Are you ready for some football?
Guess what I did this weekend?
(Someone be a dear and pick Natalie up off the floor, please).
This weekend was not a normal KathyHowe kid-free weekend. Over the years I have grown accustomed to spending them quietly, working on my yard, cleaning the house, relaxing in front of the fireplace. On Friday The Last Man Standing (TLMS) came over for awhile to hang out. I just love talking to him. He is a very optimistic person, clearly believes in personal accountability and is so very fair minded. He tells great stories (I love listening to him talk about his kids) and can talk about a variety of topics. And when he talks, I nod my head in agreement. He has a really good perspective on things.
I like that.
On Saturday afternoon we reunited again at my place and Saturday night we made dinner.
Together.
I was in the kitchen for more than 45 minutes helping the chef.
And no, he did not have to chain me to the stove to make me stay there.
The food was GREAT. Steaks on the grill, sauteed mushrooms, salad and twice baked potatos. According to TLMS I get all the credit for the potatos. The only thing I didn't do to them was squish them to see if they were done.
After dinner we went for a walk around the circle. I gave him the inside scoop on some of the neighbors in the hood and showed him my favorite house on the circle. After the walk we curled up on my living room floor with bean bags, pillows and blankets and watched scarey movies. A couple times my pillow slipped out from under my head and over my face but I wasn't scared at all.
Nope, not me.
Sunday morning we were up early and I did two things that I have never done before:
I went tailgating and to a Vikings game.
I am in shock at the entire tailgating and Vikings game experience. It was absolutely nothing like I expected it to be. Tailgating was not a bunch of people sitting on the hoods of their cars litering beer cans in a crowded parking lot. Tailgaters create a mini community in a short period of time that is not only splashed with community colors, it also comes complete with a sense of neighborliness. Everybody was fun, and nice, and having a great time. Everybody was friendly. There were buses and vans and jeeps painted Vikings purple, emblazoned with the Vikings logo. There was a blender, which sounded like a chainsaw, wired to a weed whip motor and appeared to be powered by mini bike handlebars. I met many friends and even the sister of TLMS. They were fun and friendly.
The game itself was great. The Vikings won yesterday so I suppose that adds to the experience but I think my biggest thrill truly came from watching TLMS. His excitement and love of the game is huge and his energy was absolutely contagious. Also very cool about the experience was he was not the least bit annoyed with my never ending list of questions. I don't know anything about football. Not a single thing. Throughout the game he would stop bouncing out of his seat long enough to talk to me and let me know what was going on.
This weekend is the most number of days we have spent together in a row. I left it with two overall thoughts:
1. TLMS is a guy that I really enjoy being with. In every environment and situation we have been in together it has been so easy and so enjoyable to be in his company.
2. When we cooked together I had this great feeling of teamwork taking place. He was the expert and I followed his lead and to me it felt like we worked together really well. I actually had fun cooking. We laughed and talked and it all seemed to just flow very naturally. I haven't felt that feeling of teamwork in a personal relationship for a very long time. It felt good.
I can't wait to feel that again.
A final thought:
Kazoofus has always been a place that I have shared the stories of my life, taking care to protect the privacy of those that are living my stories with me. TLMS is comfortable with the fact that I write about him here and for now, I plan to continue to do so when appropriate and when the mood strikes. There are and will be, obviously, details that I will not share here about my relationship with him. This is not just to protect his privacy but to protect a bit of mine as well.
Not everything is open for public consumption.
If Kazoofus begins to feel like TLMS overkill remember that TLMS is a new story unfolding in my life. I am excited about it. I am excited to see where it leads and I hope you will share my excitement and my new story with me.
HUT! HUT!
(Someone be a dear and pick Natalie up off the floor, please).
This weekend was not a normal KathyHowe kid-free weekend. Over the years I have grown accustomed to spending them quietly, working on my yard, cleaning the house, relaxing in front of the fireplace. On Friday The Last Man Standing (TLMS) came over for awhile to hang out. I just love talking to him. He is a very optimistic person, clearly believes in personal accountability and is so very fair minded. He tells great stories (I love listening to him talk about his kids) and can talk about a variety of topics. And when he talks, I nod my head in agreement. He has a really good perspective on things.
I like that.
On Saturday afternoon we reunited again at my place and Saturday night we made dinner.
Together.
I was in the kitchen for more than 45 minutes helping the chef.
And no, he did not have to chain me to the stove to make me stay there.
The food was GREAT. Steaks on the grill, sauteed mushrooms, salad and twice baked potatos. According to TLMS I get all the credit for the potatos. The only thing I didn't do to them was squish them to see if they were done.
After dinner we went for a walk around the circle. I gave him the inside scoop on some of the neighbors in the hood and showed him my favorite house on the circle. After the walk we curled up on my living room floor with bean bags, pillows and blankets and watched scarey movies. A couple times my pillow slipped out from under my head and over my face but I wasn't scared at all.
Nope, not me.
Sunday morning we were up early and I did two things that I have never done before:
I went tailgating and to a Vikings game.
I am in shock at the entire tailgating and Vikings game experience. It was absolutely nothing like I expected it to be. Tailgating was not a bunch of people sitting on the hoods of their cars litering beer cans in a crowded parking lot. Tailgaters create a mini community in a short period of time that is not only splashed with community colors, it also comes complete with a sense of neighborliness. Everybody was fun, and nice, and having a great time. Everybody was friendly. There were buses and vans and jeeps painted Vikings purple, emblazoned with the Vikings logo. There was a blender, which sounded like a chainsaw, wired to a weed whip motor and appeared to be powered by mini bike handlebars. I met many friends and even the sister of TLMS. They were fun and friendly.
The game itself was great. The Vikings won yesterday so I suppose that adds to the experience but I think my biggest thrill truly came from watching TLMS. His excitement and love of the game is huge and his energy was absolutely contagious. Also very cool about the experience was he was not the least bit annoyed with my never ending list of questions. I don't know anything about football. Not a single thing. Throughout the game he would stop bouncing out of his seat long enough to talk to me and let me know what was going on.
This weekend is the most number of days we have spent together in a row. I left it with two overall thoughts:
1. TLMS is a guy that I really enjoy being with. In every environment and situation we have been in together it has been so easy and so enjoyable to be in his company.
2. When we cooked together I had this great feeling of teamwork taking place. He was the expert and I followed his lead and to me it felt like we worked together really well. I actually had fun cooking. We laughed and talked and it all seemed to just flow very naturally. I haven't felt that feeling of teamwork in a personal relationship for a very long time. It felt good.
I can't wait to feel that again.
A final thought:
Kazoofus has always been a place that I have shared the stories of my life, taking care to protect the privacy of those that are living my stories with me. TLMS is comfortable with the fact that I write about him here and for now, I plan to continue to do so when appropriate and when the mood strikes. There are and will be, obviously, details that I will not share here about my relationship with him. This is not just to protect his privacy but to protect a bit of mine as well.
Not everything is open for public consumption.
If Kazoofus begins to feel like TLMS overkill remember that TLMS is a new story unfolding in my life. I am excited about it. I am excited to see where it leads and I hope you will share my excitement and my new story with me.
HUT! HUT!
11 Comments:
I do share in your excitement. I'm reading in your post something that struck me when I was dating Hubby.
It seems easy.
Truthfully, Hubby is the first relationship that felt easy. All others were a struggle from the get-go. I'd heard that relationships were supposed to be easy, but never believed it.
Now I do. 3 years later from the date I met him and it's STILL easy. Yup.
(will you allow me a bit of a girly squeal?)
RisibleGirl - your comment, based on something I said made a little lightbulb go off in my head.
"It seems easy."
I have always been a believer that relationships are hard...damn hard. Especially new ones.
It just hit me that this one hasn't been hard. Outside of the fact that I wish we had more time to spend together, there isn't anything hard about being with him.
I'm happy to say that I was wrong.
*squeal*
Happy to bring that lightbulb on in your head m'lady (my sis always laughs when I call her that).
I had the same beliefs as you. I'm absolutely THRILLED that I was wrong.
Very cool to see you are happy. I haven't been saying much lately, just lurking ofr the most part. Good luck with TLMS and your new found appreciation of tailgating.
KH, I have been reading with great delight, your posts on TLMS. I am so happy for you and I hope that this goes far .... very far.
Sounds like a great day... and since we're so close and all, I'll even overlook that horrible purple and gold thing you did.
(Also, next time I go drop a couple hundred bucks in Barnes and Noble's while sipping a mocha latte, remind me to bring the fucking list of books you gave me. Arrrggghhh.)
So happy for you! I can totally relate. I always thought relationships were more work than they were worth...I know my first marriage was. But with D it was all so easy from the first moment. If it wasn't for the kisses, I wouldn't have realized we were dating for the first month because it was more like hanging out with a dear friend. And he truly is.
OH MY DOG!
[faints]
Eek! Eek! KathyHowe, I am so excited for you.
Glad y'all had fun. :D :D :D
Dereck and I say all the time, and we probably even said it to you. It seems easy.
Wow. Good for you, Kathy Howe! Of course, you create for yourself the standards of never settling for less than the best.
Double Good on you.
p.s. Just send that damn book list to me instead of Iki. I owe her like a thousand books or something anyway.
All those phermones and hormones and emotions- no wonder there was turbulence flying over MSP this weekend! I am so happy for you that you're having this refreshing experience! Tis wonderful!!
No fear of overkill. Keep your heart open- I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
xoxox
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