{"id":733,"date":"2008-02-18T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T19:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=733"},"modified":"2008-02-18T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T22:25:48","slug":"monkey-on-our-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"Monkey on Our Backs"},"content":{"rendered":"

H.E. turned to look at me. “I had a weird dream last night.”<\/p>\n

“Uh-huh.”<\/p>\n

“We were planning our wedding. I wanted to have a monkey there, and you didn’t.”<\/p>\n

I blinked. “That is<\/em> strange. You know I’d totally be OK with having a monkey at our wedding.”<\/p>\n

“I know! That’s what made it so weird. It wasn’t like you.”<\/p>\n

The dream must have been very vivid, though, because the subject came up time and time again over the next few days, which is weird in itself because the only time monkeys come up in our everyday conversations is when he compares my clumsy handling of an object to a monkey fucking a football.<\/p>\n

He shook his head. “I still don’t understand why you didn’t want the monkey there. I was going to outfit him in a tuxedo and everything.”<\/p>\n

I sighed. “Don’t worry about it. I would love<\/em> to have a monkey at the wedding. You know that.”<\/p>\n

“I know.”<\/p>\n

He still couldn’t figure out the dream though, and we had more conversations like the one directly above, where he marveled at the weirdness, and I assured him I’d allow a monkey to attend the ceremonies.<\/p>\n

Yet, a few days later, after he was reassured and had forgotten all about it, I started thinking about it on my own, wondering. Then, out of the blue, I shouted up the stairs to him.<\/p>\n

“But there will be no footballs at the wedding!”<\/p>\n

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H.E. turned to look at me. “I had a weird dream last night.” “Uh-huh.” “We were planning our wedding. I wanted to have a monkey there, and you didn’t.” I blinked. “That is strange. You know I’d totally be OK with having a monkey at our wedding.” “I know! That’s what made it so weird. It wasn’t like you.” The dream must have been very vivid, though, because the subject came up time and time again over the next few…<\/p>\n

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