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Day T-57 and counting…

Posted: July 12, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

This afternoon, we went in to Queen City Cycles, a bike shop downtown and Ceecee fell in love with this Masi Italian rode bike. They didn’t actually have it at the store, but she saw it in the catalog. We talked about it and she’s really excited.

Then, I walked to the farmer’s market by myself and she was going to meet me there after her interview. She called me as she was on her way and told me she got the job at Dillard’s. She’s going to start at $10 an hour.

At school, she gets all of her summer paychecks in June, so we agreed that she could go ahead and order the bike and pay for it out of her school pay, then make it up out of her Dillard’s checks. It will take two or three weeks for it to get there and we will have the money by then. She’s going to let me ride the Raleigh temporarily.

Day T-59 and coutning…

Posted: July 11, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

What a good day today. We have a cheap movie theater here called The Palace where they have movies that have already been in the main theater, but haven’t gone to DVD yet. They are usually $3, but on Tuesdays, they have “time warp Tuesdays” and all the movies are only one dollar.

My wife loves pancakes and IHOP had this deal where you can join their email list and get a coupon for a free meal, so we had an ultra cheap pancakes and a movie date today. We went to see Shutter Island at The Palace, then went to IHOP to eat. It all cost less than twenty dollars and Ceecee really seemed like she had fun. She’s a kid at heart and going out for pancakes isn’t lame at all for her.

Thursday she has an interview at Dillard’s for a second job. I found the classified ad for it while we were at the library and she applied on kind of a whim. They called her and now she’s going to have a shot at it.

Day T-61 and counting…

Posted: July 10, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Sunday, June 6, 2010

So, the rest of yesterday was weird. After the race, we went to the tri store and bought a bunch of stuff. I got some new Saucony running shoes and Ceecee got a pink cycling Jersey and some accessories. Then we went to my Dad’s birthday. I’m really glad Ceecee is still considering my parents to be family. It almost felt normal while we were over there. They don’t know anything about the problems we’re having and considering my track record of failed marriages and relationships, I can’t see telling them.

The sushi party was for the birthday of the wife of one of the teachers at the school where we work. It was mostly younger people there, but we hung out and ate and drank and had a good time. Seth, the guy whose house we were at, plays guitar in a band and he was singing some songs as the evening went on. They kept bringing out shots of tequila and I don’t like liquor, so I wasn’t really drinking them, but Ceecee kept taking shots and I figured she must be feeling them. She came and kind of sat on my lap while they were singing and I held her a little bit and caressed her back.

When we left, I tried to kiss her in the car and she turned away again. I couldn’t believe it. I thought that as much fun as we had and as close as we seemed that last night was the night for sure. It wasn’t. We drove home in a kind of awkwardness and I just don’t know what to do. I just don’t.

Day T-62 and counting…

Posted: July 9, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Saturday, June 5, 2011

It was my Dad’s 80th birthday yesterday and we are going to his and my Mom’s house this afternoon to celebrate. We also got invited to a sushi party by some friends from work and we’re going to that later tonight, so this is getting to be a really full day. Could turn out to be a good one. I still think Ceecee and I are really close to breaking through and putting this all behind us, so maybe tonight.

This morning, we ran our races and Ceecee got second place in the medical mile! I was so excited and proud of her. She didn’t even know she had placed until the announcer called out her name. She was 8th overall and second in her age group. She got a silver medal and I got a picture of her with this huge grin plastered all over her face.

I ran my first 5K and missed my goal by one second. If I had been experienced and known what I was doing, I could have made it, but as I was running to the finish line, I didn’t even look at the clock to see what the time was. Anyway, I got 30:01 and for my first race ever, it wasn’t bad. Hope the rest of the day is a success!

Day T-63 and counting…

Posted: July 8, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Friday, June 4, 2010

Not sure what’s going on with Ceecee, but her Facebook status today said, “My day is improving. Picked up packets for both races tomorrow and tonight is First Friday on the square. I plan to have fun and need to tonight.” Since she’ll be going to first friday with me, that definitely seems to have potential!

Day T-64 and counting…

Posted: July 7, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Tonight I tried to get Ceecee to come around. It was time for bed and I just said, “This has to stop. This is us. Things can’t be like this. We’re great together” It didn’t matter. She has really turned her heart against me. I’m beginning to wonder if she will ever come around. We haven’t made love or been close for more than a month now. We sleep in the same bed, but that’s about it. We don’t fight or argue, it’s just either cold or we act like friends, but nothing more.

Day T-65 and counting…

Posted: July 6, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

I surprised my wife today by pulling into the parking lot at CD Warehouse. We went in and I bought her the CD, Tea for the Tillerman, by Cat Stevens, the one that has Wild World on it. We listened to it in the car and it really seemed to bring back old memories for her.

Mort Fertel, the marriage guy who is emailing me said to give her a special gift that would really mean something only to her. It was supposed to be something that would show that I am paying attention to her wants and listening to her. He said it could change the momentum of the relationship. I don’t know if it will, but I want to do whatever it takes. We don’t have the money for me to buy something extravagant, but I would if I could.

On Saturday, I’m running my first 5k. I’m really glad to be getting back in shape. My wife inspires me to be better. She is running both the Medical Mile and the 5K and I’m hoping to run the 5k in 30 minutes.

Day T-67 and counting…

Posted: July 5, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Monday, May 31, 2010

First Monday of Summer vacation that didn’t involve going to jury duty, so Ceecee and I took the day and went to Eureka Springs. It was a really tough day for me. She wore one of my favorite dresses and she looked absolutely amazing. Every day while this goes on, I just keep thinking that she’s going to come to her senses and realize that we need to get back to being happy together.

So anyway, today, I was just sure that the breakthrough would come. That’s actually why I wanted to go down there. It’s kind of a magical place for us and we always have a romantic time. We have a lot of special memories there and I was just sure that if I could get her there and we could spend a day together that everything would change. I tried so hard.

We went into this one clothing store and I bought her this sexy brown top that was really great. We walked all around downtown and sat and listened to music for a while. They have a lot of folk artists who play in the park and there was this one guy who was really good that afternoon. He started taking requests and we called for Cat Stevens. My wife was a Cat Stevens fan when she was a teen and she loves the song, “Wild World.” He didn’t sing it, but we had a good time sitting on the benches.

I took some pictures of her on my phone and she looked so beautiful, but had this sadness in her eyes that really tore me up. We decided to eat dinner at the balcony restaurant which is on the balcony of this old, historic hotel right downtown next to the park. When we were on the stairs, I tried to kiss her, but she turned away and I knew that she wasn’t ready to get close. We had held hands all day and I thought that today was going to be the day, but it didn’t happen. I can’t lose her. I can’t seem to reach her, but I can’t lose her.

Day T-70 and counting…

Posted: July 4, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Taking a break from all the running and working out and Ceecee and I went to Silver Dollar City again. We really had fun. She let me buy her this really big balloon with other balloons inside of it and we had a super day. The best we’ve had in a long time. We didn’t kiss or anything, but we held hands and went on a lot of rides and had a great time together.

Tonight we had a blast! I have a story for the Springfield Business Journal (a local paper I write for) where we have to try to pair wines with chocolate. It’s Askinosie chocolate, made here in Springfield, and it’s some of the best chocolate you could ever taste. I got some wineries to send me bottles that they think will go well with it and we invited two other couples to taste and make notes. Tomorrow we’re going to do it again with some other couples.

Day T-71 and counting…

Posted: July 3, 2012 in Love and Marriage
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Ceecee took Taylor to meet with his recruiter and they’ve been talking about what he’ll need to do to qualify for the job he wants. He wants to be in special forces, so it will take some tough physical training. He’s been going to the gym with us and we’ve been taking him out to run. Ceecee is really stressed about him not having a job and the Air Force seeming like it could be quite some time before he gets accepted.

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