Last night Jan came home early. So early that I hadn’t even thought about what to cook for tea yet! Then, instead of working some more, he washed the dishes while I made eggy bread and we sat down together to watch two episodes of Farscape, snuggled up on the sofa. I don’t know whether he figured out for himself that I was feeling lonely and neglected or if somebody told him (he never reads my blog, so that can’t be it), but however he figured it out he acted on it, and it was lovely. It’s amazing the difference that a few hours of quality with my boyfriend can make! Now he just needs to hurry up and finish his thesis so we can have regular couple time again…
How sweet of him! It is always hard when your partner is busy and your feeling a bit neglected. So nice when you do get some quality time together.
It’s rare, but nice when it happens. He goes to Turkey for a week at the end of the month with work… hopefully he’ll have abit more time after that.
Eggy bread and Farscape! Nice!
I love eggy bread!
Eggy bread for tea, and watching tv together sounds like a lovely evening. 🙂
Eggy bread for tea is the best 😀
Glad to hear. Random question (which maybe you have addressed at some earlier point before I began reading): in what language do you two converse? Is your German better than his English? Or are you each equally proficient in both languages? Just curious! 🙂
English. When we first got together, my German was terrible! We could converse in German now, and have tried a few times but we alwwys end up speaking English again without realising… it’s such an ingrained habit now! He has left in the US twice though, so his English is amazing.
But now your German is so good that you work as a translator — excellent!
I know about ingrained habits! I am unable to speak to my mother in anything other than Latvian. With my siblings I mix languages more (although it’s probably 96% Latvian and only 4% English), but my younger sister is prone to point this out and scold me for not speaking Latvian.
BTW, have you played the Great Language Game? I’m putting up a blog post about it tonight.
I’ve never heard of the Great Language Game… will have to check out your post.
I completely understand how it feels to be in a relationship where your partner has little or no control over how much time you get to spend together. But it’s evenings like that one that remind you that it’s all worth it.
Yes, when he makes an effort I remember why I let this continue 😀
That is so sweet. I am glad you were able to spend some quality time together!
He can be sweet when he tries 😉
Nothing better than cuddles in front of the tv!
Exactly!
See, sometimes men do have their uses! Glad you’re feeling a little bit cheerier!
You married one so I suppose they must 😉
Yay for quality time! I’d love some myself. *sigh* Glad to hear you had a lovely evening.
Eggy bread recipe BITTE!!!!!
My Feedly goes in backwards chronological order so I’ve not got to you being lonely yet but if you wanted to hang out Skype-wise etc just give me a shout!
I can’t do Skype on this computer – it’s ancient and Jan hasn’t done any updates in ages so Skype just makes it freeze!
Eggy bread is easy… beat eggs in a bowl with some milk, season the egg mixture with salt & black pepper (sometimes I also add a pinch of cayenne pepper) soak slices of bread in the egg (I usually cut the bread in 4 so I can fit the pieces in the bowl) then fry on a fairly high heat, turning over half way through to get the egg on both sides cooked. That’s it!
Omg. I have some bread since I’m making a friend a sandwich tomorrow for his birthday so I’m going to try that tonight.
Just a little bit of milk mind. You don’t want it to be too milky/runny. It should still taste eggy 😀
Very good to hear that you got some quality time in! And good to hear that he seems to have a sense of when you need it. That’s a good thing. 🙂
And if you like it sweet, put some vanilla-butter essence in there, use toast instead of “normal” bread and eat it with powdered sugar. Do die for!!!
Aw. That sounds like a nice day together. ❤