fill up our cup: vol. ii, entry ten

this week was a lot of time spent apart. i worked late every night, and that definitely impacted our usual daily rhythms. on friday, we rented a car and headed madison for a day and a bit to do seder with my parents. then we came home saturday night so we could do easter brunch with Alex’s little sister and her boyfriend. it was a jam-packed weekend after a week which didn't include as much quality time as we've grown accustomed to.

a- i’m finding that i’m losing more & more interest in someone’s inability to be blunt with me. i’m exhausted by small talk conversations, and have lost a considerable amount of patience for it. i wanna get to the point. conversation has become sacred to me, a sacred space id like to live in, one that the weather & the things you’re doing with your money aren’t within. 

so having a partner that can transcend conversations about planning chores to contemplating artistic existence, within one breath, has truly become my greatest joy.   

h-

i am deeply grateful for all the time spent with family this weekend. it's something that i have always tried to prioritize, but with each passing year we have realized more and more how hard it is to balance it all. especially now that we are more deeply rooted in our own home, with another little being to worry about, it makes leaving all the more challenging.

but this family time actually isn't what filled up my cup, although it was great. what did fill me up was our time in the car together. we rented a car instead of taking the bus. it came out to be about the same price, and was way more fun. on the way into wisconsin we took back roads through small towns and farmland. we don't always find uninterrupted time to just talk. and that's why i love taking car rides together so very much. it gives us a chance to talk about anything and everything, for extended periods of time. it's such a beautiful experience to be with someone, and have the conversation just flow. and that's exactly what happened. that quality time was just what we needed after the week, and that time together just felt incredibly sacred.