I noticed none of you mentioned, but this weekend is a Very Special weekend. Some might argue—quite rightly—that it’s the most special weekend in the whole calendar year. And you were just going to let it go completely unremarked-upon.
Y’all.
IT’S MAH BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!!!
That’s right, it’s that magical time of year when we celebrate the miracle that is me*. And this year we’re righting an ancient wrong
Don’t stop now – keep reading!
Every time he says something, I make a note of it.
Okay, not every time, obviously. Some of the shit he says is boring. Obviously. I mean, sometimes he really does come home and just say, “Hi,” and kiss me, then, “I’m gonna go change real quick,” and I don’t see him for an hour because somehow his computer was on the way to the bedroom (it isn’t) and he got sucked into a game or facebook or whatever. Obviously I don’t make a note of that. I also don’t make a note when he says, “Got your coat? It’s cold out” or “can you let the dogs out? I’m tired” or any of those mundane daily things.
But the weird, the funny, the random, and the stupid? They all get a note.
… Mostly. I actually forget a lot. And sometimes he gets mad if he sees me reaching for my phone right after he said something, but I can’t tell if he’s really annoyed or if he’s wishing he could do a rewrite before I get it down forever.*
So I’ve got all these notes, yeah? Oodles of them, some from years back that never made it into a post. Why? Because they were little one-offs or I couldn’t spin a whole story around them. And I’m sick of looking at them now. Plus I’m trying to move over to a different organization tool for these notes and it would be really helpful to not have so many old ones kicking around. So I’ve got two options: try to jam them in soon-ish, claiming they happened recently (not… really feasible for some) or just present them as-is in a sort of highlight episode.
Raise your hand if you guessed that I would choose the lazy way.
I just checked my stats this week, and I’ve got some bad news.
Statistically speaking, we are not friends.
I mean, obviously I love you because you take time out of your day to come here and read about me—my favorite topic in the world, thankyouverymuch—but there’s no denying that I don’t know and have never met an estimated 99.993% of you.*
Math. Not even once.
I have plenty of complaints—and the usual Actual Conversation,™ but first I need to update you on a critical issue.
One I’m sure—if you’re a regular around here—has been on your mind of late. Probably keeping you from working (you’re welcome) or even getting a good night’s sleep (I’m sorry).
Because I know you’ve been deeply concerned for a certain member of my family.
Sometimes I swear he says shit just to get a reaction out of me.
And by “reaction” I mean get me to blog about him. So he can be Internet Famous. Which makes you all his enablers. Not me—I’m his wife, and legally obligated to support his bullshit for as long as it amuses me to do so—but y’all need to do some deep thinkin’ about what sort of behavior you want to encourage in the people who design the things that fly over your damned heads all day long.
Adding to the recent avalanche of suck, our car started randomly overheating last week. So it was with one last longing look at our for-once-not-meager account that I sent Husband and car off to the shop.
Only to be rewarded with an outrageous repair bill.
As in:
HIM: Did you get my email? With the estimate?
ME: No, let me… Oh holy fucksticks. No. Just… no.
HIM: Yeah.
ME: No, No! We don’t have that—and if we did, we certainly wouldn’t spend it on this car!
HIM: So… car shopping?
ME: Ugh.
HIM: I’ll come home and—
ME: Wait—do I have to go?
HIM: Um… yeah?
ME: (internal litany of fucks)
Don’t. Wanna!
There are two things I can always count on in my own home; two principles by which I survive each treacherous day amongst the meth ghosts and kamikaze squirrels.
As you are no doubt itching for an example—and I happen to have one handy—let’s continue to waste time together. Can’t have you working just because you’re on the clock, now can we?
