I am what my love Kyle would call “tahrd” – exhausted beyond my means and walking around like a zombie while my life swirls around me like the ghosts at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Just last night I was up late helping a past student of mine with logarithms and systems of equations (she paid me in fish because I wouldn’t take her money, and I can honestly say that it’s the first time I’ve ever been paid in fish for anything, much less teaching.) Between game schedules for Little League and teaching knot tying to girl scouts (yes, sometimes kinky pursuits have vanilla rewards,) first grade art class and swimming lessons, along with my job and my kids’ schoolwork…there’s very little time left.
And I don’t want to make y’all feel bad, but I’ve been giving most of it to Kyle, in the form of flirtations and phone calls, lovey-dovey exchanges on Twitter and excited preparations for my visit in 16 days.
So, yes, I’ve got a ton to tell you about getting to photograph Jiz Lee this weekend (yes, it was AMAZING)…but that will have to wait until tomorrow.
Because right now I have a shower to take. And then a short romantic, sexy phone call to make. And then it’s off to school to wash brushes and refill paint jars, because those mosaic cat on a mat portraits aren’t gonna paint themselves. Then it’s back home to do dishes and laundry, back to school to retrieve the weasels, then homework, then some baseball practice (have you ever tried holding the “ready position” for an hour and a half like a good role model/assistant coach?) Then, after I tuck the weasels into bed for the 493rd time in 15 minutes, after water has been had and books have been read…then I will sit down here again and pray for a little more energy to write a few lectures and then maybe, just maybe, come up with something new to post.
Then crawl into bed, close my eyes for a moment…and wake up to do it all over again tomorrow.
Hearing about your experience at the Jiz Lee photoshoot was awesome, you were so excited and high on it, I can’t wait to see what you post about it.
I think one of the reasons our relationship works is that we both are insanely busy people with jobs and families and obligations and passions and friends and, basically, very full lives. That may seem counter-intuitive, but if it were lopsided, one of us would probably feel like we weren’t getting enough attention. As it is, when we can, we get a lot of online contact and phone time, and when we can’t, we have brief intense bursts. We know how to make the most of the contact we get, even if we’d really love more (and we always want more). We both respect each other and the responsibilities we have in our families and communities.
Thank you for making me part of your busy life, my love. I love the strong, supportive, loving relationship we have, it’s a perfect fit.