My husband...

I have to give props to my husband today. He actually just celebrated his birthday not too long ago - maybe I should have written a blog honoring him then. Well this blog is just a little piece to honor the impact he has made on my life. I really have a wonderful husband - one of the very best. I have never had anyone as supportive of me as he has been and always is and I truly appreciate it even though I may not show it. I feel bad at times - I am supportive of him too but it is a little rough for us because this past year. I have been sick, depressed (things have been getting to me - the way some people act or treat others, the crappy economy, my health issues - ARGH!), and I also only have been working part time (in school full time) and not contributing barely at all to the family finances. This frustrates me. At times I have even been a major bitch!  It has been an emotional rollercoaster this year. Yeah, like I said, I feel bad but he never makes me feel that way and actually tries to make me feel better when I have a low moment. We can always talk things out, which is great. I hope I make him feel better in his low moments too. A lot of women complain about their husbands or men in general and I am lucky enough to not have to deal with any of that drama. I have someone who I can trust, who trusts me; someone I can rely on; someone with whom I can talk things out with; someone who is thoughtful and considerate (well he is not perfect - I did plant my ass in the toilet bowl the other night ) .... I just can't describe how fortunate I am that I have the husband that I do. I got lucky when I found my husband. 

 

Well actually I didn't find him, a mutual friend set us up. We both were working at Meijer (a retail and grocery store) but we really didn't know each other. I was hanging out with this one girl - Janelle, and she kind of brought us together. She got a group of us together to hang out after work at a nearby bar. That is when I really 'met' my husband. I always just knew him as "the annoying guy that works in the shoe department that talks way too much when I am trying to nap in the break room." Hahaha - sorry hubby, you know I love you (remember that first year I brought you beer and white chocolate for your birthday?). I kind of knew he was interested in me that first night we went out. I wasn't really interested in him  - only as a friend and someone to hang with. I was a little scared of relationships at that time, I just wanted to have fun, fun, fun. We did have a lot of fun but again, didn't think I wanted a relationship at that time. Specially with someone who was divorced and who had a young child. Like I said, all I wanted was some fun and I think that is all he wanted too - I don't think he was interested in a relationship at the time either (haha, probably just sex, which he picked the wrong girl for that kind of relationship!!). So we went out and had a great time. He took me slumming in the nearby hickville town he volunteered in as a paramedic, we hung out with his uber nerdy friend Travis, as well as a few other characters. We just had fun, playing pool, playing board games all night, getting drunk, dancing at the bar, and all around acting silly. I didn't really know where the relationship was heading, was a little scared it was heading in a direction I wasn't prepared for, but I went with it. At the risk of souding like a dork ... somewhere along the way he snagged my heart.  Our relationship developed pretty fast once I got over being scared of it and where I suspected ours was headed (haha against my better judgment, or so I thought at the time). The rest is history. Thank God I didn't scare myself away (or let other stuff scare me away)- my husband is the best thing that ever happened to me.  This June we will have been together for 10 years - married for 2. Thank God I am blessed and I hope my hubby feels the same way.