T minus 3 days plus 50 years
Got up this morning in a flurry of what needs to be done before I leave for sabbatical – not to mention getting ready for T’s arrival, and then my departure to NY, and then both of us leaving for the summer to explore Croatia together.
As I’m speeding up the days awaiting her arrival, and then our departure, I’m also focused on slowing down the days of summer so that each day becomes its own vignette in the collection of memories I/we will be making while we are there.
T and I are on the compressed version of our narrative – having made all our big decisions from the very first moment. The T&R book is written something like this:
Chapter One – First comes love
Chapter Two – Then comes marriage (read: 50 year visibility)
Chapter Three – Then comes Bam Bam in a baby carriage
Chapter Four – Meet the parents, the homeland, the language
Chapter Five – Honeymoon on the sea coast
Chapter Six – In/Out party @ the LaLa
Chapter Seven – Family (as my dear friend, Jerri, likes to say “more will be revealed …”)