when you know, you know

that's what i like telling people at bars when they ask about me and the wife. we get asked a lot if we've known each other since we were kids, when in actuality it hasn't even been 2 full years since we met. people seem a little taken aback that we could be such good friends after only knowing each other for such a short time, so i like to play on the married theme and tell skeptical barflies that hey, when you know, you know. you know?

i honestly don't know what i would have done these past few weeks without my wife. when i found myself sitting at home sobbing, she dropped all her plans and came over every single day after work just so i wasn't alone. she brought food with her, so she could make sure i ate. she's allowed me to crash at her house every night this week - sharing her bed, even - so that i had a place to stay when karl refused to leave my house. she even sent her dog to live at her parents' house for the week, so i could bring oliver the cat with me.

someone left what was maybe meant to be a snarky comment on the wife's blog, about how the wife couldn't possibly be so upset on my behalf unless she were In Love with me. honestly, it's pretty apparent that i'm much better off having the love of my wife rather than the kind of love certain other people carelessly bandy about. everyone should be so lucky as to have my wife in their life.

you sweet and lovely bloggers have given me some blog awards that i hadn't gotten around to acknowledging yet - the E from cheryl at places never planned, the love award from shannon at leaf, probably.., and the above average award from 3carnations at thinking some more.



i'm going to go ahead and just give all three to my wife :-)