the 'you know you've been with someone a long time when...' story.

quick story from our t-day in paris...

we got this museum pass, which allowed us to cut lines and skip admission at the majority of the sites in paris. we packed in as many sites as we could in the 2 days. on the 1st night of using the pass, our last stop was at the arc de triumph. we climbed and descended so many damn steps that day...the louvre, notre dame, and finally all the way to the top of the arc de triumph. it was evening by the time we got there, so we knew we'd get a perfect view of the eiffel tower and the beautiful scenery in paris such as this view:

From Paris!...part un

anyways, before we could get to the good stuff like this view, nature called. luckily in this location, they had restrooms at the top, next to each other . we split up, and of course, in all ladies rooms, there's a line. (why is this, btw?) so i'm waiting in line, behind this older woman, for the 2 stalls available. i never look anyone in the face when in the ladies room because that's just plain embarrassing for all involved. so i'm staring aimlessly around the restroom when all of a sudden...i hear this urgent sounding pfffffffft in a kind of crescendo, followed by a sound that sounded like a period. it was one of those 'i've been waiting a long time to let this one out' farts; like you could tell the owner was relieved to release. i thought in my head, 'was it the lady in front of me?', as i was all prepared to back away from the inevitable stench...however, in my aimless gaze, i started to look up at the ceiling. at the same time i was thinking, 'that fart sounded familiar...' and then i spotted it. the wall between the mens and ladies room did not reach to the ceiling, and i put 2 and 2 together and realized. 'omg, that was archie.'

when i saw archie, i asked, 'did you fart in there??' his first reaction? 'noooo' and shook his head. then he broke out in a proud smile and said, "you guys could hear that couldn't you. i could tell because i could hear you guys in the ladies room."

and that's how you know you've been with someone for a long time.

if you're interested, here are the full suite of pics from our t-day in paris:
DSLR pictures:
Album 1:
http://picasaweb.google.com/princessmyra/ParisPartUn?authkey=OxTshkjGSfU#
Album 2:
http://picasaweb.google.com/princessmyra/ParisPartDeux?authkey=5vDgHHO0WzI#

Point and Shoot pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/princessmyra/ParisWithOurPointShootCamera?authkey=6h6aMQFfJhM#

enjoy!