Weekend stuff

[brightrosefox]

I think something I really cherish about my marriage is our mutual ability to withstand emotional turmoil and come through it laughing. Yesterday, Adam experienced his worst mood swings since starting the Chantix. He snapped at me, yelled at me, argued with me, and was completely opposite from his usual laidback, relaxed attitude. It was like a nicotene fit multiplied by a hundred. After the grocery shopping, we got home and he shook himself out of the craziness. Intense sex helped, and he apologized over and over until we were laughing. He'd scared himself. But I knew this could happen; I'd researched Chantix and nicotene withdrawal enough to expect these abrupt behavioral changes. It's not so much the drug as it is the brain and body withdrawing from the nicotene. But yes, scary. He never wants to be like that again, he says. He says that his love for me was holding him back from really exploding.
Everything is better now. Last night we made skillet fried potatoes and eggs with chopped beef, and brownies. We watched "Labyrinth" and "Stardust" (Adam adored "Stardust" and ranked it up with "Labyrinth" and "The Princess Bride"). This morning we ate more brownies. I made myself a lunch of bologna on wheat bread with mayo, mustard, and relish, and I broiled shoestring potatoes in the toaster oven. Adam is having fun with the various houseplants, clipping leaves and administering food. Charlotte and Billy will be coming over soon. We might watch "Stardust" again.
No more physical evidence of winter. The snow has all melted. I don't expect it to last very long. But I'm going to enjoy it while I can.