream than a couple instants in time. Moments frozen in future memory. I found the moment so profound that when the ever present "Penny for your thoughts?" popped up I couldn't say anything.

Cherry has fallen in love. It's beautiful to see her excitement.