Yearly Archives: 2006

Let me preface this with… I love my Christopher to death. He’s truly one of the most interesting people I know. He’s extremely smart, ambitious, reliable, funny. He reminds me of the type of guy I remember knowing in high school that I would have had a secret crush on… the kind that is good at everything (academics, athletics, etc.), is always invited to the fun parties, always makes the parties fun, and is always just a little hard to figure out completely. I didn’t know him in high school, but I’m guessing that’s what he was like.

Having had the opportunity to get close to Christopher, and really get to know him, some of those mysteries have been explained, and some haven’t. I know I’ve made fun of Christopher in the past for his irrational fear of sharks and ocean swimming, but I’d completely forgot about his fear of flying until this past week while he was getting ready to go back to Pennsylvania for Christmas.

My life with Christopher is about as odd as anyone’s could possibly be (I know he feels the same about his life with me), but I wanted to share this little conversation we had last night at dinner, about 4 hours before he was going to get on the plane.

Me: “So babe… you nervous about flying?”

Christopher: “You know I hate flying. It stresses me out.”

Me: “I don’t understand why it’s such a big deal to you.”

Christopher: “I like to be in control.” Continue reading →