There and Back Again
Have you been wondering where I’ve gone? [crickets chirping] Hm, probably not.
Regardless, I’ve spent much of the last month and a half having loooong discussions with my husband. His life, my life, our life, what we want, when we want it, if we want the same things, etc… It’s harder than I thought to be married, really. It’s not that I expected all beer and skittles, but sometimes he and I want such drastically different things that it’s hard to reconcile them. Isn’t that why people sometimes have problems staying married, actually? They get together at a certain point in their lives, spend a few years doing this and that, and wake up one morning to find a stranger in the bed. I think the hardest thing is to grow together as a couple, and not off in individual directions.
Anyway, he and I are almost on the same page - except I have all kinds of ideas about further education and travelling, and he’s content with the status quo. He’s also my best friend, despite how much he irks me sometimes - for example, just yesterday we took our lunch break over at one of the local dams, and spent about 15 minutes companionably arguing about whether one could survive being swooshed over the edge.
So that’s what I’ve been up to - I haven’t even been looking at Morocco blogs because they make me a bit homesick. Isn’t it some kind of sign when my husband and I both have dreams about Morocco, and wake up surprised to find we’re back in our bed in the States?
I do have several Moroccan updates to write about - an attempt at unionizing in hotels in the South, some great local recipes on video, and other things…just have to get out of the winter funk and get back to it.
March 20th, 2007 at 2:37 am
hi! miss ya girl… I wish best for your marriage… someone wiser than I, once said, you don’t marry someone you can live with, you marry someone you can’t live without
now guess who (may) get married soon!
March 20th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Not that I’ve been here long, but I’ve missed you too. You have a writing style, a wit, and a humaness that I truly enjoy. Of course, I realize your life is more important than any of this and truly wish the best for you. I hope all works out with you and Hamou. I often think being married would be complicated and great (hmmm . . . beer and skittles?) and yet, somehow worth the effort.
It’s wonderful that you can talk and yes, it seems to be good sign when you both think of the same place as home. All my best.
March 20th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Missed you like crazy - come home soon.
March 21st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Welcome back:) I need more brainy bloggers in my daily reading. New Years resolution not to talk about daggers though;-)
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Welcome back. Now I can dispell all the dark thoughts I had relating toy your ‘disappearance’.
March 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am
“Have you been wondering where I’ve gone? [crickets chirping] Hm, probably not.”
–Think again
I bet many readers have been checking on here the past days to see if there are any new interesting posts!