I do not recommend long-distance wedding planning unless it is really, TRULY worth it. It is much more complicated than
Fortunately for us, it's worth it.
But at the end of this past weekend, we returned home with a full car, a dog with a full bladder, and a driveway full of snow and ice. So much that we couldn't even get in the driveway to unpack the car and then deal with the snow. After a long, busy weekend and a long, tiring drive we had a long, icy driveway to clear. Long story short, we tried to manage the situation as best we could. But after a puppy accident in the house and the realization that the task of clearing the driveway was more onerous than anticipated, we were not in very good spirits. My irrationally regimented approach to manual snow removal (thanks for that quality, dad!) was rubbing Cam the wrong way.
His response?
Show me how annoying I was being by mimicking my behavior back to me.
It was funny.
So funny that I was slip-sliding around and we were both giggling. We realized it was the first time we were shoveling snow together. I have spent most of my adult life contributing only tax dollars towards snow removal. But now here we were, scraping and shoveling, turning sniping into smiles sharing a task in our home for the first time.
Sometimes connections come from a negative place (or an annoyance!), not always an act of love or kindness. Good thing I always appreciate a little teasing and mockery at my own expense...
