minalisms

To mark Veterans Day, my husband’s company gave its employees the day off.

I still had to go to work, even though my company has promised to grant me and other workerbees a floating holiday to use by year’s end. We’ll see about that.

Anyway, this situation made for a very jealous Minal this morning, as I dragged ass to clothe and groom myself while Ben stayed in bed all cozy and warm.

He did get up to help me pack my lunch — a very husbandly nicety.

He was so husbandly, in fact, that as I pulled out of the garage and onto our street, still grouchy, Ben was standing outside our front door, with a paper or magazine in one hand and a coffee mug (empty, because he doesn’t drink coffee) in another. He looked at me, grinned and raised the mug à la Ward Cleaver.

His hokeyness made me laugh so loud through my open window I worried the entire cul-de-sac heard.

“He’s totally the man for me,” I thought.

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