Things that make ya go hmmm...

Today, rather than a rant, I'm going to talk about some interesting things that are going on in my life. Interesting as in things that make me go 'hmmm' as opposed to those that make me run screaming into the night (we all know I have those moments).

My brain got activated due to lack of sleep (and not for a good reason). I know this isn’t a new thing for me, but today I felt like chatting about it. For some reason or other, my brain has centered on my partner’s “duh” moments, although in person I really call them her “adorable” moments. Mind you, I love her to pieces and it is those same "adorable" moments that make me love her even more, even when I am shaking my head in silent laughter - okay, sometimes not so silent laughter. For example, the other morning, she took the dogs to her place in her car while I headed to work. She sent me a text very proud that she gave them food but despite looking everywhere, she could only find one dog bowl. I informed her that the bowls were stacked together and a moment later I got a reply that could have been interpreted as a forehead smack and an “oh, duh.” That is a very minor example of the moments I get blessed with witnessing on a fairly regular basis. Sometimes it happens while texting and sometimes during a video chat, but the best ones are those that happen in person. I cannot count the times I’ve stood there patiently just looking at her and doing a mental countdown from 5 as I wait for something to register in that racing mind of hers. I then get the reward of seeing her confused look transform into recognition then laughter as she exclaims proudly, “ohhhh, I get it now.”

Nowadays, I am privy to many of these moments, all of which make my day brighter. Let’s be honest and admit we all have those moments that leave us scratching our head in amazement at ourselves. I know I do. One of the recent happenings that she loves to relive is when we were at a local home improvement store buying new doorknob lock sets for her house. She had the worker open the package to get more keys made and that was when I had my moment of brilliance. She really does love to recant this. I had this brilliant declaration of “how do we know the key will work?” At that moment, both my love and the worker looked at me and she exclaimed “we’ll try them out before we take them home.” I stared blankly and she pointed out the fact that the locks were right there on the counter so we could, indeed, try them out before going home. Yup, forehead smack. Fortunately, most of mine are done in a more private setting.