Simple Joys in Life

I was sitting at home, watching TV. I had just gotten off work, and I was feeling pretty tired. My boyfriend came into the room and said "Hey."

"Hey," I replied.

"So what are you watching?" he asked.

"I don't know," I said, "something mindless."

"Oh come on," he said, "I'll tell you what it is!"

He grabbed my hand and pulled me over to his lap so that we could watch together. The show ended up being something about a woman who falls in love with her best friend's husband. It was pretty sappy, but it made me happy anyway because this was exactly what I wanted: someone who cared about me enough to make sure that my life wasn't just about work all the time--but also about fun things like watching stupid shows with them when they weren't working late hours or going out for drinks after work ended early again because some guy called in sick today too many times already this week.