Uno

I worked on accounting in bed today.

This evening I played board games with good old friends who married each other after being friends for over 20 years since we were all around 4.

Tonight I watched Juno, a movie about individuality, identity and what its really like to be a kid in love. (while pregnant at 16).


All of this has been great and leaves me pondering something that is growing in my little head. What does it look like to be in love? I often think that its about hiking remote trails, throwing great parties, going to black tie dinners and having intense conversations ranging from innermost personal to outermost global concerns. Now I wonder if its more like a worn out card game. It is really fun, gets familiar over time and isnt always crisp. There is competition and you notice when a card gets torn. But, it gets in you like nothing else cause that game has so many memories that create a good part of the sum of who you are. The game is certainly not the topic of the memory, but it could always fit in and not seem out of place.

I want a guy to lay in bed all day with; to go to parties and have deep conversations with. I'd like us to hike and travel and cook. But mostly I want us to rely on each other like an old card game. Simple, easy and proved over time like Go Fish, Hearts or Uno.