Well today has been an interesting day; not so much by my lack of time on Second Life, and certainly not by my regular everyday activities at work, but rather by my activities after work – yes, this is a Real Life story.
Isn’t love an amazing thing? You can be so angry with someone for the things they say that seemingly are said out of context and on the fly, but when push comes to shove (and I mean literally – read on!) you figure out where the chips lie.
As I type, I am looking at hands which are amazingly clean, and I know that I have a pile of clothes that I shucked right outside my front door so that I wouldn’t leave a horrendous mess behind me as I came into the house. I didn’t even care if the neighbors saw my half naked body! And, I also see the indents on my fingers, particularly, my ring finger where I took care to remove my wedding band and engagement ring before I pulled up my sleeves and gave the love of my life the help that he needed.
Now, what did he do? Well, boys will be boys, and in the midst of checking out some new toys, he got himself stuck in the mud – and I mean STUCK! We’re talking knee-deep, suck the shoes off your feet, mud up to your crotch stuck. So, there I was, dutiful wife (did I say loving yet?) helping in whatever way I could to get him out of the mess he was in. Granted, there really wasn’t too much I could do because it was BAD and BAD in the worst sense. Mostly I was morale support, and he certainly didn’t appreciate my sense of humor nor my optimism when I pointed out that it could be so much worse. Sheesh… I was only trying to be helpful. 
I did end up flat on my arse in the mud when my shoe got stuck and I lost my balance. In hindsight, it was probably on the breadth of my butt that prevented me from sinking way down deep. LOL.
Lucky for us, some nice fellow (and I mean really nice) came by and was not about to be deterred by the fact that we just didn’t seem to be moving – at ALL! We broke several cables, then the fellow headed off to get some “artillery” – 4X4 speak for “Get you out of your sorry-ass mess?” About an hour later, knight in shining armor arrives (Yeehaw!) with a tow rope. Well, you would have thought this was it – we were out of there. Noooo…. would you believe that we broke that tow rope twice? Found out later it was a rope supposedly capable of withstanding a whole lot of pull – 60,000lbs?. Holy crap! We did get out… thank goodness. It was a magnificent pull – followed by a round of “WOOOHOOOO’s!!!” If it hadn’t happened then, who knows what the bill would have been to get a Cat in there to dig us out.
So, yes – love is being knee deep, nope – crotch deep in mud, despite the fact that earlier in the day you could have strangled the one that you love. Yes, I love you sweetie – now don’t forget to take your pants off at the door!
