Ready to Sizzle

As I was contemplating our yearly trip to adult summer camp at Chautauqua next week, I just said to my husband, “Maybe our time together will be sparky.” “Huh?” he replied. “Electric, you know?” I added.

Familiarity with your partner of many years means you can read the other person’s mind most of the time, you can finish each other’s sentences, and real surprises are rare. Although this is certainly preferable to a relationship where you are always on guard because you don’t know what’s coming next, it can become well ho-hum sometimes.

Lately I’ve felt uninspired, unimaginative as we both went about our own business in a house that is big enough for 6 or 8 to exist quite well. He spends a lot of time each day on web-site work, while I read, play the piano, and think about all those life decisions I keep putting off. The lightning and thunder of recent storms makes me yearn for a little lightning in the rest of my life.

Summer camp always provides a charged atmosphere that stirs your creative juices, makes you feel a little sexier than usual, and gives you opportunities to explore new things. Maybe next week I’ll rediscover a mad passion for life and our faces will flush as we feel that something that once drew us together and has kept us committed all these years.

Let the sparks ignite – I’m ready!