So after a really great time in Amsterdam – including meeting “virtual friends” like Heather & Matthew in the real World – today [in the China sense of the word] I fly home.
For the first time ever, I have broken the 5 day rule that my wife and I put in place when we first started going out.
Mind you, she broke it first with her trip to Australia, so now we’re even, ha.
Seeing my Mum was very special – as was catching up with my friends – but now I’m ready to go back and be with the person who makes me feel ‘me’.
It’s quite weird because when Jill first started sleeping over, I found her presence in my bed strange.
Not because it was weird a babe was in my bed – oh no, I had millions of them, cough cough splutter splutter – but because I had got used to having tons of space and suddenly there was someone there who was taking up half of it.
Worse, she seemed to really like me so kept coming over to my side to be closer – which might sound very nice – but made me feel a prisoner in my own bed.
Zoom forward 6 or 7 years and I can’t sleep properly without her by my side.
She can do an all out invasion on my side of the bed and yet I still prefer that to her not being there.
The feeling of her there is a wonderful feeling – it makes me feel safe, settled and loved and as we grow older together, I realise so many of the things I like most in my life revolve around her.
My favourite sound in the World is her infectious giggle.
My favourite sight in the World is seeing her by my side when I wake up.
My favourite time in the World is when we just are hanging out together – even if we’re doing nothing.
Even the things she does that annoy the crap out of me, I love.
Well I do when I’ve not seen her for a while.
Her obsession with period dramas … her devil-may-care attitude towards tidiness … her ability to wash 3 dishes and feel good about it, even though there’s loads to do … her love of Elvis … the list goes on and on.
And on.
And on and on.
Anyway, to quote W H Auden, she is my North, South, East & West and though I make sure I tell her every day, I want to say publically that I love you honey and I can’t wait to see you tomorrow.
[You can all be sick now]