We Needed A Timeout

Last night, Douglas and I had the opportunity to go to the final pre-season Broncos game.  It was raining when we got there, and Kubiak had already announced that not a single starter would see a second of play time (which is probably how we got to go!), but we still went and enjoyed every second of it.  Live sporting events are such a fun atmosphere, and the Broncos do it right at Mile High with sky divers, 4 color guards, a horse, a band, a Broadway singer rocking our nation's song, and a field sized American flag for the National Anthem. We enjoyed just watching the game, getting to see and learn the style and names of some of the new players, and watch men play for the love of the sport and not the numbers on their paycheck.  It was a great night.

What was more, though, was that we got to spend about 8 hours together, alone, and completely uninterrupted by the outside world.  You see this house stuff, it's stressful. We come home from work, kiss, eat a quick meal, and head to separate corners of the house to start working on our projects. Window stain and seal, water down the stucco, measure, tape, screw, unscrew, and fall exhausted in to bed to start it over the next day.  His work schedule has been insane and it is only going to get worse. We still have months ahead of us on the house and are entering crunch time to get it done.  We work opposite hours most of the fall, and even have to go to church without one another occasionally as football season kicks off, and with it, his commitments.

We needed a time out. Not because we had forgotten we loved each other, but because we just needed some time to spend together doing just that: loving each other.  We have traded off days of weakness and strength in this process, and I am so lucky that in my marriage we balance each other out and share the loads in life equally. I forget to stop and be thankful for that.  In the stress of our investment and day to day life, it is sometimes easy for me to lose track of the big picture: I have a good life, I live a blessed existence, I adore my husband, he is beyond good to me, and I am grateful.

So we just needed some time where we weren't working -- either for paychecks or on the house -- and it was glorious.