Nick and I got a taste of what it will be like when the kids leave home and we're free and single again (although no longer young, sadly). They were both out early doing a music event for Oxfam, then H went for a sleepover at her girlfriend's place and Nina was of with her boyfriend P for a weekend break in Blackpool. Nick and I spent some leisurely time together doing the obvious, even recreating our pre-parenting days by sitting on the sofa together, Nick watching something on TV and me chattering and being distracting. It was lovely and left me with a fizzy giddy feeling all day. There's such a contrast between how I was feeling about our relationship a couple of weeks ago -I was seriously concerned we were unravelling - and today when we are as perfect as we've always been.
We went out to do the usual Saturday chores, a little shopping, the pet shop for a sack of Darcy food, a coffee and the papers. I wasn't thinking about much, mostly focused on the feel of Nick's hand in mine, how warm he is when I lean against him, how my cheek fits into the hollow between his neck and shoulder.
The clouds were high and fluffy in the blue sky. That's about the only thing outside of Nick and me that I noticed today. I was content.
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