Who knew that my duds could prove to be so much more? Thanks to one small gesture.
Without getting into details about my undies, let's just say I generally don't spend big bucks on them. If they're comfy, that's good enough, and generally gray or black are the norm, having shied away from pink and polka dots a long time ago. On washing days gone by, I tossed them in the machine, then the drier, and then unceremoniously shoved them all a dither into the top drawer of my dresser. They're just undies, after all.
But not anymore. When he washes and dries them, my partner lovingly folds them like delicate flowers, puts them in neat stacks, and gently places them in my top drawer where they wait in tranquility for me to carefully select them, one by one by one.
It's only a small gesture, but it somehow makes them seem special, treasured, sexy, which makes me feel special, treasured, sexy. Thanks, my love, for making both my duds and me feel so much more.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Those were the days
While out doing a few chores around noon yesterday, I walked smack dab into the local school's lunch break.
How did I know? Because I was overwhelmed by kids filing across the street, into the coffee shop and the food store, purchasing an array of junk food, fried foods, pop, rich creamy shakes and candy. Not an apple or a salad sandwich in sight.
Reminded me of my school days, when we used to order from the tuckshop (school canteen) on Mondays. My mum would insist I ordered a salad sandwich and a piece of fruit, but once out of view, I changed the order to two finger buns and a chocolate. Ah, teenage menus!
Now, I don't really care that kids are out spending their or their parents money willy nilly - not my concern, and I might have done the same thing if we were allowed in my school days. But what's with the out-of-school-at-lunchtime thing, and the out-anytime-there's-a-break thing? Doesn't anybody want to sit and talk and play basketball or cards or tweet together while on breaks? Get a head start on homework? Read a book and relax? Enjoy the schoolyard?
Okay, so I probably don't really care about that either. But it does seem a shame that so many kids would rather head off campus instead of staying around school and experiencing all they can while they can in the schoolyard. The lessons I learned in the schoolyard fully equipped me for the outside world, and some days I would give anything to be back there, learning those lessons over again.
Maybe I'm just old, or ignorant about the bullying and comparing and oneupmanship that goes on at school these days. But I have to admit, there are times when I wish I could relax with friends in the schoolyard and enjoy the simpler things in life. The bigger world is not always a great place to be. So, I don't understand the hurry to get out into it.
How did I know? Because I was overwhelmed by kids filing across the street, into the coffee shop and the food store, purchasing an array of junk food, fried foods, pop, rich creamy shakes and candy. Not an apple or a salad sandwich in sight.
Reminded me of my school days, when we used to order from the tuckshop (school canteen) on Mondays. My mum would insist I ordered a salad sandwich and a piece of fruit, but once out of view, I changed the order to two finger buns and a chocolate. Ah, teenage menus!
Now, I don't really care that kids are out spending their or their parents money willy nilly - not my concern, and I might have done the same thing if we were allowed in my school days. But what's with the out-of-school-at-lunchtime thing, and the out-anytime-there's-a-break thing? Doesn't anybody want to sit and talk and play basketball or cards or tweet together while on breaks? Get a head start on homework? Read a book and relax? Enjoy the schoolyard?
Okay, so I probably don't really care about that either. But it does seem a shame that so many kids would rather head off campus instead of staying around school and experiencing all they can while they can in the schoolyard. The lessons I learned in the schoolyard fully equipped me for the outside world, and some days I would give anything to be back there, learning those lessons over again.
Maybe I'm just old, or ignorant about the bullying and comparing and oneupmanship that goes on at school these days. But I have to admit, there are times when I wish I could relax with friends in the schoolyard and enjoy the simpler things in life. The bigger world is not always a great place to be. So, I don't understand the hurry to get out into it.