Keith came back from a week long gunnery a few days ago. He came back with a bald head and smelling like cannon fire, the first because the scouts outshot the tankers (had to be dumb luck) and because he hadn't been able to take a shower the entire time.
I had forgotten how much space a man takes up in a house. He takes up space in a room even when he isn't in the room. In fact, right now there is a mound of smelly gear in the dining room, another mound on the couch in the living room, his gloves on a chair, his boots by the door and his uniform tossed over the end of the bed.
We had the fun of falling in love all over again, which is like going down a water slide with your hands up, and not caring if the water goes up your nose.
So this morning we slept in and then made maple sausage omelets. Outside it is cloudy and the wind of the last few days have swept the leaves off of most of the trees. The ground is covered with a tumbled carpet of copper. Last night as I was doing the last of the dishes, I looked up to see the full moon, pure white, shining through bare black branches.
It feels like Halloween, like winter is coming on. I decided I needed to outfit my little household for the coming season, so I did a lot of on line research, going from store to store. Keith said he likes to shop for his stuff at WalMart, so that was easy enough. For myself, I found this navy fleece jacket at LLBean that I adored, but just didn't feel right about the price tag of fifty dollars.
Then, then I stumbled upon JCPenney's weekend sale and I got one turtleneck, two long sleeved tees, one pair warm yoga pants, one embroidered long sleeved top and one fisherman cable knit sweater, all for sixty one dollars. I literally saved more than I spent and the shipping was free.
What a high that was, I tell you what! It was a total adrenalin rush. Now I'm like a shark, quietly patrolling the waters of the internet, looking, looking for the next sale that I can snap up. And waiting for the FedEx man.
