GineersNow Engineering Magazine September 2016 Issue No 007

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We all have our quirks – I may not understand
why my husband has to have his socks rolled
up into perfectly symmetrical balls in the
sock drawer (I mean, seriously…WHO DOES
THAT?!), but I’m sure he finds my habit of
leaving my shoes and coat in a heap by
the door after I’ve had a hard day equally
annoying. We all annoy each other, and are
annoyed in our turn by them. At the end of the
day, we love each other, so I will roll his socks if
I’ve done a load of washing, and he will hang
my coat up if I haven’t got round to it yet.
He can fix next to anything! Even if he is a bit
useless at deciding what colour we should paint
the hall (hint: cream), the actual painting is a
dream, because he brings the same intensity
towards it that he does towards most aspects
of his life – electrical engineers are particularly
good for this, because they straddle the line
between building things and making them run
properly. No light fixture is safe in his domain!
That intensity is probably the highlight of my
life right now – my husband is an extremely
focused man, and while the majority of his
focus is on his work, when that focus is turned
to me, he makes me feel like the only woman
in the world!
Does his engineering brain ever make life
difficult? Well, yes, sometimes. Perhaps. It can
be difficult for him to switch off, just because
of how he thinks. I can quite easily switch
off my brain after coming home from work
(sometimes with the aid of aforementioned
venting session), and spend a happy evening
watching tv, reading, playing against in a
game of League Of Legends…but he finds it
much more difficult to stop thinking in that
way. It can be frustrating, because if I’ve
had a bad day, I just want to leave it behind
and focus on an enjoyable evening, and
my software engineer husband is still lost
in thought about the latest technical issue
which is plaguing his work this week.
My husband could work on his romantic
gestures a bit more (it was a lonely Valentine’s
Day this year…) but I wish I could show you
just how dedicated he can be. I am the
happiest woman in the world, I promise.
About the author:
Margaret Banford, when not writing, spends
her time reading and playing several musical
instruments. She is also a fair baker and the
CEO of C.M. Cornes, Birmingham UK.
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