Right!, she says rolling up her sleeves! As many of you regular readers know, I have been struggling with the Blogging of late and had a conversation with Mr S about it the other day. He told me that Donut Child was great but that I was still scared to Blog in a more emotive way as I know who is reading it. He set me a challenge. He asked me to Blog honestly and to email it to him, before publishing, for his opinion. I have been Musing about the conversation for the last couple of days and have decided, bugger it! I am soooo... not doing that, in fact I am going to Blog 'honestly' about how I perceive him, publish it and be damned. If he wants me to write full on then he must deal with the consequences. Challenge on, here I go....
I met Mr S on the 4th of October last year. Previous to that we had been talking via MSN and phone as our first contact was on an Internet dating site. We met at a country pub and had a meal together. He was so different to any of the guys I had met and I did not know quite how to act with him. In fact if I am honest, I was pretty nervous around him and I usually only act like that around guys I really fancy. Consequently, I had too much to drink and he was unbelievably patient with me. The next morning he woke me and asked if I wanted anything to eat. What struck me was that he didn't just go down for breakfast and leave it at that, he came back up, ruffled my hair and offered to bring me breakfast in bed. He slowly revealed himself as a very caring individual.
We spent a couple of hours talking and I got my train home. At that moment in time I did not realise that I had met the most wonderful guy, who was destined to become one of my best friends and I cannot imagine my life without him. Mr S is an anomaly in this world. I suppose he could be perceived as dangerous but he has a strong moral code made up of honesty, forgiveness, humility and standing tall in anothers shoes. This is why he is such a huge force in my life.
Ok, ok sycophantic bit over. We do have our moments, I have actually put the phone down on him on a number of occasions, being a stressy knickers and furious because he is always right and I HATE being wrong! He deals with my tantrums, instantly forgives me and reverts to the norm. Not many guys can do that.
What makes this guy so special?, I hear you ask. He has a photographic memory, which I struggle to keep up with. I am a bit of a live wire myself and have never met a guy that could keep up with me on all levels. My brain is a bloody peanut compared to his amazing abilities. That has its own frustrations but he is good for me as if I get lazy, he immediately pulls me up short and puts me back on track.
We have a lot in common. We are both insomniacs and its good too talk to someone in the wee small hours. We both Blog and I inspired him to create another more fun, elemental Blog. We spark off each other and share a love of Greek mythology and food. I know I have to re-learn most of what I have forgotten about Greek mythology. We both have the ability to 'scan read'. He does it as a matter of course, me when I choose to. He recognizes my love of literature and languages and wishes that he could read and lose himself in a book as I do. His photographic memory denies this pleasure to him. Most of our 'fun' arguments are about words and grammar. He has studied Greek and Latin and I will shout at him until I am blue in the face about origins of words.
Oh....I forgot to mention, he is a talented Engineer and can do anything he desires. Lay a floor, build a kitchen, re-wire or plumb a house, fix a boiler and teach little old me to hot wire a phone socket! My car was vandalised. He said, no problem and arrived on my doorstep with the glass for the back window and fixed it. He can panel beat, respray and service a car, strip an engine....etc...etc... I think you get the picture. He builds computers and often wanders round to friends to sort their 'pute problems out....Phew, I am exhausted.
He challenges, frustrates, exhausts and irritates me....and I bloody love it! We all need friends like Mr S. His only problem is a penchant for beautiful girls and I have lots of fun teasing him about his 'Harem'. Luckily they are in safe hands....
Be Kind to those around you.
Muse x
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