Making Up For Lost Time

My husband literally worked his life away during his 20's, 30's, and 40's. He was a business owner and everybody knows that no one works harder than the owner himself...at least that's what my husband always says. So when my husband and his brother decided to close up their business 2 years ago, I had mixed emotions, although I was more happy for him than anything else. I was happy that he finally would have some time for himself.

My husband never had the time to develop friendships of his own. Yes, he had longtime childhood friends but he didn't have the time it took to nurture the relationships to keep them going. He'd come home on Friday night from being out of town and ask what we had planned for the weekend. My friends were his friends. Our kids friends parents were his friends. We were his social network.

Well times have changed and I'm happy to say he certainly is making up for lost time!

I'm now married to a social butterfly!

He went to a fun lobster dinner and get together with friends yesterday...I was at work!

He went walking with his group of walking buddies this morning. Yes, my husband who tells me no every time I ask him to go walking with me, now has his "own" walking buddies. While they walked, I slept in, then cleaned. I needed to straighten things up because after their 1 1/2 hour walk, they come in the house to chat some more and drink ice water!

Tomorrow we were invited to brunch with his walking buddies. He's going and bringing the orange juice and ice. I'll be working!

He has developed such strong relationships with the men in our camping club group that he goes camping with them even if I can't. They are like brothers. These guys call each other, they text each other, they email each other, and most importantly, they're always there for each other!

My how times have changed!