my wife
It’s slightly pathetic how excited I am to be back at work. However, I have good reasons: a functional computer (well, sorta, my work computer is OLD), functional internet, one more quiet week to hunker down and get stuff done, and for the first time in years, I can work without having to stop and go to class.
Plus, the baby is back at school today and as fun as our winter break was, he was exhibiting signs of extreme cabin fever. After a day or so of non-stop (literally NON. STOP.) talking, we realized he needed to expend some energy. He went skiing with the father-in-law and played in the snow. We also went roller skating the other night and I am happy to report that our relatively frequent skating sessions have restored my long-dormant skills. Like, I can actually move both feet now instead of dragging along my paralytic left foot and making up for its dead weight by pumping my arms. This skating method is neither effective nor graceful and I do not recommend it.
When we were inside, I showed the baby this montage of Harrison Ford forcefully saying, “my WIFE,” or “my FAMILY” in at least 40 movies and he is now obsessed with it.
I hear him muttering, “my WIFE” every now and then and it’s a little disarming. It is now my favorite pop culture tic of his, with his impersonation of Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight crying, “RACHEL! RACHEL!” a very close second.
Also, and I’m going to abruptly end this post after this because…I don’t know, the engagement photos channel of Awkward Family Photos is absolutely mesmerizing. The pictures of people who look they were caught mid-dry-hump are the best. The husband and I never did engagement photos because a) we didn’t care and b) we’re REALLY not the type. In our wedding pictures, the ones that are posed you can tell that we’re stifling laughter and any other pictures that we have taken together end up looking like this:
January 4th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Your FAMILY makes me laugh. YOUR FAMILY.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
That video and that website just gave me my first bonafide belly laughs of 2010. Thanks for that.
January 5th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
those “mid hump” engagement photos are a scream! and i like your response photo. i expect nothing less.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I am just here looking for my wife.
January 6th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Shit, you make me laugh.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:40 am
I like that picture! Most pictures are so boring because the people pose all frozen-like. You look like a beautiful woman with some personality.