With this ring...

It’s been a long and tiring day. Rachel and I went to Splash Country with my sister, nephew, and niece today, so I am very tired as I write this. But something very unexpected happened today, and I wanted to write about it before I went to bed.

We started the day at the wave pool. After getting fresh sunscreen on everyone, we wanted to spend a few minutes there getting wet before we headed off to one of the rides. I hadn’t been in the water long when I threw my hand up in the air, and saw my wedding ring go flying through the air.

Now before anyone panics – I got it back no problem. I saw it fly off my finger, go though the air in an arc, and land in the pool about 15’ away. I walked right over, saw it on the bottom, and picked it up. No panic, no searching, no worry. But it did create an unexpected situation…

You see, I haven’t been able to take my ring off and feel comfortable about it yet. I have taken it off for a few minutes at a time, but it never made it out of my hands, and always went back on my finger. But when it came off today, I knew I had to leave it off at the park or risk losing it somewhere, so I just naturally went and put it in the locker. Then immediately asked myself if I would put it back on or not.

During the day, it didn’t really bother me for it to be off. But on the drive home, I found myself “noticing” that it was off – fingering the place where it would be on my hand. I couldn’t put it back on during the drive (to keep it losing it in the locker or dropping it without noticing, I put it on my key ring like a key), and started wondering if I would put it back on when I got home.

I’ve been home about 3 hours now, and it’s still on my key ring. With the possible exception of the times I had surgery, this is the longest it has been off since the wedding. I still don’t know what the long-term choice will be. Still feels strange for it not to be on my finger sometimes. I do know that I don’t want to have it re-sized, because that would probably ruin the inscription on the inside of the band (Two Became One – 9-27-97). Maybe it will bother me when I go to bed, maybe I’m so tired I wont’ be awake long enough for it to bother me.

Oh, and the day at the water park with Rachel was great. We rode raft rides, lazy river, tube rides, and she played in the kids area. We’re both tired, and she’s been in bed since about 7:15. That’s the direction I’m going now.