The rumors are true. Elizabeth and I have been talking about the possibility of the 'M' word- marriage.
The concept began to solidify in our recent phone conversations. She has been down in New Orleans, her home, for the past week for her spring break, having had a few serious conversations with her family about the matter, whereas I, in the Northeast have been having similar conversations with my parents, who coincidentally are visiting from Brooklyn. Elizabeth returns tonight. We will be putting our heads together, comparing notes, and I will share with you, our findings.
After concluding one of our mushy phone conversations earlier this morning, I was bombarded with the mental list of tasks that had to be performed today involving the house. Rent carpet-cleaning machine, paint floorboards in study, fill in cracks in the wall in dining room… The list seemed to continue and grow infinitely.
There was a complexity in the equation. My parents were visiting. And, I also felt obligated to entertain them.
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