Well, it seems summer has found us once again. And while I must admit I'm still getting used to this San Francisco definition of the season, I still feel just as excited for all the possibilities for this time of year as I did when I was a child. (Interestingly enough, many of my hopes for the summer are similar to those of a child's wishes. I want to eat ice cream everyday and I will make it Disney Land this summer... I will.)
As the month of June draws to a close I've found myself finding comfort in old Joni Mitchell songs; more specifically, her "Both Sides Now". She expresses feelings about exploring clouds, love, and life only to admit to not really knowing them at all. I feel like is something we can all obviously relate to and while I'm here at the start of this new adventure attempting to look at life and love... okay, and clouds... in a new way, I can't help but wonder if it'll lead me in a giant circle back to the beginning or if maybe, just maybe, it'll lead me in a whole different direction with an entirely new shape to follow. I suppose we'll all discover that in time but until then, let the shopping begin!
So Part One of the book is called "What to Shop For" and in it we find twelve rules... I'm now realizing that these rules make up half the book leaving me with the shorter sections Part Two and Three to suggest how to make it all happen. Wow, thanks a lot book, try to explain this to my mother. I'm going to do my best to race through Part One because I know that my dating ups and downs are much more entertaining to read than how I feel about these "rules". But stay with me. I think it's important to at least touch upon them so we can all be on the same page (pun intended!) for this entire process.
Part One tells us that, "if you're willing to put pen to paper to make a trip to the supermarket, why in the world wouldn't you do it for a husband?" So true. I guess... the book immediately says not to write this down until they "help me" in perfecting my PGHM shopping list. What is PGHM you ask? Oh, well it means Perfectly Good Husband Material... and I have a sneaky suspicion we're going to hear a lot of it. And while the book suggests that I wait before thinking about some things I'm looking for until that special moment when I've been enlightened, I thought it would be more amusing to make one now and then compare it later. Look at me. Breaking the rules already.
Here we
go. Just some thoughts from the top of my head of things I'd like in my future husband.- Please be literate.
Alright. I guess if we could work on some of these others, that would be great too...
- Please know that if there's a big scary bug/ creature in the room with us I'm going to need you to NOT kill it but remove it and bring it to a safe environment outside. Sorry. I'm just that kind of girl.
- Please enjoy animals... or okay, my animal. And no that's not a euphemism, I have a pet dog.
- Please tolerate spicy food... it's even better if you like it so that I can cook things to be extra spicy. (And that IS an euphemism! Okay, no it's not. I just really talk about food a lot.)
- Please tolerate me. It'd be ideal if you liked me though. Loved me really. And able to communicate that you do. For a Communications major you'd be surprised to know how much I need someone to verbalize their feelings before I understand them.
- You have to make me laugh. I can't say please on that one because it's really the most important thing. Even beyond literacy, I guess. We have to be able to laugh together, and laugh a lot, if we're going to be married.
I guess that's my list for now. We'll see how things change at the end of this reading experience, huh? Well, I'm going to leave it at that for now... we'll rush through the rules next time. I also just glanced at Part Two and I have to say I may regret signing on to do this before reading what I would have to do... one of the chapters is entitled "Speed Dating is the Way to Go!" Oh, goodness...
