Role Reversal

Husband and I seemed to have changed roles recently. Husband is now the one working on his Master’s. He just started his program a couple weeks ago. So, last night, he was the one glued to the computer, reading his assignments, with a furrowed brow and an occasional sigh. Unfortunately, my Master’s concentration is not related to his, so the only practical help I could offer was showing him where to order cheap books (like half.com). And, today, we changed roles again. Husband had the day off, since it’s a federal holiday. But I had to go to work. I think that this is the first time in our marriage that I had to work on a day that he had off. I came home from work, announcing, “Hi, honey, I’m home! What’s for dinner?” And I got my answer when I smelled freshly-grilled fajitas. These new roles don’t seem so bad after all.