He's Got the Looks and the Brain!

On the twenty-first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me help.  I am not fully computer savvy, and I'm not a direction reader either, so when it comes to fun programs that I do my designing on, half the time I am wondering around and clicking buttons until something happens.  If it doesn't happen I just move on.  Well, I am working on a very serious project for a client so everything has to be flawless.  I needed to select something that was layered at the very bottom, which lead me to believe I was going to have to start the design all over again.  James had seen I was confused and furious (I'm very noticeable when I'm angry and if I'm on my computer I punch the keys harder than usual), so he offered his assistance.  I was trying to explain that selecting the object was not doable, not to mention he's never played with the program or read any of the directions either, but to my surprise and a few clicks later he selected the object.... -_-

Moments later I was having difficulties changing the color of an object, which normally I can do, but of course for kicks it didn't want to change colors.  Quickly feeling the burn and anger fill inside me, he heard my vicious typing and in a sweet baby tone of voice he said "Want some more help" with a perky cheeked smile.  He pried the computer from my fingers and again, two or three clicks and he handed my computer back over to me with the color theme bar up so I could select a color for the object.

I don't know how he does it, but he can pick up anything and within a matter of moments he's some kind of pro!  I don't think I have ever asked a question he could not answer.

It's sort of a competition between us! Who's right and who's wrong (I'm never right).  Actually, just last night I made a comment about the Grinch and his dog.  James said "The Grinch doesn't have a dog" and I knew this was my opportunity to be right, excitedly we both pulled out our phones and started looking it up.  Of course, I was right and I began to celebrate as much as I could.  Joking, he gave a frownie face and said I was mean.  I simply replied "You know what! This is the FIRST time I was right with no doubts.  You're always right, now let me have my turn!".  We rolled around laughing as I did my funny dances.

He is my all knowing boyfriend and I look up to him!

Honor, Love, and Devotion.

On the twentieth day of Christmas my true love gave to me a chance to use my nurturing skills.  I was taught to honor the ones we love and give them everything you can from your heart.  There are many ways to honor someone, but in this case I honor James by standing by his side waiting for him to ask something of me, especially when he's not feeling well.  When James got home yesterday from his hunting trip, exhausted and not feeling too well.  He had sent me a text that he wasn't feeling good and I immediately took action.  He always tells me that he can take care of himself but I know what I can do will make him feel better.

I hate not feeling good and I hate to see him not feeling well, so I have sought out home remedies of my own to help him.  I feed him his ox tailed soup, made by his wonderful mother, with rice to get something in his stomach because if he is left without food for too long it makes him more uncomfortable.

I can tell when he's not feeling good, so I am always prepared, however I am always a worry wart and I actually carry a bag with things like epi-pens, band aids, ibeprophen, tums, sleep aid, cough drops, vitamins, digestion aid, and much much more (It's a full grocery bag because a normal first aid bag isn't big enough).

James enjoys taking bathes when he isn't feeling good and I have a bath salt he soaks in that relieves his insides.  I have everything lined up next to his bedside, any medications he needs to take, glass of cold ice water, glass of ginger ale and apple juice mixed together (that always helps), his ox tail soup, and all of the remotes in case he wants to watch tv.  His bed is usually made for him and his pillows fluffed, I want him to feel as comfortable as he can, and I have a fan next to the bed to control his temperature.

When I can, I gently drag my fingers along his back, arms and head to help him fall asleep.  He said to me once when I wasn't feeling good that when you're not feeling good, it's best to give your body as much rest as possible.  It may be hard to fall asleep but when you do fall asleep you wont hurt anymore and your body will wake itself up if it really has to.  I have actually lived by this since he mentioned it and this technique has saved me a lot of late nights in the living room.  You would not believe how much the back tickles (that is what we call them) have helped, although I must admit that when other people have tried to give me back tickles or arm tickles they don't really do it the correct way.  When giving your partner back tickles, drag your fingers as light and as slow as possible, don't tickle in the same spot for more than 10 seconds (this will start to make the spot raw and may make this uncomfortable for him), and tickle the tender areas like the neck, tops of the shoulders, shoulder blade areas and sides of the ribs.  Avoid waist, lower back and face because those are the most ticklish places and if your partner is not feeling good it will make them too uncomfortable.

Lavender.  Lavender is a very comforting scent and can calm the body quickly.  I have found that potpourri right next to his bed is good, I also have this little bean bag filled with Lavender and beans that I warm up for 30 seconds in the microwave and stick under his pillow or under the covers.

To mediate his temperature, have the fan blowing directly on him and cover him with warm blankets.  As much as I love sleeping with a sweatshirt on at night ;D, doing this really works and helps him stay asleep!

He still wasn't feeling all too well this morning so I made him toast with hash browns for breakfast, something very simple but something I can make a lot of to fill up his belly.  The rest of today he relaxed in bed, tried to take a nap, watched movies and don't worry I made sure he hydrated himself all day.

I love taking care of James, I will do it until the end of time and I love doing things for him, just to know what I do makes him feel much better.  It's nice to see what we would do for each other, even if we're at our worst, and to know how far you would go for that person to make them feel better or thought of.  It's the thought of being thought of that helps heal in many ways.