Meeting 1/2 of The Parents

I met the Fireman’s father today, quite by accident.  We had plans a few weeks ago to get together for dinner with his parents so we could meet, but his dad got sick so they cancelled.  It’s been difficult to find an evening where I had a babysitter for my boys and he didn’t have his son, so we hadn’t rescheduled yet.  However, sometimes chance meetings occur.  Funny story, this.

Today was the first day my FM hasn’t worked in a few weeks.  He’s been working for a friend of his on his days off for extra cash, doing landscaping jobs around town.  It’s a good gig, he’s getting paid well, but it leaves us little time during the day to just laze about and be all lovey dovey (something we did A LOT when we first got together).  I had one last final this morning (I had the days mixed up and it wasn’t on Tuesday like I had thought), but other than that, no plans for the day. 

I went to his house after the boys got on the bus, then went to take my test, then came back.  He’s been looking into buying a used truck, and had some paperwork to drop of at his credit union, so we did that, ate lunch, and came home.  A few nights ago, we started watching a movie, but fell asleep as soon as it started.  So, we decided to lie in bed and watch the rest.  We stripped down to our underwear because, really? who lies in bed with their jeans on?  Not I.  No, thanks.  So picture this, I’m in my panties and tank top, and he’s in his boxers.  We’re all cuddled up and half asleep when we hear a man calling out his name.  “FIREMAN?”  He looks at me and says, “Dad?”  Uh, what???

We had the door open with the screen door shut because it’s perfect weather right now.  His dad had seen his car in the driveway (mine was on the street), and just stopped by to say hi.  So, his dad walks in the house to see FM coming out of the bedroom, zipping up his jeans, and then I come out, bedheaded up (but fully dressed).  FM tells him we were just about to take a nap, to which he laughed and said, “suuuuuure you were…”  It was hilarious.  I was introduced and his dad gave me a big hug and said it was nice to finally meet me.  He even invited me to the mother’s day dinner they’re having on Sunday.  I’m not going to go, though.  Not because I don’t want to, but because I don’t think any of the boys are ready for that kind of thing. 

Tonight, my friend Mel is watching my boys so that I can spend some one on one time with FM’s son.  We want him to be as comfortable with me as my boys are with him before we get the three of them together.  I’m hoping that we’ll be able to be all together before too much longer.  It’s all exciting, and today was a super great awesome day, even if I was a little red in the face when I met my Fireman’s dad for the first time.  Oh well, it’ll be a great story to tell!