#mr. downing

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‘A New Hope’ with the Louisiana Philharmonic Tonight!

Mr. Downing surprised me with tickets to a performance of ‘A New Hope’ accompanied by the Louisiana Philharmonic. I’ve always, always wanted to go to one of these and I’m ridiculously excited. I absolutely adore the music and getting to hear it performed live along with the film is bound to be simply wonderful. 

Another home run for @mrdowning!

[perrydowning]

Care and Feeding of a Grieving Person

Mr. Downing has it down. After losing my grandmother on Monday night, Mr. Downing offered to stay home with me on Tuesday. But I felt like being alone and said as much. He was skeptical but went to work, knowing he was only 10 minutes away if I needed him.

By around 3:00 I was pretty down in my hole and knew I needed something but couldn't find the words. So I texted him, telling him I needed to be cared for but didn't know what I needed beyond that.

So he left work early, went to the store and came home armed with brie, prosciutto, melon, mozzarella, basil, bread, ice cream, and pastries. He put together a perfect plate of easy to eat nibbles and made sure I ate enough.

Then he put on easy to consume television (that new Star Trek spoof) and wrapped me up in a blanket. When it was over he brushed my hair and tucked me into bed.

Grief is weird. It's different for everyone and when you're faced with someone's grief it's often impossible to know what to do. It's a very helpless place to be, watching someone you love hurt.

I can't really explain how wonderful it is to be so known. Because I wasn't able to articulate what I needed, yet he did know just what to do. He was waiting for me to be open to it. I was able to get a nice long night of sleep and was able to go to work today. Because of him.

Thank you, Mr. Downing. @mrdowning.

[perrydowning]

Mr. Downing’s Perfect Anniversary Card

Mr. Downing has been making me Reylo cards since I first started writing fic, and I have to say, this time he really knocked it out of the park. I cannot begin to express what it means to me that he so thoroughly accepts both my writing and my passion for this particular couple.

And he wrote me a poem! *floats away on a romantic cloud* I wasn’t going to share the poem, but Mr. Downing protested, “But that’s the best part!”

I really cannot imagine a better partner. I love you, @mrdowning​.

Please forgive the lack of artist credit, he’s not really part of fandom and didn’t mean any offense. If you know who the artists are, please let me know and I will add credit.

[perrydowning]

I was trying to explain Ashgate to Mr. Downing and he said “Well, he can’t have killed more than two people, I mean that wasn’t a lot of ashes. What’s the problem?”

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Shooting dinosaurs

So, this just happened. Mr.Downing yells from the other room “I just downloaded this game that shoots dinosaurs.” To which I had to ask “Do you shoot bullets at dinosaurs or dinosaur shaped bullets?” It made me think of @ohtze