Shakin' All Over

I had a terrible dream last night. It showed up in my head, just before I woke up and it left me shaky and needing to talk to someone but it was only 6:30 am and too early for phone calls. I had married some “other man”. I guess I got tired of the “Val and Orin” show or maybe Orin just jumped into his fast car and never came home after work any more. I am not sure. That part wasn’t in the dream. But there I was in this room with a complete stranger. His parents came over for dinner and brought a couple of his brothers. He was just so aloof and that whole family was annoying.  Attractive but Annoying. And I just kept going over and asking Orin for advice and feeling really bad that he would likely stop answering my questions pretty soon – because he would probably start dating. And that was a very weird, lonely, awkward thought. You can probably tell – it was a sad dream - borderline nightmare.  Anyway I was so happy to wake up and realize that the man I was NOT lying next to in my warm bed (he had already driven off to work in his fast car) was NOT the guy in the dream. I was THRILLED that my world, with all of it’s problems, disappointments and uniquely intriguing people is still completely in tact. But more than that, I am still married to my comfortable, adorable, greaser husband. That was a huge, delirious relief. And he loves me – I know this: BECAUSE he has already called me twice today to ask me to look for something. BECAUSE  I am the one that sorts his socks and loses his favorite jeans and he doesn’t even get mad - just rolls his eyes. And BECAUSE I just caught the scent of the huge bouquet of roses that he brought home yesterday. 

          HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!