LOOSING HOPE

LAZY SUNDAY AT HOME

It was Sunday and the Divits were having a lazy day at home. Sanem's cell phone went off and it was Defne. She told Sanem she had a date with Metin that evening and she was scared. She said she hadn't dated anyone since before she married her ex-husband. Sanem told her to calm down. She asked where Metin was taking her. Defne said dinner and movie, but Kamen was going too. Sanem thought that was wonderful that Kamen was going with them. Sanem told her she would be fine and to just be herself. Sanem told Defne that Metin was an awesome guy. Defne said OK. She would let Sanem know on Monday at work how it went. Sanem told her to please do. Sanem let Can know what was happening with Defne and Metin. Can smiled and called his friend a sly dog. He told Sanem that Metin doesn't waste time. Sanem smiled at her husband and said unlike you, of course. Can asked what she meant by that. Sanem told him it took him forever to tell her he loved her. Can said it wasn't his fault she kept running away from him. He said besides, he told her he loved her first. Sanem thought for a minute and said yes, he did. Sanem gave her husband a quick kiss.

After lunch, Sanem said she needed to go to the grocery store for the week. Can asked if she wanted him to go too. Sanem said sure, but what about the kids. Can said your right. Those three kids are monsters in the grocery store. Sanem laughed. She said she could see if her parents wanted to spend a few hours with he kids. Can said it might be wise or they would be buying every junk food in the store. Sanem called her mom and her mom said to drop them off. So, they loaded up the truck and headed to the Aydin's. Once the kids were with Sanem's mom and dad, they headed to the grocery store.

Once there, Sanem got out her list. She picked up bread, milk, eggs, Turkish tea, rice, juice for the kids, ingredients to make ravioli, pasta, sausage, beef, lamb and fish. They then walked around the store looking for fresh fruits and vegetable. Sanem picked up corn, tomatoes, onions and potatoes. Can picked up bananas, apricots, cherries and figs. Can asked her if there was anything else. Sanem looked at her list and asked Can to go pick up dish soap, laundry soap and feminine pads. Can looked at her and asked what the hell a feminine pad was. Sanem said the things she used when it was her time of the month. Can said OK. Sanem picked up a few tubes of toothpaste and cleaning supplies. Can came back with the dish soap and the laundry soap. He had 2 bags of feminine products. One was green and the other was yellow. Can asked if she wanted lemon or lime flavored. Sanem burst out laughing. Can asked what was so funny. Sanem said one is scented and the other one was unscented. There were no flavored feminine products. Can said how was he supposed to know. He doesn't wear them. Sanem chose the scented ones and told Can to take the other bag back. She was still laughing when he returned. Can just glared at her.

She asked Can if he needed anything. He said he needed a bottle of his shampoo. He went in search of it. Sanem forgot to pick up cheese so she headed towards the dairy products. She found the cheese and put it in the cart. Can came back with his shampoo. Sanem asked if there was anything else before they checked out. Can said he didn't think so. They headed to the check out. Once they paid, they headed outside to load up the truck. Can saw trampolines next door to the grocery store. He asked Sanem about getting one for the kids. Sanem said she thought the kids would enjoy it, unless Ates decided he needed a matching cast for his other arm. Can laughed. Sanem told Can thank goodness he only has another week to go before he gets it off. They ended up buying a trampoline with a safety net. They were soon headed back to the Aydin's to pick the kids up. Sanem and Can visited with her parents for a few minutes. Sanem said they needed to get home to put groceries away.

Once home, Sanem and Can unloaded the groceries. Once they were put away, Can went back outside to put the trampoline together for the kids. Ates was right beside his dad helping. They had it together in no time. Can anchored it to the ground so it would not tip over. Soon, all three kids were jumping like crazy on it. Sanem and Can stood back and watched. Can embraced his wife and gave her a kiss. He told her he had a nice time with her at the grocery store. Sanem laughed and said Oh yeah, a real romantic place. Can told her she could make a laundry mat a romantic place. Sanem told Can she was glad he picked out the trampoline. The kids were loving it. He smiled and said he was an awesome dad. Sanem kissed him and said he definitely was.

Can made homemade pizza for dinner. It was hard getting the kids off the trampoline long enough to eat their dinner. They finally ate and went back outside to the trampoline. Can and Sanem sat on the balcony and watched the kids bounce and jump. Can told Sanem he loved lazy Sundays just hanging out at home with his family. Sanem told him she did too. She asked him if he ever missed traveling. He told her he did sometimes. It used to be his whole life until he met her. He said now he would miss being away from her and the kids if he were still traveling. He told her he was so use to going to sleep and waking up with her, that he would probably never be able to sleep. Can said he had everything he needed right here, so there was no need to travel. Sanem kissed her husband passionately. She asked him if she has told him she loved him today. Can said he didn't think so, but just in case, she could say it again and again. Sanem looked into his eyes and told him she loved him...he was her best friend, her lover, her husband and the father to their kids. She admitted she didn't know what she would without him. Can kissed her and told her she would never need to find out, because she would always have him beside her...behind her and even in front of her. He told Sanem he loved her very much. They held each other while they watched their children play.