Randy will be happy.

I only have twenty minutes before I have to start making an after school snack for the girls and then I have to walk a ways up the road to the bus stop to get them.

How much can I say in twenty minutes?

Unfortunately, I can usually say a LOT in twenty minutes.

Ha.

I started a post about Dirk over the weekend but I could never seem to get around to finishing it. It's been hella busy around here, the start of fall marking a shift in gears. And I'm eager to get back to regular blogging, not necessarily a huge catch up post with a definitive narrative.

So, let's just stick to the basics, shall we?

He's hung.

HA!

Nah, there isn't much to say about Dirk other than he's a really good guy, all around. Very down to Earth. Good looking, but in an unassuming way. Quiet, but funny as Hell.

He's good to the kids.

They got to know him first and foremost as friends. He would sometimes be around in the afternoons when the girls were finished with camp, many times staying for a simple, summer supper.

He always helps with the dishes.

Julian likes him, for the most part. Dirk doesn't put too many expectations on Julian. They are dudes together.

The girls like him probably for the same reason.

Olivia told me near the end of summer that she could tell I was happy and that she liked me better when I was happy.

'Nuff said.

Dirk is also how I got this house.

His step dad owns it and uses it as a rental property. When the previous tenants left for bigger and better things, Dirk managed to get me in. And get me a good deal. He doesn't live here. His job is still forty minutes away, after all, but he is here a fair bit and although I *hate* to admit it, it's nice to have a man in the house. He's pretty handy and good at fixing things.

The truth is that our relationship happened so gradually and so slowly it was almost impossible to pin down when exactly we became a couple.

He told me he loved me sometime in August.

I told him I had to sit on that.

The next day, I returned the sentiment.

The beauty part was that he was totally cool with my hesitancy.

But yeah..

He's hung.

Muahahahahaha!