The Best Things in Life

As WordPress continues to recycle old prompts, I pulled another prompt from The Coffee Monsterz Co to respond to today

What is something free that you are grateful for?

At the risk of sounding corny, the old expression “The best things in life are free” really is true. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of free garbage out there. But there are things that you can’t and shouldn’t put a price tag on like love.

Of course, money is important too. Money has a way of making memories possible . In my case, it would be money that would make it possible for me to get kid one and kid two together at the holidays. So it’s not the money that makes this particular memory, but it’s the experience of all of us being together.

The L Word

I’ve been thinking a lot about the L word lately. There have been a couple times where I almost caught myself saying it to Veronica. I didn’t want to creep her out. As it stands, I feel like I have taken this relationship more seriously than she has pretty much since the beginning. But I can tell that she’s getting more and more into me. I can also tell that we are starting to settle in. That is to say that every time we go out doesn’t feel like a big “event date”. We are starting to do regular every day things together during the week. This past Saturday, she came over to the house and we watched the Tiger game, then went in the hot tub. Wednesday night I picked her up from work because her car was in the shop. obviously, this isn’t really big stuff, but to me, it’s a sign that our daily lab was becoming more and more intertwined.

I’m not suggesting that we’re going to get married, or even move in together anytime soon or anything. I wonder about that. The thought of being in a relationship on that level still kind of frightens me. What are the point, I’m frightened by the idea losing a part of myself. I don’t want to turn into just a partner or a provider or even a caregiver to children. I like the fully realized and self-actualized human being I’ve become over the last few years. I like who I am. I don’t want to change me yet. I think there’s a way to find a good balance between “Single Guy Rob” and “Family Guy Rob”; but I fear have yet to do so.

Meanwhile…

It’s Thursday when I sat down to write this blog to be posted this morning. I saw on social media on Thursday that it would be the last day that Metro Detroit would have an 8 PM sunset until April 3, 2026. I talk a lot to hear about how winter depresses me and turn full depresses me because it leads to winter.

I’m definitely starting to notice now more and more tell science that we are entering fall. The local united shore, professional baseball league, which plays about 10 minutes from my house, is having their playoffs and championship game this weekend. Go to Detroit Lions opening day this Sunday. And of course, there’s the aforementioned earlier sunsets.

It’s always a struggle for me to keep my head up high during this time of year. It’s been a little bit easier with every passing year, but I only sent her this time of year with a sense of dread.

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