"I don't have a life worth remembering." "But I'm definitely gonna call you." "This is stuart maxson, my publisher." "That's a lot of fun." "We just got married." "What?" "!" "Eric left the church." "He left for me." "Jack is on a boat researching whales." "Aah!" "Jack!" "* My days are filled with mistakes * * some that I didn't make *" "* I carry them around *" "* 10,000 stones * * hanging deep in my heart *" "I can't see anything." "It's plain as day -- eyes, nose, mouth." "Maybe I'm not squinting enough." "What are we all staring at?" "The chief and the chief." "Oh." "The who?" "The chief and the chief." "Years ago, there was a great chief." "He climbed up the mountain and disappeared." "Now, every year at this time, when the sun hits it just right, people say they can see his face in the mountain." "Hey, wait a minute." "There he is." "Hello, chief!" "Good to see you again." "You know, I always thought it was the suds that made me see him." "Nope, I got nothing." "Thank you." "Do you have any idea how nice it is that somebody else around here can't see the stupid chief?" "What?" "You can't see him, either?" "Never have." "Think it's a load of hooey." "Do you mind?" "Everyone's enjoying the view, and you're taking a leak in the punch bowl." "And this one's for the headphones, and this one's for the station speakers!" "Uh-huh." "Nicely done." "Thanks for helping me with all this radio stuff." "Everybody's being so great -- you, celia " "I mean, my mom -- ...Especially annie." "Um, because we love you." "Just keep at it." "You'll remember stuff." "In the meantime, steer clear of the blue buttons." "Your hair smells pretty." "Excuse me?" "That scarf you're knitting -- it's pretty." "It's a scarf, right?" "It is." "And, uh, thanks." "It's a little warm for scarves." "Oh, scarves are all I do." "They're nice and simple." "Keep my mind and hands busy, which I need to be doing for the next nine months." "Will you teach me?" "Sure, I guess." "Let's knit it out!" "Oh." "Now?" "Ah." "Okay." "You take your right needle." "Put it into the left stitch." "Come around with your yarn." "So, how close were we before I didn't know how close we are?" "We were thick as thieves." "You're the guy who brought me here, after all." "Seriously?" "Yeah." "Well, how'd that happen?" "Well, you re my books, and you were quite an admirer of mine." "Well, that hasn't changed." "Oh!" "Patrick." "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "Sorry!" "A little too much." "Will you go out with me?" "What?" "On a date?" "Oh, I don't think so." "No, wait " " I know so." "No, I'm not going out with you." "Well, how come?" "Unh-unh." "First of all, we're not like that, and -- and, um, second of all, you are in love with annie!" "That's what everyone says." "Because you are!" "You have annie, and I have jack." "Jack?" "You have a boyfriend?" "I do." "He's also a good friendof yours." "Really?" "Yeah." "How come I never met him?" "Well, he's out to sea right now for nine months." "Oh, god!" "That's the worst fake-boyfriend story ever!" "No, he's real." "Trust me." "We got serious before he left -- about two seconds before he left -- but serious, nonetheless." "So you're just gonna wait for him?" "You got it." "Nine months?" "A lot can happen in nine months." "We could fall in love and have a baby in nine months." "I'm leaving." "You can't!" "Why not?" "'Cause you're on." "Hold on." "Uh... now you're on." "Hello, elmo." "As most of you know," "I'm waiting on jack." "And we may all need to wait on patrick." "It's his first day back on the air, so let's remember to be patient." "It's a hard thing -- patience." "But when something means enough to you, whether you're waiting to regain your past or start your future, patience is going to be critical." "So, what do you think, elmo?" "What in your life's worth waiting for?" "Hey!" "Julia!" "Jack!" "Gary's in trouble." "Something hit him when the waves came over the ballast." "You're hurt!" "No, no." "It's nothing." "Gary, we're gonna have to check out your wound, all right?" "This might hurt." "Almost there." "What do we do?" "There's nothing we can do out here -- just stop the bleeding until help comes." "But don't you need that?" "Not as much as he does." "We need to keep pressure on it." "Do you know what you're doing?" "I've worked on animals before... deer the hunters shot." "Deer?" "Do you want to do this?" "No." "Oh, just be careful." "Say "when."" "Hold it." "Now what?" "We wait for a boat, maybe a plane, and we try to signal them." "Hey, marin." "Oh, hey, uh... lonny." "Lonny, how are you?" "Good." "Listen." "This little crab shack just opened up." "I thought we could check it out together." "Oh, thanks, lonny, but I can'T." "Shooting down lonny -- that's ballsy." "Why?" "The man is, in laymen's terms, a hunk." "I already have a hunk." "His name's jack." "Who is at sea for nine months." "That's right." "Anyone worth her salt could do nine months on her head." "I waited years for dick." "And you were hell on ice, too." "How is jack?" "I'm not sure." "I haven't heard from him." "I thought you two had some sort of phone system worked out." "Yeah, he's supposed to call every other day, weather and distance permitting, which they don't seem to be the last couple of days." "Yeah." "A lot of these guys go out to sea, and they lose touch." "And their wives and girlfriends don't hear from them for weeks or months." "Seriously?" "I never thought I'd be a captain's widow." "I think it sounds cool." "It's poetic." "Poetic, indeed." "She's penelope." "Penelope, from homer's epic poem the "odyssey."" "She was odysseus' wife." "He was gone for nearly 20 years." "She waited at home the entire time, turning down many a suitor." "She even did some weaving." "I'm stunned you read the "odyssey."" "I'm stunned you read." "Hey, I can't remember." "What happened with odysseus?" "Did he stay faithful on his odyssey?" "I believe he may have had a dalliance with either a sorceress or a cyclops." "Oh." "The chief was smiling when I saw him." "Yeah, he's smiling every time I see him." "How about you?" "I wouldn't know." "She's never seen the chief." "Really?" "She doesn't believe he's in there." "She says it's just a slab of stone." "Because it is just a slab of stone." "I think it depends on how you look at it." "Oh, come on." "It's the virgin mary in a potato chip." "One person claims they see something, and then suddenly, everyone's running arod, believing they see it, too." "Yeah, but...if someone sees the chief, if they believe they see the chief, then they see the chief." "Can we talk about something besides a pile of rocks?" "Yes, we can." "Here is to your mom passing the first level of emt." "Thanks." "Yay!" "Mom, are you gonna get to drive the ambulance?" "Probably, someday." "Cool!" "Hey, eric." "Yeah, buddy." "How come you don't have a job?" "Um..." "um...matty..." "It's okay." "I'm looking for work right now." "Oh." "Okay." "I'm sorry." "Oh, please, it's fine." "Although being called out as a bum by an 8-year-old -- brutal." "You're not a bum." "Well, I'm living at the inn," "I gave up my calling, and today I was looking at the "help wanted" section, so... so you're really quitting the church?" "For now." "I got to figure out what I want." "The church is not something you can do partway." "Who knows?" "Maybe I'll be a lumberjack." "I think you'd be a really hot lumberjack." "Hey, matty, you ready to go?" "Yeah." "Okay, one energy bar... three bottles of water -- lots of scratches -- a knife, reflective tape, which we put to good use, and a working flashlight." "We can use this tonight for a signal if we have to." "That's all we have, huh?" "That's all I was able to grab after the wave hit." "Do you think this will work?" "Can't hurt." "Anything that'll help us signal another boat." "How is he?" "He's in and out of consciousness." "Jack, if we don't get rescued soon... hey, we're gonna get out of here." "I'm sure they're looking for us." "That wave came out of nowhere." "I'm pretty sure we're drifting north, right?" "There's a good chance that we'll hit a shipping lane in another two or three days." "A chance." "Seriously, stay positive." "This will work out." "Just like jim." "Jim?" "My husband -- a positive thinker." "We met in college when I was tutoring him in physics." "He was getting d's but still thought he could be premed." "And... he got a "b" and became a sculptor." "How'd you meet marin?" "Uh, we met at a bar." "Another timeless classic." "I was reaching over to get a napkin." "She accused me of hitting on her." "What?" "She was right... but I backed out of it." "Why?" "Because... a lot of reasons that don't seem to matter right now." "Hey." "Do you believe in love at first sight?" "The scientist in me thinks it's impossible, but the girl in me wants to believe it." "Well, I-I think " "I think that's what it was with her." "Wow." "I never told anyone that." "Your secret's safe with me." "Ben, my husband and i would like to buy a round." "Ah, the honeymoon phase." "Oh, hey, speaking of honeymoons, what would you say to me taking you on a little adventure?" "Oh, you love adventure!" "She loves adventure." "She's right." "Where are we going -- jamaica, the mayan riviera, the riviera in riviera?" ""Snow removal expo '07"?" "What do you think?" "I think that it doesn't sound like an adventure so much as a snow removal expo." "Oh, it is so much more than that." "Trust me." "All the guys from work are going." "All the vendors will be showing off their best equipment, and I want to show you off." "You meant that to sound sweet, but it makes me feel like a shovel." "Come on, my little trowel." "Let me take you." "Oh." "I need to know about the 'tel." "'Tel?" "Yeah." "Is it a hotel, with room service, lounge, maybe a spa?" "Or is it a motel, with a snack machine and a coin-operated massage mattress?" "It's a beautiful hotel, and I have already booked the couples massage." "I love this man." "Well, I didn't hear jane order another round." "It's not from jane." "So, post-honeymoon phase -- where are you lovebirds planning on building your nest?" "What's that?" "Where you gonna live -- new york or elmo?" "Elmo." "New york." "Nice." "I like a girl who can double-fist." "Oh, I don't usually double-fist." "You bought this for me?" "You are correct." "Uh, have a seat... please?" "I don't know how -- how anyone can have a conversation." "It's so loud in here, you know?" "You want to go for a walk?" "Oh, I -- no." "I am good here... double-fisting." "So, uh...what you were talking about on the radio today -- it's good stuff." "You think?" "Yeah, I can see why I was such a fan." "I totally get the message." "I'm gonna be patient." "I-I am happy to hear that" "I'm gonna wait on you." "Excuse me?" "Yeah, I mean, I know we both got a lot going on, but I feel something when I look at you." "Like a spark, you know?" "And I want it bad enough to wait." "Oh, um, patrick... you are very sweet, but " "Oh, my god!" "Nightmare!" "Nightmare!" "Annie, wait!" "Wait!" "Idiot." "Oh!" "Annie, wait!" "Let me explain!" "If you think that I am just gonna roll over and let you steal my patrick, then you have another think coming!" "I have waited too long for him to let chinese curses, lightning, and your feminine wiles take him away from me!" "Annie, I do not want your patrick!" "Why not?" "'Cause as sweet and incredibly confused as he may be, we all know he belongs with you." "Why doesn't he know?" "I will come by tomorrow, and we will figure this all out, okay?" "Okay." "Thanks, marin." "Oh, I am so glad I don't have to fight you for patrick." "I don't think I could compete." "Annie." "It's true." "You are so sophisticated." "You literally wrote the book on dating." "That's sweet." "I mean, you have slept with so many more guys than me." "Tons, probably." "Oh, yeah, a thousand." "I'm kidding." "I'm calling a family meeting." "What?" ""Family meeting"?" "You're just so cute." "Oh!" "Focus, sam." "Focus." "How could we have been married for over a week and not talk about where we're gonna live?" "We've been doing... other stuff." "Or maybe we just didn't want to talk about it." "Maybe." "Do you have any ideas about how this should go?" "Well, you know how I feel about new york." "And you know how I feel about elmo." "Right." "Well, I was thinking that, if we can't figure this out, maybe we should give... don't enough say that." "...A long-distance relationship a try." "A long-distance thing would be fine if we were dating." "I wouldn't mind visiting my girlfriend, but I want to live with my wife." "Oh, you are so adorable." "But I think we both remember what happened the last time I tried to live in elmo." "I can move to new york." "You love it here -- your friends, your boat." "Everything is here for you." "Screw it." "I'm moving to new york." "Are you sure about this?" "What are you gonna do in new york?" "What do you mean?" "It snows in new york, doesn't it?" "Oh." "I love this guy." "Annie." "Your life has been flipped upside down." "You have been so caught up in helng patrick that you've been bottling your feelings up." "Like a sad, sad genie." "Well, now it's your chance to let it out." "You need to tell patrick what's on your mind, and, remember, be honest." "Patrick..." "I have done everything I can think of to trigger your memory, and I know it's only been a few weeks, but..." "Go on." "I wake up every day hoping I'm going to find you, all of you, waiting for me and saying, "heigh-ho."" "And instead, it's this guy." "It's still you, but it's this guy who says, "good morning."" "And what do you want?" "I think she wants me to say "heigh-ho" instead of "good morning."" "All I want right now is my old patrick." "And?" "That's it." "I just want you back." "Patrick, it's your turn." "Annie..." "I'm sorry all this had to happen to you, and I wish I could be the guy I was and give you what you want, but..." "I don't even know that guy." "And I can't keep living for him, and I can't keep feeling guilty for not remembering." "You're a great girl, annie, and I want you to be happy, but I got to be happy, too." "And I think, right now... for me, that means seeing other people." "And by "other people"..." "I might mean marin." "What?" "No!" "He doesn't mean marin." "I think he means marin." "This is crazy." "I'm gonna leave you two alone to fige this out." "I'll call ya!" "Don't call me." "Sara?" "Hey." "Hey." "What was that for?" "That was to thank you for helping me find what I wanted." "You found a job?" "Actually, I never lost it." "I just had to look at things a little differently." "Look at what things differently?" "I was thinking about our conversation yesterday, about the chief and the chief." "The pile of rocks outside." "Exactly." "People look at that pile of rocks, and they see the chief because that's what they believe." "And I'm a believer, too, sara, and I want to help people believe -- not in the chief, in god." "Oh, you're gonna go back to that church?" "Not to the old one, no." "I'm gonna build my own congregation, find a new space, go back to being a pastor." "I think that my old parishioners will follow me." "Of course they will." "Yeah." "Well, I'm proud of you." "Thank you." "Mmm, sarah, uh... if I'm gonna be a pastor again," "I have to practice what I preach, which means no more... oh, my god." "We're gonna go back to the way things were." "Well, I don't know if I'd call it "going back."" "I-I can see a future with you, and I hope that you can see it, too, and..." "I love you, sara." "This raft's got a leak in it somewhere." "I can't find it." "How bad?" "It's slow right now, but we're taking on water." "I think we should put gary on your boat." "I don't think we should move him." "Here." "Climb over here." "It'll buy us some time." "Got a delivery for ya." "What are these?" "Flowers -- lilacs, to be exact." "Oh, who are they from?" "I don't know." "But it looks like you got a suitor, penelope." "Patrick." "Cool." "You got me flowers." "No!" "I didn'T." "This was almost cute at the beginning -- almost." "Now it's annoying." "Knock it off!" "Unbelievable." "He gave you flowers?" "No!" "You didn't?" "Well, who are they from, then?" "How should I know?" "Maybe they're from mr." "Bering sea." "Ring already!" "Hello?" "Marin, hey." "Stuart?" "So... did you like my flowers?" "I hope you like lilacs." "I do." "What's the occasion?" "I made a promise to myself never to bring my work home." "I'm not following." "Hold on." "I only read my offers in my office during office hours." "But now I find myself taking your work home with me and reading you well into the night." "My chapters are that good?" "Yes." "And you're that great." "I can't stop thinking about you, marin, ever since our, uh, our little ski trip." "Really?" "You have got some nerve, buddy." "Sending me flowers after all this time." "I heard of the three-day rule, but the three-month rule?" "Well, what I lack in immediacy," "I make up for in staying power." "Stuart, I'm with jack now." "So I was right." "The way you wrote about him, this is bound to be a life-imitating-art situation." "We went to a wedding together, and... things clicked." "Can I ask you a question?" "Go ahead." "Why don't you sound happier?" "It's complicated." "Try me." "It's too foggy for that to work." "I'm starving." "Oh, I thought we were trying to think positive." "I am." "I'm thinking about where we're gonna eat when we get home." "I'm gonna go to this little place, have a cheeseburger and fries." "You sure dream big." "What about you?" "Sea bass " "I'm gonna have a huge fillet when I get home." "What's so funny?" "We're stranded in the middle of e sea, you have one meal to think of, and you choose fish?" "You haven't tried jim's sea bass." "It transcends fish." "I'm sorry." "No, you're not." "You're not exactly dating jack." "I beg to differ." "Sounds more like waiting than, uh, dating." "Here we go." "You're gonna tell me how crazy it is to sit around and wait for nine months." "Doesn't sound like I have to." "I don't like you right now." "All right, let me remedy that." "Meet me halfway." "I don't think there can be a halfway with us." "Oh, no." "That's -- that's not what I mean." "Let me send a plane." "Meet me in killdeer." "Killdeer?" "North dakota." "I know the name doesn't sound romantic, but it's 1,700 miles west of here, and it's about the same from elmo." "Halfway -- well, you get points for originality." "There's this little bar there that happens to be the home of bannockburn." "And bannockburn is halfway between here and where?" "Heaven." "It's a 47-year-old scotch." "You also get points for research." "What do you say?" "I say that, although I appreciate a man who would fly a lady halfway across the country for a nice glass of scotch..." "I'm waiting on my jack." "And this would be the same jack you haven't spoken to in a week?" "I seem to remember you not wanting to be the girl who sits by the phone." "What is it?" "Am I giving off some sort of scent?" "I don't smell anything in particular." "How does one even dress for a plow expo?" "Casual, right?" "It's, like, the second I commit to a guy," "I've got boys lining up." "Well, you know what they say -- when it rains, it pours." "I don't want to be poured upon." "Honey, it's just a random guy at the bar...and patrick." "Who is really starting to freak me out." "And then there's stuart." "Oh, stuart." "He is something else." "True." "If a man's dating you while he's sending aircraft to whisk you away, that qualifies as something else." "Right." "But so what?" "You've stated your case and turned him down, right?" "Right?" "I did." "But he's starting to poke holes in my case -- holes that could get bigger." "I'm not happy sitting around waiting for the phone to ring." "Why hasn't jack called me?" "I'm sure there's a good reason." "Well, there better be, 'cause I'm starting to get mad at him." "And then I feel guilty for getting mad." "And then I get angry at him for making me feel guilty." "Why is stuart so smart?" "And sweet." "And good-looking." "Are you wishing you were sipping scotch in north dakota instead of knitting a scarf in alaska?" "No." "No, no." "Not right now." "I'm strong right now." "But what about two months from now?" "Four months?" "What if I'm not strong enough for the long haul?" "I guess you'll just have to wait to find out." "What do you think -- snow expo or ho expo?" "Hi, doug." "Hey, nice to see you!" "John!" "What's over there?" "You are very popular amongst the plow community." "You're a regular john deere jr." "Do you have any idea how much I appreciate you doing this?" "Actually, it's all very fascinating." "Take this one, for example." "This is a neat-looking plow, and I bet it could, you know, plow some snow." "That?" "That's a little snow bunny." "Oh." "It sounds cute." "Well, that's the problem." "You see, it's fine for the snowfalls they get back east, but it'd be toast out here." "You're the expert." "Hey, sam, what's up?" "Hey!" "Mark!" "Um, this is my wife, jane." "Wow." "Congratulations, bro." "Listen, i got to show you something." "Wow." "Yeah." "Wow!" "Why "wow"?" "This is the blizzard breaker 480 -- reinforced moldboard," "30-ton clearing capacity, 2-stage rotary fan/snowblower," "60-foot salt-spreading capacity." "It's the aston martin of snow removal." "This is what you need in alaska." "Yeah, you could have used this on the lot over by the laundromat last february." "You're telling me." "We got one ordered for the fall." "Can't wait to climb in it." "Aren't you gonna be in new york?" "Oh, yeah." "Well, they got lots of rough weather back there." ""Rou." Come on." "That's "snow bunny" weather." "I like the little snow bunny." "It's cute." "Hey, annie." "Hi!" "Uh, is it okay to talk here?" "Oh, chief celia is aware of patrick and mine's crumbling relationship." "You got a plan, frist?" "Well, I've been thinking." "Maybe you need to go back as far in your relationship as you can and start over." "You and patrick need to find your big bang." "I already suggested that." "She did." "Sex just made things worse." "No, not that big bang." "Think back to the one moment when you and patrick knew you were meant for each other." "Oh!" "I know." "It was when we took the test in the back of your book and we both had the same answers." "So retake the test." "Patrick still has the same heart he always had, right?" "Right." "Let him realize his feelings all over again." "Maybe you two should leave it alone." "But what are you saying?" "Years ago, buzz and I had a connection." "Then his, you know, his feelings changed, but I kept crying a torch." "I wasted a lot of time when we could have been friends." "And I don't want you to waste time." "I like marin's plan better." "It's no good." "The leak's out of control." "I think we should move him." "Gary, we're gonna pull you onto our boat, okay?" "It's gonna hurt a little." "We got to do it." "You're taking on too much water." "Now, hold onto him." "Hold on!" "Ready?" "1...2... aah!" "Aah!" "Ahh!" "Stop moving!" "Put me back!" "Stop." "If his raft sinks, it's gonna drag ours down with it." "Someone better find us soon." "Hello?" "Hi." "Stuart?" "I just wanted to call and say, uh," "I'm sorry if I came on too strong there." "I'm the kind of guy who does that." "I come on strong, and, uh, I call." "I...see that." "So, any word from the bering sea?" "No, not yet." "Is this your plan -- you're gonna call until you win me over?" "Seems rather transparent when you put it that way." "Um, look, marin, we're a couple of grown-ups." "If this relationship with jack is..." "aha!" "You called it a "relationship."" "If you're happy with what you have now, then..." "I'm happy for you." "Just tell me to go away, and I will." "But if not... my offer stands." "Please close your book and put your pencil down." "OK." "Just a sec." "Done." "All right." "Now for the fun part." "Good, I was hoping for a fun part." "We are going to tell each other our answers and then see how many match." "Okay, what did you get for question 1?" ""A."" "I-I had "B."" "Oh, well." "Uh, what about question 2?" ""A." "C." 3?" ""A" again." "Could I see your exam?" "N-no, this -- this is all wrong." "The last time we took this test, you swered "b" for question 14, and noyour answer is "A."" ""What's more important in a relationsp -- attraction or affection?"" "Yeah, "a -- attraction" sounded right to me." "If you're attractive, you'll get affection out the wazoo." "A-and questions 30 through 43 are a hornet's nest." "Yeah, I got bored and just started spelling " ""cab," "ba" "dab."" "It's just a dumb quiz." ""Dumb quiz"?" "This test was the cornerstone, the foundation of our relationship." "Oh, I didn't know." "I'm sorry, annie." "I can't just make it happen." "I mean, I wish I could." "Patrick." "I think maybe we should try just being friends." "Are you sure?" "I think it's for the best right now." "Okay." "I could use a good friend." "Well, you got one." "Quit bailing." "You need water?" "I need you to untie this raft." "Let me go." "Go back to sleep, man." "There's nothing more you can do for me." "I know it, and you know it." "We're not gonna let you die out here." "In a couple of days, we're gonna hit a shipping lane " "I don't have a couple of days." "I got maybe a half-hour... before I go down... and start pulling you two down with me." "I'm already dead, man." "Save her." "Save yourself." "It's okay." "Jack." "There's no other choice." "We're in this togetherer, okay?" "All of it." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Take care of my dog, okay?" "Okay." "Honey, we need to have another family meeting." "Seriously?" "Here?" "Yes." "While you were going on about blizzard bastard..." ""breaker."" "...I did a little soul-searching, and I have a pitch." "Pitch away." "What if we spent six months of the year in new york, then the other six in elmo?" "Be bicoastal?" "I'm intrigued." "Proceed." "April through september, we live on my turf." "I'm pretty busy that time of year." "And then we come back here for october through march, and you can plow till your heart's content." "Let me get this straight." "We'll be in the city while it's sweltering hot." "Yeah." "And then we'll come back to my little iceberg of a town while it's freezing." "Pretty much." "What do you think?" "I love this woman." "I call it the six-and-six plan." "Do you think it'll work?" "I have absolutely no idea, but I'm gonna try and make it work because I know what I want, and that's sam." "That's got to be nice." "What?" "Sweating it out for the first half of the year and then freezing for the second half?" "No." "Finding what you want and then moving forward into the backwards." "Hmm." "Eric told me he loved me." "Well, that's good, right?" "I guess." "But he also told me he's going back to being a pastor, which means no sex until marriage." "Oh, not so good." "Boyfriend with no sex -- all of the work with none of the perk." "Or I might be in a relationship with the man I'm gonna marry." "I guess it all depends on how you look at things." "Well, yeah, like, I could be waiting for the man I love, or I could be missing out on my entire life." "I like the first choice a lot better." "You have to have faith." "Says the woman who's reluctantly dating a pastor." "I just wish there were some things -- some sort of sign to help me know" "I'm making the right choice." "Something like a phone call." "Oh, that would be nice." "But isn't that what faith is -- belief in the absence of proof?" "It'll work out with jack." "Well, maybe." "In nine months." "I just feel like everyone around me is moving on and I'M... knitting in place." "This isn't a scarf." "Oh, no." "It's a sleeve." "I was getting bored, so I moved out of scarf country." "You're knitting for a man you haven't even heard from." "It's just a stupid sweater." "Oh, and this, my dear, is your sign." "You keep saying you're worried you're not strong enough to wait." "And meanwhile, you're knitting for jack because you know -- deep down you know -- you're gonna be here for him when he comes home." "Whether you want to admit it or not, this is a sleeve knitted by a woman who is waiting for her man." "I see him!" "No, you don'T." "I do!" "You got to turn your head like this." "Anything?" "Nothing." "Keep looking." "See you around!" "Okay." "No way." "They say patience is a virtue... and like most virtues, we never know if we possess it until it's been tested." "If we're lucky, we have someone to take that test with us." "And if we can pass that test, if we can wait long enough, we just might find the reward greater than we ever expected." "I'm a believer, too." "I love you." "The funny thing about waiting is it always seems, the more we want something..." "I'm up for another beer if you're up for another game." "You got it!" "...The longer we have to wait for it." "* ..." "Wish that we could be more than friends * * take a step and come out here in the sun *" "Deciding to wait out the long haul shouldn't be taken lightly." "* I'm helpless without you * * helpless without you *" "But it's an easier decision to live with than others." "* Your warming smile * * your warming smile *"