June 21st, 2006

Today is the first summer day. This morning the alarm clock interrupted our sleep. It was hot, during the night and we weren’t able to rest. Just sleep but turning and turning. Last night Gabriel had slept alone in his bed and this was good: in three in one bed would have been too much.

Like every day, I’m the first to get up from our bed. I went to the bathroom and, as usual, I turned on my radio, I like listening to music while putting on my contact lens and shaving. Then I went back to the room and, with many little kisses around Bing’s neck, her eyes (still closed), her arms, I asked her to wake up.

I went to the kitchen and I prepared our milk: we are in three and we have three different ways to prepare milk. I used to put some honey, Bing likes to have chocolate and Gabriel wants sugar! Then I ate corn flakes, my wife a “brioche” and Gabriel, as most of the times he doesn't like to eat anything. Gabriel, usually, wakes up only around 7.15 so we are always in rush. Anyway I can leave my house a little after 7.30, thanks to Bing that, while Gabriel is drinking milk she is dressing him up. I check if all I need is with me (cell phone, wallet, my bag, coins, etc) but often, when I’m already inside the car, I realize I miss something (i.e. glass or some papers) and so I have to come back again!

As every morning of our marriage life, before going out, I kiss her lips. Gabriel gives, every morning, four kisses to Bing! I’m jealous.

At this point, we started to go in our 'own ' directions: I brought Gabriel to the nursery school then drove for work while my wife walked til her office. Near 12.30 I called my wife, two minutes, only to listen to her voice, and the appointment for the night. When I went out from my office, I had to start another run against the time! I went to take Gabriel at my parent’s house. Then I drove till Bing’s office. As usual Gabriel had been sleeping only 10 minutes after he jumped in to the car, so when I met Bing, he was still sleeping soundy.

At the end, we arrived at home. While Bing was preparing something to eat, me and Gabriel had our shower. When we finished, Bing went to have the shower while I set the table for supper. Finally we had our supper while watching TV, I know it isn't good. After eating, Bing and Gabriel went on the sofa and I washed the dishes. After this, we were able to spend some time watching TV together. This is the moment in our day I like better, when me and Bing, often, can stay near each other even if, sometime, Gabriel comes in between us, literally! Gabriel began to sleep and that was the moment to have our chance to be really alone. We went to our bed.

I don’t know why, but sometime I remember when I was working at my first company. At that time there was a colleague of mine that looked “old” to me ; I was 23 and he was near 50. Once he was talking to us about his marriage and he said that, even if he had been married for long time and his wife wasn’t anymore young, looking at her when she was naked still excited him. For me is the same, even if there are some differences. I've been married from 5 years only and my wife is 17 years younger than me. Even if our body changed after our wedding and neither me nor her have an athletic shape (I’m 10 kilos above my correct weight), looking at her when she is naked always excite me.

It was nice, as usual, and after we stayed hugged for many minutes, then, owing to the hot temperature, we had to move a little bit far: under this point of view, I like better winter!