As I have documented here time and time again, I am now on the early shift; and frankly it's generally working well. In fact it would be FAB-completely with one glaring exception. Yep - you guessed it - Bubba. Now it works in the AM because he's sleeping, I tend to the dogs, and they get another 1.5-2 hours additional out of the crates, and I get home early, get things done, etc. Now I am basically dead to the world about 9 PM - about Bubba's time to arrive home. Yesterday I had been home for 4 hours by the time he rolled in.. 5PM vs. 8:45 PM.
I made this ooober healthy meal last night - I was feeling inspired as I lost 2 pounds last week in spite of pizza and wine Saturday and Super Bowl Sunday - with cake. In my world - oh so the bonus! ANY way this dinner in my humble opinion turned out pretty darn good. Salmon, spaghetti squash, broccoli, brown rice and spicy tomato sauce - that I made not in a jar so this meal was cheap points wise. I added big thick mushrooms for Bubba. I had ice cream too - within the daily points. Not bad eh?
Anyway - I cook his fish when he gets home, re-hot his veggies and rice and he ate it. He didn't say much, asked for more, I said there was more veggies upstairs. Of course at this point he had the computer open and since I didn't get up to get him more - he didn't get. Really. So we watched some DVR'd shows, he switches to hockey, I read - I of course fall asleep. I wake up later, I begin the process of getting me and the dogs to bed, we are moving about and doesn't Bubba pick NOW to discuss why the cell phone bill appears to show that I didn't pay it last month. Now think about this, I have been asleep for at least an hour at this point, I'm tired as all get out because I do try and stay awake until his darling butthead manages to get home - and he thinks NOW is the time to ask me about a bill that has or has not been paid. I let the dogs out, I dig through the paid bills drawer hand him last month's bill with the notation it has been paid and head to bed.
Fast forward 10 minutes - I am IN BED, 3/4's asleep and he shouts up the stairs about - something I have no idea probably had to deal with that bill... I gave him the location of the checkbook and went to sleep. That is frankly all I remember about the exchange. Now had I been awake enough to enjoy it I did give serious thought to waking his backside up at 05-whatever to further discuss the issue and to see how much he enjoyed the sensation. But I was too tired to care this morning (and every freaking other). I did check the bank this morning - gotta love on-line banking no? I did indeed pay the bill in plenty of time - so why is that bill so crazy. Neither one of us remembers the stupid log on for this account so when I get home I'll look it up and deal with it. I can't imagine I went that nuts with the text messages last month. We shall see.... whatever...
I am sitting here with a color coded chart wondering if the bright colors and lack of big words will make him understand that 10 PM is not prime chatty hour - I should be sound asleep.
And speaking of time - he tells me yesterday he'll be home "about" 7:45 PM as he's meeting some folks to sign the lease for the lodge. Groovy. Quarter to 8 PM - and he expected me to WAIT to eat dinner with him... seriously puddin' head? I eat breakfast before he's out of bed, lunch on the early side of noon, and you want me to wait 8 plus hours to eat again? AND go to bed on top of that. No, and thank you. I'm sorry that your tender feelings got bruised that we aren't sharing a meal - but Bubba think. But that would require thinking outside his own bubble and that simply doesn't happen - much - and not without loud noises and bright shiny things to distract him. It appears to be a Bubba family trait.
So - he again has twisted knickers and I frankly am, at this point, immune to all foolishness that goes along with twisted and knotted knickers in the Bubba tighty-whitey area. Eat this, that you again didn't have to plan, shop, cook or clean up for and unclench - you might discover you are a happier person because of it. I'm just saying.
And with further evidence that I AM wonder woman... up yesterday, remembered the cleaning lady was coming, pulled dry clothes from dryer, and folded, tossed wet clothes in dryer and dried, moved clean wine glasses and washed the bowls and plates and then went to work all day. Came home, went grocery shopping, cooked and planned meals, folded another dry load of laundry, dried the cleaning rags, fed myself, my husband and my dogs. No wonder I'm tired. I can't imagine tossing kids into this mess. Cripes.
Today in a complete pampered princess method - I have another massage -- this one I scheduled a month ago, unlike the one on Friday when I called the same week to get my shoulders un-knotted. Tonight's will be the full Monty - er - ah - meaning full body massage including legs and feet and nothing to do with any one's Monty - full or otherwise. I really have to start paying attention to what I say... but then again this is my happy place without a filter so one should expect the occasional verbal (or typed) slip up. Which is entirely different than the dark and twisty places we usually find on our small little left turns off the beaten path...
All right the office has quieted down as our visitors have headed back to their pods, I have a meeting today and other work type stuff to tend to... and perhaps if I'm lucky - a nap - lasting about 10 hours.
Later!
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