Shawn and I try to connect throughout the day but usually when we are trying to talk there are children around, work to be done, dinner to cook, etc, so it's hard to have a good conversation. After the kids go to bed, we mostly snuggle on the couch watching our shows, reading and/or knitting (me, not him). Often there is still much to say by the time we finally make it to bed, but I am so sleepy that I am unable to concentrate on anything with any depth... and I've been known to fall asleep while he was talking to me. In my defense, I'm laying down, warm and cozy in my bed next to my love... it's hard not to be totally relaxed in this situation!! I should also note that occasionally I talk in my sleep. And Shawn takes advantage of this opportunity for me to divulge all my "secrets" ~ asking me questions to keep me talking...
So with that in mind, I bring you to last night. I'd been telling Shawn earlier in the day that I'd just discovered Google Reader. I'd read some fellow bloggers talking about it but had not a clue what they were talking about... I did some detective work yesterday and then told him about this cool new tool I'd stumbled upon. He was telling me that he'd decided to give it a shot too and how impressed he was by how easy it made it to catch up on all the news pages he likes to frequent.
Shawn's been taking courses to finish his Bachelor's Degree and the current course he is studying is about World Religions. Though we are not religious, we both find the study of religions and their affect on the world fascinating.
As we lay in bed, slipping from the Google Reader conversation to the conversation where he informed me that he thinks he'd like to start studying Buddhism ~ that it seems to be something he could really connect with... I drifted off. Only for a second. When I woke up, with a bit of a start, I tried to disguise the fact that I'd been asleep.
He wasn't fooled, of course, when I opened my mouth and muttered this: "what on earth did we worship before Google Reader?".
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LOL! What on earth indeed! =)
that is hilarious.
and there is a blog called The Buddha Diaries - you might want to tell your love about it.
That is funny! I worship Google Reader, too. And I only just discovered it a few days ago :)
Heidi
Oh how funny. The visual on this is so farking hilarious. But you're right, when you're comfy, warm and in love - it's so easy to drift off. :)
Hey just dropping in. :) I think we all worship something whether we know it or not.
Hey I think you're a great writer... I always enjoyed your holiday updates. Did you ever think of writing fiction or anything? Just wondering. Love you all!
ha ha ha!
:)
We have our best chats in the morning before the kids are up... otherwise, like you, we're too distraced (by Google Reader!)
I love it. Especially the unintended truth in it!
yes, i love it! One time i asked jon, "are you a bear?" over the telephone as i was drifting into dreamland. (i was half dreaming of a police officer in a bear suite for some strange reason)
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