Here it was, February already and my birthday weekend at last. A mixed sense of emotions crossed over me, I was happy that I was going to have a nice relaxing weekend, but I was none-to-thrilled that at the end of the weekend I would be 39. Fuck me, the big 4-0 is right around the corner now. Oh well, I'm going to make the most of it. By my request there is no party for me, but I intend on having a few well-deserved drinks this weekend with Meghan. God bless Meghan's mom for taking our little guy for the weekend, I won't have to worry about getting up early if I have a few too many. I really need to let lose, I've been working like a slave for a boss who sees no good in what I do, so I really need time to truly just kick back, relax and de-stress.
Whoa! "Pay fucking attention to what you are doing dickhead" I said to myself as my mind wandered and I had to jump on my binders to avoid rear-ending the car in front of me. Fucking traffic on the 407, I can't believe I pay these friggin' criminal tolls and then have to sit in traffic. Paying for the pleasure of going to and from work, what a life.
Finally getting into the home stretch here -- and what do you know, I hit all three lights through town. Really!?! Does anyone in this city know how to properly time a series of lights on a main drag? Fuck you Whitby!
Ah, my driveway at last. It is good to be home. It will be nice to spend some time with Meghan tonight, I really feel like I haven't been able to see her much lately. Her job keeps her very busy during the day and she has a very active social life that keeps her out of the house several nights a week and on the weekends too -- she has been away a lot lately, I don't really even have a good appreciation of what she has been up to. I have been just too busy with work during the day and the little guy and work during the evening to focus there. I know she has been happy and that she would let me know if I was being too much of an ignorant dick, so I'm pretty sure we're good.
I get out of my car and almost wipe out on a patch of ice -- damn these dress shoes -- I would wear galoshes, but really, does anyone where those any more? I tread lightly up the walkway and stairs and push open the door and there right in the front hall two feet from the door is Meghan in her bathrobe looking like she was almost ready to go out, just had to get on her clothes. I was trying to recall at that moment whether or not we had discussed going out together tonight because I was really not in the mood to, but just when I was thinking that I might have fucked up yet again she smiled and said sweetly "come in sweetie, it's cold out there and I don't want to get too chilly standing here with the door open. You know me, I'm always cold." With that said she stepped back from the door and I entered our house.
She never took her eyes off of me and she had a coy look on her face when she said, "I was worried I was going to have to start without you." At this point I was again thinking that I must have missed something that she said to me earlier in the week, which was not all that uncommon as I have a nasty habit of half-listening to people when I am focusing on something else. While I was going through my thoughts she turned and walked away from me and then started to head downstairs, beckoning me to follow her. At this point I figured she must have ordered some Chinese food for dinner and she, like me, was feeling hungry and was ready to eat.
As I popped my shoes off and hung my coat I was wondering what was going on, why am I being summoned to the basement when all I want to do is get changed and grab a drink, the Chinese food can wait. I was just thinking that I would quickly run upstairs and get in my comfy clothes when again I heard Meghan yell up the stairs to me, "come on Eric, there's something I want to show you down here." So, I guess I will have to wait to get in my jammies and I headed to the basement as instructed -- I figure at this point she has done something that she was excited to show me, probably some re-arranging as I know she is not really happy with way the basement is setup right now. That's fine, I can wait a few minutes.
As I head into the basement I notice that it is nice and warm, meaning she has had the fireplace going for quite some time. Being the dick I can be, I immediately concluded that she forgot to turn it off when she went upstairs to get showered, I was a bit miffed because we have talked about this, but considering how cold it was outside the warmth was a nice departure, so I would forgive her this time.
I enter the basement and hang a right into the play room and I notice she has already moved quickly around the corner into the TV room. I'm lingering behind wondering why the coffee table from the TV room is in the play room and I'm thinking to myself, "oh come on, she didn't buy a new friggin' table did she? This one is brand new." I round the corner from the playroom into the TV room and BAM what do I see? Meghan, standing in the middle of the room, no more bathrobe and wearing something quite provocative.
My eyes immediately snap to hers and she is looking right at me with that beautiful, sexy smile flashing fully. Gawd she is a good looking girl, I really have to thank that personal trainer of hers, he inspired her to shape her body in a way that most 37 year old, hell 20 year old, woman would die for. But come to think of it, I don't think I need to thank that personal trainer of hers anymore than she already has -- he's still reaping the benefits of the great work he did -- probably more frequently than I am.