Wheelz

Early on in our relationship I got the feeling that My Special Man Friend ("MSMF") thought that all there was between my ears was EDM music and a small hamster running on a wheel. Now, I'm not saying he thought I was stupid but I just got this sense that that's all he thought was going on in there.

Sure, I love music.  More than most.  I would also argue that my life is circled around music more than most - seeing it, listening to it.  All of it.

I don't remember the particulars of how it happened but I surprised MSMF with something I said or did or both, in an intelligent sort of way. His reaction struck me as so odd that I asked him, "what do you think is going on in there (my brain)? Do you think it's just all day all night EDM music and a hamster running on a wheel?"  Of course the only sweet, sensible response that he could make was to say no honey, of course not.  But that's not what he did.  Instead he just laughed.  Which made me laugh.  So the hamster wheel became a little running joke between us.

If I say something off or kind of stupid, the hamster is moving a bit slow.  If I come up with a real zinger and am sharp with my thoughts and words, we say that the hamster is firing on all cylinders.  We even insert little "squeak squeak" sounds to emphasize the speed.

We soon realized that said hamster needed a name.  I came up with Wheelz.