Friday, July 30, 2010

This is my rifle, this is my gun...

JT has a new mantra to learn:

"My weapon is a Glock Model 21 forty-five caliber semiautomatic handgun. It has a four-point-six-inch barrel with an overall length of seven point fifty-nine inches. It carries thirteen rounds in the magazine with one round in the chamber for a total of fourteen rounds. It weighs twenty-six point twenty-eight ounces unloaded and thirty-eight point twenty-eight ounces loaded. It has standard sights. The barrel has eight lands and grooves with a uniform right hand twist. The serial number of my weapon is..."

Over and over he says it, the words and numbers echoing softly through the house like Gregorian chant. I think I've just about memorized it myself.

He practices it while he washes the dishes, and repeats it while he changes JY's diaper. He's been helping out a lot around the house, and I think it's sweet--it's like he's buttering me up for when his needs start to become more demanding. ;) Or maybe he can sense that I'm nervous about how much our lives are going to change. He's trying extra hard to reassure me: I'm still the same guy. You remember the guy who, our first year together, packed you a lunch and brought it to you every day at work and we ate it together picnic-style at the park? Yeah, I'm still here. :)

4 comments:

  1. Hi new friend! Thanks for following me (it still amazes me people actually read what I have to say!). Good luck adjusting, it gets easier, I promise! :)

    Something I wish somebody would have told me early on, is to always make two plans for whatever you're doing. The first, if hubby is there and the second, if he's working.

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  2. I agree with Deputy's Wife. You always have to have plan B. Sometimes it gets old. And it is usually then that Indubitably comes through for me in a big way. He needs our together time too. So when those moments arise, blog about it and you'll be amazed at the support you'll receive.

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  3. I am already amazed at the support and encouragement I have received to date!

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