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What I Learned from my 3-Week Unemployment

Installment 3

What I Learned about Nathan

I have the best husband ever.

I told him I was going to quit my job. I told him that I had done the math and we would be fine for a while.

He said, “Okay.”

I told him not to worry, that I would find a job soon. That I would spend the interim time getting things in order: I’d keep the house clean. I’d clean out the junk drawers. I’d cook every day. I’d exercise.

He said, “Okay.”

I was having chocolate chip issues. I asked him to hide the bag. He didn’t call me crazy, or say it was stupid.

He just said, “Okay.”

I told him that I had taken a job. It meant that I would be spending 14 nights in February away from home.

He said, “Okay.”

I got a wild hair and decided that I wanted an iPhone. I knew that I had been out of work for 3 weeks, and a paycheck was still several weeks away. My phone was doing wonky things, but I told him that I knew I would have to wait a while, but I wanted to wait until we could get an iPhone instead of getting any old phone .

Then one night on the way home from church, he said that I should go ahead and get the iPhone. I was unsure. He said, “You want it. It’s okay”

He is incredibly grateful of what I do for him. He notices. He gets me cards. He goes to the gym with me. He finishes off my plate when I am full. He scoops the cat litter. He loves me. No matter what.

And I say, “Okay.”

(I miss you, honey!)