Bless my partner. I love him, I really do, but there are times — even after being together for over 19 years — that he doesn’t get it. <\/p>\n
Yesterday morning, I had to drive him to get an x-ray. No big deal; the medical imaging center is a mile away. I chose to wear a nice pair of gray ostrich cowboy boots for that trip. But that was only my first pair of boots for the day…
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\nWhen we got home, my partner was insisting on planting a maple sapling that he has been nurturing. That sapling has been slowly growing for over two years, but for some reason, my partner got a bee in his bonnet that the sapling had to be planted as soon as we got home from the trip for the x-ray.<\/p>\n
I explained that I have to get to work, but he was adamant that the tree get planted. Right now, with the thing in his arm that facilitates IV treatment for his tick-borne disease, he can’t do heavy work like use a shovel to dig a hole for the tree.<\/p>\n
Sigh… I have learned not to try to fight it. When he gets so insistent on “it has to be done now, this minute!” — I can’t reason with him. So work has to wait.<\/p>\n
But I can’t dig a hole in a muddy area with ostrich cowboy boots on. I said, “give me a minute to change to work boots.”<\/p>\n
“Why? You’re always changing boots. Delaying things. The hole has to be dug now!,” he cries.<\/p>\n
I don’t get it… it’s not like the sapling is going to die if its hole is dug five minutes from now.<\/p>\n
Well, I changed my boots, dug the hole, and then looked at the soles. Man, am I glad I changed boots! Lots of mud! Would have ruined the cowboy boots, or I could have slipped with their smooth leather soles.<\/p>\n
After the hole digging, my partner proceeded to plant his tree, water it, then used the hose to clean off the bottom of my work boots. I took them off outside to let them dry. When I entered our house, I went into my boot room in our basement and selected another pair of boots to wear for the day. Justin square-toed cowboy boots.<\/p>\n
Partner looked at them and said, “third pair today?”<\/p>\n
I rolled my eyes and replied, “for now… until I have to dig another hole or something.”<\/p>\n
Life is short: wear the right boots for the right application, and love your partner despite his quirks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bless my partner. I love him, I really do, but there are times — even after being together for over 19 years — that he doesn’t get it. Yesterday morning, I had to drive him to get an x-ray. No … Continue reading