I’m blogging from the local McDonald’s. While the other moms are sitting here looking bored silly, I’m taking advantage of my netbook’s portability and this McD’s free wifi. We usually don’t come here unless it’s cold or rainy and the kids are bored out of their minds. All three applied today, so here we are. We’re in the indoor play area. Alyssa and Ryan are playing air hockey while I sit nearby on my netbook. This is one of those days when I love working from home, because it means being able to take my work with me, so my kids don’t necessarily miss out on things. 
After we leave here we’ll head over to the library, and then it’ll be time to head home for quiet time. While the kids are quietly occupying themselves in their bedrooms, I’m going to brainstorm ideas for tonight’s Eden Fantasys Twitter party. Want to participate and get a chance to win prizes? Follow @EdenParties and join in on the fun from 8pm to 10pm EST!
Right now I’m really missing Dan. Today was his first day back to work after a ten day vacation. Poor guy. He probably spent half of his vacation doing stuff around the house, including cleaning out the gutters, putting up new downspouts, and installing a garbage disposal (!!!). He also danced his cute little butt off last Saturday night, and I put him to work after that, bwahaha. ;)
Speaking of Dan, and sex, and intimacy and marriage in general, I think it is SO important to, for lack of a less cliche term, keep the passion alive. I would never want our marriage to deteriorate to the point where we would be more like roommates than lovers. We’ve been together for almost ten years now — we’ve been married for the last five and a half years. We do our best to keep the excitement there, though to be honest it isn’t all that difficult. We both get wrapped up in the day-to-day things, and with both of us working so many hours (45-55 a week for both of us) and being so busy with the kids and everyday tasks it can be easy to lose sight of each other. We spend a lot of evenings just cuddled up together on the sofa, doing separate things but still being physically together. And that means so much. We have sex 1-2 times a week — I’d love for us to have a more active sex life than that, but we have to sleep at some point! And with our work schedules we’re not always together at optimal times. Thank god for porn, sex toys and fantasies. Heh.
Most importantly, we find little ways to be together and excite each other every day. Even if it’s just a raunchy text message, a suggestive look or touch, or a silly prank, Dan and I always find ways to reach out and connect at least once a day. And you know what? It’s often the little things that keep us going!
Hey Dan? If you’re reading this, I love you! (And I know you will read it at some point, since you subscribe to my feed! *mwah*)
I agree about keeping the passion alive. Honestly it’s not that hard to do the small things or try to schedule a date out together. It’s just that too many people put other priorities above quality alone time together. They get stuck in this vortex of WORK, KIDS, GAMES, WORK, SLEEP, OTHER BULLSHIT, and forget marriage does not equal instant happiness all the time. You need to put some effort into that as well.
Does that make sense? It makes sense in my head but I’m unsure if it translated into text.
My husband and I are really good at keeping our marriage alive. We’re just so awesome I can’t stand it. LOL.
Seriously, don’t mistake the fact that awesome sex doesn’t make up for NOT CALLING YOU and MAKING YOU WAKE UP ALONE not two or three posts before this one. If only he’d work on that issue a bit!