{"id":14350,"date":"2018-11-12T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T11:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14350"},"modified":"2018-11-12T06:13:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T11:13:06","slug":"happy-birthday-spouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14350","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Spouse!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Today is Spouse’s birthday! Yay! Another trip around the sun!<\/p>\n

How will we celebrate?
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\nSince I have the day off today from work (Veteran’s Day Observed), I will wait until he awakes, then warmly greet him … have a warm snuggle, quietly observing the sunrise.<\/p>\n

I will prepare his favorite breakfast, then get busy making his favorite lemon meringue pie (from scratch with gluten-free ingredients) for later.<\/p>\n

I am also in the middle of serving as a general contractor on a major home remodeling project for a wounded warrior — but that project will take at least another week and is being worked on by pros, so I do not have to be there all day every day. I’ll check in on progress, but return home quickly.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, off we go to another highly specialized medical appointment on the other side of town. I just got my visa renewed to cross the border into Virginia.<\/p>\n

After the thrill of slogging through traffic wears off and we return home, I will prepare his favorite meal for dinner. Then we will hold hands and read to each other for the rest of the night.<\/p>\n

I know this sounds rather boring. No balloons, no fanfare, no party — goes with the Spouse’s general preference to be his usual reclusive self. He really dislikes being around people. <\/p>\n

But this one “people” — me — will do everything he can to make Spouse’s day the best it can be, as he wants it.<\/p>\n

Life is short: show those you love how you love them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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