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M: Escape from Crazyville.
Mar. 14th, 2006 09:19 pmThere's one thing that is not good about our house and that's the driveway. Actually, there's nothing wrong with the driveway. The driveway is fantastic. The part that isn't good is where the driveway joins the road. It's just on one side of a little hill, so it's very hard to see if someone is coming before you pull out into the road. The previous owners have made a valiant attempt to fix the problem by adding a second exit at the highest point of the property. This actually makes it possible to barely see part of the next hill, and then you can wait until a car, should there be one past that next hill, in the little valley that you can't see has time to make it over the hill. Meanwhile, you have to continually check the other side of the street because, due to the angle, you have to pull out into the lane of oncoming traffic to turn right. In a car, you're just not tall enough, or in quite the right spot to see it very well. It's hard to explain. Anyway, yesterday afternoon and twice today, M has ran out to the driveway during the times in which I normally arrive to stand on top of the little hill and motion me into the driveway so I don't have to sit and wait and guess. It has totally made me smile because.. how many people do you know that stand around waiting just to help their spouse park in their own tricky driveway? It is SO sweet.
From that, you may wonder.. why was M home all day today? Surely there was a reason other than a desire to wave K into the driveway? And yes indeed! There IS a reason! I have kind of been holding out on you because the boy? He totally quit his job today. And for a lot of reasons, he didn't have to give two weeks notice, so he was home by eleven this morning. So, the working-every-weekend thing is officially off. To tell the truth, we were hoping that it would be that way when we went ahead and scheduled the family dinner week before last. No-jinx. He has a job lined up that he starts next Tuesday, and there is something of a joke about that particular job but since he didn't tell it, then I'd better not ruin it for him. Let's just say that it's an unusual job for a Swede to take and leave it at that for now.
Right now, the next MM issue would normally be coming out, and I would have spent a good part of the evening fixing with it. It's been postponed, though, so I feel rather like I have a free day. I'm glad that was the case, too, because we went out for a very nice dinner to celebrate the boy quitting his job, and it was fantastic, it was excellent, it was orga.. oh, let's not get carried away. My mom called while we were studying the menu and asked where we were. "I don't want to tell you," I said, "cause you'll be mad at me." We were at a steakhouse called Longhorn, and my mom keeps mentioning going there when they come to town and we never will agree. We've been there twice before and it has never been that wonderful, though it has been expensive. Tonight was great, which kind of sucks because now we'll want to go back again.
We also decided that our next project, to be begun immediately, will be about our bedroom, which is by far the worst one in the house. The bubbly wallpaper must come down, and it's a little bit terrifying because I think the people who painted it tried to remove it and failed. Here's hoping that it's not as bad as we're afraid it will be. I ripped a section off in the corner tonight, and it looks.. well. Bad. Anyway, we're committed now, for better or worse. We also will probably be buying a bedroom suit, including a king size bed, which I'm pretty excited about. Whee! Fun new stuff!
In other news, my headache from last week returned today. Had a perfectly miserable day at work, but it's mostly gone now, at long last. I am feeling very sorry for myself for working this week when M is at home without me. We have a three-day weekend together, anyway. Better than nothing, but this week is going by at a crawl. I've been editing his book during my breaks at work, though, and if I manage 17 pages a day, I'll be done on Friday. I'll be glad to be done with that. Editing is HARD. Also, plenty of people are surprised that I am editing his book and we're still married. It's also hard to be on the receiving end of wifely edits, I'm sure, but it's working out surprisingly well.
In any case, the last remnants of my headache said for me to take them to bed, so perhaps I shall do that before they get testy and start demanding things. What, you don't speak to your ailments?
From that, you may wonder.. why was M home all day today? Surely there was a reason other than a desire to wave K into the driveway? And yes indeed! There IS a reason! I have kind of been holding out on you because the boy? He totally quit his job today. And for a lot of reasons, he didn't have to give two weeks notice, so he was home by eleven this morning. So, the working-every-weekend thing is officially off. To tell the truth, we were hoping that it would be that way when we went ahead and scheduled the family dinner week before last. No-jinx. He has a job lined up that he starts next Tuesday, and there is something of a joke about that particular job but since he didn't tell it, then I'd better not ruin it for him. Let's just say that it's an unusual job for a Swede to take and leave it at that for now.
Right now, the next MM issue would normally be coming out, and I would have spent a good part of the evening fixing with it. It's been postponed, though, so I feel rather like I have a free day. I'm glad that was the case, too, because we went out for a very nice dinner to celebrate the boy quitting his job, and it was fantastic, it was excellent, it was orga.. oh, let's not get carried away. My mom called while we were studying the menu and asked where we were. "I don't want to tell you," I said, "cause you'll be mad at me." We were at a steakhouse called Longhorn, and my mom keeps mentioning going there when they come to town and we never will agree. We've been there twice before and it has never been that wonderful, though it has been expensive. Tonight was great, which kind of sucks because now we'll want to go back again.
We also decided that our next project, to be begun immediately, will be about our bedroom, which is by far the worst one in the house. The bubbly wallpaper must come down, and it's a little bit terrifying because I think the people who painted it tried to remove it and failed. Here's hoping that it's not as bad as we're afraid it will be. I ripped a section off in the corner tonight, and it looks.. well. Bad. Anyway, we're committed now, for better or worse. We also will probably be buying a bedroom suit, including a king size bed, which I'm pretty excited about. Whee! Fun new stuff!
In other news, my headache from last week returned today. Had a perfectly miserable day at work, but it's mostly gone now, at long last. I am feeling very sorry for myself for working this week when M is at home without me. We have a three-day weekend together, anyway. Better than nothing, but this week is going by at a crawl. I've been editing his book during my breaks at work, though, and if I manage 17 pages a day, I'll be done on Friday. I'll be glad to be done with that. Editing is HARD. Also, plenty of people are surprised that I am editing his book and we're still married. It's also hard to be on the receiving end of wifely edits, I'm sure, but it's working out surprisingly well.
In any case, the last remnants of my headache said for me to take them to bed, so perhaps I shall do that before they get testy and start demanding things. What, you don't speak to your ailments?
