September 23,  2002

        It's another Monday.  This one is going much better than the last one so far.  Probably because i took a vacation day.  Ostensibly to spend time with Himself - however, He forgot i was doing this and has a pretty busy schedule laid out.  It's the only day of the week He has off for a few more weeks, so a lot of things have to get done.  

      Originally i'd intended on just taking the morning.  Then i woke up to find myself all snuggled warm against a male body.  Heh.  A phone call to one of the boss's and here i am now - waiting for the scheduled nap time later this afternoon.  Yum.

     Although i have to admit starting off yesterday morning with a rather firm spanking has kept me floating along quite nicely.  He likes to pull me on top of Him and have both hands free to whack away to His heart's content.  i just hang on for the ride *eg*.  

      We've also managed to hang onto the D/s side of things during this work stage fairly well.  Rituals are still observed - and when i know He's going to get in late at night or have to keep working after i've gone to bed, i put the cuff on His pillow.  Sometimes i'm awake when He fastens it on my wrist, sometimes not.  Either way, i find it securely placed on me in the mornings.  It helps keep both our heads in a good place.

      Saturday night was very cool.  i went to the theatre and watched how they add lighting to a play.  It's all very intricate in timing and in creating effects.  For example, at one point in the play the actors are going to "be in Washington", and then at another point, they will "be in El Paso".  The use of warm and cool light, directed at different areas of the stage, will 'suggest' the location differences.

      And on top of all this learning (and spending time with Himself) i actually drove myself to the theatre.  i have taken the car out a few times lately.  i'm not really enjoying it much yet - i'm totally paranoid that i'm going to get hit - driving in this city is a skill that goes above and beyond the ability to drive.  i'm convinced you have to be slightly insane as well.  And brave - like Himself's brother, who spent the night last Friday, so that he could give me a "driving directions on the highway" lesson on Saturday morning.

      Brave brave man.  He was quite gracious about it all though.  And i only made his heart stop once (some van decided it needed to be on the road!).  i remember the days when i'd make a man's heart stop more often than that however.  i must be losing my touch.

      my feet have been pretty happy for the last couple of days as well.  The above said brave man also gave me a foot massage.  i was practically crippled when i got home after work on Friday - he insisted a massage was what i needed.  i hate it when men are right!  But it's been heaven ever since - plus i've made a conscious effort not to wear anything to disturb the foot karma.

      Now if he could just fix my hair problem.  That department is definitely not improving.  i trimmed some of it yesterday and tried to style it in a different way.  Total bust.  The second i change the direction of the "sweep" it becomes really obvious that there's not a lot of hair.  Which in turn reminds me more and more of my mother.  

      i think i've sorted out some of my angst from a week or so ago about her again, and have come to the realization that some of the emotions are probably surfacing due to the fact that the anniversary of her death is coming up.  It will be 3 years on the 28th of this month.  Once i realized that, everything (including the dreams) seemed to settle down again.  i wonder if i'll continue to have angst about her for the rest of my life.  i often wonder why the angst about my father was easier to get over - but perhaps something internal thing in my head has found a way to explain away the inappropriate touching.  Perhaps the discovery of him not being my biological father put things into a different perspective.  Who knows.

     (Much later ... had to leave for a bit)

      Well ... this has definitely been a bonus Monday.  Not only did i have a day off with Himself, but He took me to one of our favourite places for lunch, along with a colleague of His, and i got to listen in on artistic creative type discussions.  Then we dropped the buddy off at his next appointment, and did some errands, including a trip to the wine store to pick out some selections.  After that a brief stop at home to check the movies that were playing and then!! Himself treated me to a movie out, complete with a snack, and we saw "Secretary".

      Excellent.  This movie is more than worth seeing.  It captures the essence of what D/s is all about.  And only one aspect of it, but a thorough understanding of that aspect.  There are so many different ways of living D/s.  

      If i had any complaints it would be only for the ending .. while the story turned out exactly the way it should .. the look in the female lead's eyes at the very end is just not what would be seen in the eyes of most of the submissives that i know.  But i won't go into detail yet.  It would ruin the viewing for others who haven't seen the movie.

      But you really need to see the movie.

      And so Himself and i had a great day of catching up and bonding.  And i'm sitting here finishing up this post as ordered, wearing the day cuffs which are restricting my movements.  And inhaling the aroma of fresh lamb on the bbq, getting hungry and ready to light candles and open a bottle of wine.

      Big difference from last week.

      Happy Monday.    

 

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