Lions, Lighting and Love

Kyle and I are currently on opposite schedules and only have one mutual day off together which are Wednesdays. Wednesdays are clearly my favorite day of the week (besides Sunday mornings at church) because it has officially become our "date night". Kyle sleeps all day because he gets off work at 6 am so usually our day off together doesn't necessarily start until night time anyway which I am completely fine with because it gives me time to do some household chores, go to the gym, take care of Frankie and play with him for a little bit. Today was an especially wonderful date night though because Kyle was somewhat willing to wakeup earlier than 5 o'clock. When I say somewhat it still was a little hard to get him out of bed having only slept for 6 hours but once he was up I was VERY appreciative because he knew how badly I wanted this date night. TONIGHT we went to the zoo!! It was more late afternoon than night since they only stay open until 6 BUT still, even going for just a few hours was important to me! Obviously the most important part of marriage is actually seeing one another during your marriage.

Us Rhode Islanders are so used to the Rodger Williams Zoo and how that's like the bee's knee's for Zoo's around there. They do the pumpkin spectacular, they have elephants, it is a really nice zoo. The Henry Doorly Zoo however makes Rodger PALE IN COMPARISON. They had a whole house
dedicated to the big cats. CATS. Big 'ole ancestors of Frankie to view. A tiger, a leopard, a lion, oh those big cats were so fluffy and cute! I mean, they'd kill you, but they were fluffy and cute. They had so many exhibits to look at and WAY more animals than I ever expected to see! Kyle said he wish he recorded me every time I walked into another room because I sounded like a five year old with all my OO's and AHH's. There's just something about the zoo that makes me feel like such a kid. I'm sure a lot of adults feel that way but I just decide to verbalize it far more than anyone else. It's just fascinating to watch something
that you don't get to see everyday. It's nice to see the creations of God just made for his glory. I just love the zoo. I love going with Kyle. I love going anywhere with Kyle because he is my best friend. Being with him makes me smile because we crack jokes, we poke fun, we made weird faces at the smell of the poop in the Gorilla house, we laughed when I said "I felt like I was in Nemo" when we were in the aquarium and on and on the list goes of our fun. He understands me better than anyone else and he was willing to wake up when he didn't want to in order to make me happy and take me to the zoo. He is the best husband ever. That's what love really is: making sacrifices, making your spouse happy, making sure you take the time to remember why it is you're married in the first place. Anytime we are together just the two of us I am constantly
reminded that I love my husband for the way he makes me laugh, for the silly things he does just for me when no one else is looking, that he loves Penguins (which by the way were the coolest thing at the zoo because they were like bullets under water and popping up waddling around it was just the funniest thing to watch). There are so many other reasons but he strives to make me happy, and I strive to make him happy as well. There is a certain give and take when it comes to marriage. When we got home, if it were up to my unreasonable self I would spend every minute of everyday together however I have to realize this if the first day off for Kyle in four days so he wants to do what he enjoys which is play his game online with his best pal Ryan. Granted, we did eat dinner and watch TV for a little bit which was also a wonderful
way to spend our day together before being interrupted by one of the tenants in the apartment setting off the fire alarm. It was actually a good thing because we went outside to see all the fire trucks and finally met one of the neighbors of our floor.

Now, I am binge watching an entire season of Scrubs on Netflix with Frankie in my lap as I type these very words while also taking a few moments to get up and look at the CRAZY lightning storm that's currently happening outside. The cool thing about being out West now is the very big open sky which is perfect to watch these storms. A little intimidating I might add however a wicked cool thing to witness. I watched it far away and then saw it slowly make its way directly over our apartment complex. The whole sky lights up. It's quite terrifyingly beautiful. You can't help but to be amazed and intimidated knowing you have no control over this chaos. I'm sure in our time here in Omaha we will see a tornado and that's just insane to me. It's nothing to everyone else but TO ME it's going to be a life changing experience. To witness such a destructive, powerful, chaotic looking THING happening right before my eyes, I'll just be in awe. I don't know I might think so differently about these things and be crazy but I am just so simple minded. I am simple minded in a way that is not of stupidity but rather just taking the time to break things down into simple terms. Living simply starts with thinking simply, not stressing about the big stuff or the small stuff, just taking the time to look at some animals and lightning and realizing how beautiful everything around you truly is. Makes me think about my God and how powerful, wonderful, beautiful He is and the things he has done for this Earth are just incredible.
Wednesdays are my favorite days. Next weeks date night: eye exams to buy new glasses for the both of us. Sometimes date night becomes a day of chores instead of "doing something fun" but either way, doing it with Kyle makes me happy and we will make it fun. Love my husband, love my God, love my life.