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Its always so nice to receive good news. Yesterday evening, my beloved sent me a text message and said he had both bad and good news. He asked which one news I would like to receive first and I said bad news.  Knowing him, he likes keeping one in suspense and  he wrote back and said he will share in person. So I texted back and said good news but he still said he would share face to face. Lucky for me, he wasn't too far from SAS.

He told me that the business trip he was to go today Thursday to Sunday had been cancelled. Right there I started smiling ear to ear because he had travelled the previous weekend and we miss him alot when he is away. Things are never the same when he leaves so to hear that he would be here made me smile. The bad news was that he would have to work late one of the evenings. I complained abit but said its better to have him home than not at all.

Over the weekend, someone made a remark that bothered me. Hearing that Alex had travelled,  he said ;that  is the price you pay for marrying a marketer'. As I drove away with Samara strapped at the back,I wondered whether we really have to pay any price because of our careers.Am not sure where I would go with that discussion but maybe we can leave it as food for thought.

For now am celebrating having my beloved home.

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Alexander said…
and home u shall have me my family. Love u guys!!
29 July 2011 at 15:59
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