For all of the time Senior Jefe and I have been married, every kiss goodbye in the morning has been him leaving for work. It's never really been the other way around in any significant way. I am sure, if you mined my diary, you could find a day here or there where things are different, but on the whole it has always been like this.
This week has been a striking anomaly and perhaps portends of things to come. Senior Jefe is home on leave. I have a ton of work to do and thus, I am getting up early every morning to go to work. This means that instead of him controlling the bathroom, while I try to get things ready to go to work, the situation is reversed. He is making coffee and lunch, while I am getting dressed. It feels really strange, but I cannot say that I feel like it's a bad way to live.
I know Senior Jefe derives a great deal of personal satisfaction from providing for me, for his family. I admit I kind of dig not having to worry about things like money. I particularly like working for the sake of enjoyment of my job, not because I feel I absolutely have to do it to put a roof over my head. Someday this ride will be over and Senior Jefe will have to transition to a new career of some sort. I have to wonder, whenever that day comes, will the roles shift and every kiss goodbye will be a little different?
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