Oh yeahhhh…
We been all honeymooney n’ shit. Sometimes I git a powerful burst o’ love and just wanna grab my grrl up and squeeze her to pieces!!! I try, but it’s never a bigger hug than what she can handle. I don’t wrestle the baybee grrl, though. Oh….lawd no. Chris got the scissor death grip with those legs. Make a daddy holla MERCY, and then I have to sucka slam while she ain’t lookin’.
Her sisters are visiting. I actually like them both very much. My wife and I have been together almost 8 years, so they have gotten past scrutinizing me with too much suspicion. The girls all went out shoppin’ and to the spa this afternoon, and now everyone is sitting around the table talking. Always, there is all this potent, complicated love mixed in with stories of past power struggles. Lots of laughter. Even casual, these girls are intense. You know how sisters do.
I had all brothers myself. I banged their heads together when they were small, and then they got taller and I stopped. Simple compared to sister stuph.
We had a whoop-ass storm last night. A tornado touched down in a town not far from here. I grew up on the coast, where we filled our bathtubs with water, stocked up on Spam, and charted the slow movement of the hurricanes. Tornadoes, however, happen all of the sudden. The atmosphere changes to this odd stillness, with the wind blowing but in no particular direction. The sky was orange right before the weather slammed. Very kewl. In a matter of minutes, we had 95 mile an hour winds and rain pounding so hard, there were flash floods and folks suddenly stranded all over town. Trees were snapped and roofs torn from carports. My backyard was a mess. Our power was out all night.
With big-eyed chihuahuas shaking at our feet, we played Scrabble by candlelight at the kitchen table while listening to NPR on a battery-powered radio. The game was made more dramatic by the crazy zags of lightning and cracking thunder. I thought it was …well… kinda great.
Chris was so shaken by the storm, I had to let her win at Scrabble. Ha. Just kidding. I challenged baybee on the word “OHO”. Pfft. Yes, that IS a word. “OHO” is an exclamation of surprise. I wouldn’t suggest using the new vocabulary word in a sentence, though. You’d just sound ignunt, in my opinion!
Anyhoo, off to make nice-nice with the sisters. Hope everyone is well.
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