January 12, 2009
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Derek is in a corn contract which I thought he should stay in, even though it was falling and he was losing a fair amount of money. We have come to a place where we can say what we think the other should do even if we’re wrong and it costs the other some money. So far I am right.
We went shopping for a floor. Again. I told him I wanted to go alone because he would be on edge. The market for grains wasn’t going to be open for three hours and I think he wanted to get out of the house so we both went. He wore a new sweater and sang along to the oldies.
Last night I had our mutual friends, along with their two-year-old, to dinner. For some reason Derek doesn’t like to socialize with them anymore. The first time it came up he said “that sounds like a couples thing.” He called about an hour before they were coming and I invited him. He sounded tempted but never showed up.
The dinner went well. I’m used to just having a girlfriend over or my family. This was just like I see on TV where the hostess cooks and the guests watch, sitting around the island, drinking wine. We drank beer from a jug her husband brought. My house was clean and I made meatloaf so she could watch how I did it. Their little boy played with my dog and I put on some fun music. Very low-key and something I’d like to do again. Maybe I’ll have my recorder group over.
