Work has been exhausting lately - not just because of the stress of the uncertainty of all of it but because we're making a lot of changes so I have to stay on top of the work I WAS doing, while bringing someone up to speed on it as well as get up to speed on the stuff I'm taking over from other people.
My new boss seems GREAT but she's very methodical and has a spreadsheet for everything. While I DO love spreadsheets for crunching numbers, I'm not great at documentation so I'm struggling to give her what she needs and get the rest of my work done.
Then we added in swimming lessons for the kids - fatal mistake? - scheduling them for Monday night at 5:30. It means that everyone starts the week exhausted.
Anyway, tonight I said something to my husband and he answered me and I said, "What are you talking about?" He reminded me that he was just answering the question I had asked him and then said, "If you're not going to listen to me, you could at LEAST listen to yourself."
"I'm sorry." I told him. "Work's been a challenge lately and I'm exhausted."
He was feeling edgy right then and blurted out, "Want to trade?"
"Yes," I answered without hesitation. "YES I DO."
He laughed as if to say, "You can't handle the truth." and then I reminded him that he worked out for 3 hours today, ate a leisurely breakfast and lunch and went shopping.
Granted his life was hell from 3:00 until 6:00 but since I was in my office from 8-6 and right there with him from 6-8, I had little sympathy.
Also, he was partly cranky because we were having some version of a chicken dish for dinner for the 3rd night in a row.
Y'know what buddy? If you don't like the menu, why don't you take over the shopping?
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P.S. I'm totally kidding about giving him any say in the grocery shopping. He actually believes Kellogg's when they tell him that "Chocolate cereal is a healthy part of a balanced breakfast."
My husband thinks the same thing. eesh :)it must be a boy thing
Posted by: Jaimie | March 01, 2012 at 10:05 AM
They really are kinda clueless, aren't they? But I thought chocolate was a healthy part of any balanced diet. Isn't it a food group?
Posted by: Susan | March 01, 2012 at 10:16 AM
You two need to find some time away together...and soon!
Posted by: Ken | March 01, 2012 at 11:20 AM
I think the DH would happily eat Honey Nut Cheerios or Wheaties for every meal. I asked him how he survived as a bachelor, and he replied "Burger King, cereal, and pork fritters." I'm surprised he didn't drop dead on our wedding day. Okay, so he still sometimes gets Burger King and pork fritters. It's hard to feed a creature of habit.
Posted by: toylibrarian | March 01, 2012 at 03:46 PM
Yeah I was always in charge of the food when I was married. Now that I'm single, I still am, and nothing has changed! Except that I've no cranky husband haha
Posted by: Gwen Styles | March 01, 2012 at 04:37 PM
Your DH must have been complaining to my son. He just said the same thing to me. I told him when he buys the groceries, he can make whatever he wants. At least it's not pancakes every night.
Posted by: Sassy | March 01, 2012 at 04:52 PM
I am lucky in that my husband is disabled, but not so much that he can’t cook or run some laundry. I work three jobs - Admin Supervisor at the local hospital, photographer, and Mary Kay lady. I pull about a 90 hour work week and am blessed when I have even one day off. (I’ve actually had TWO since the first of the year, LOL…)
Wait…let me rephrase the first sentence of the above paragraph. My husband is an electrician, but is now permanently disabled. I am lucky that he can still cook and run some laundry. Roles are reversed at my house. It’s exhausting, but there is ALWAYS something yummy to eat.
It DOES, however, get tiresome to hear him complain about how rough his day was.
Did that make sense? I’m running on pure adrenaline right now. LOL...
Posted by: Jules | March 01, 2012 at 06:20 PM
Your day sounds exhausting and stressful, but no one wins when you play the "who has it harder" game. Each person always thinks they have it harder. Hope it gets better.
Posted by: Leigh Ann | March 02, 2012 at 08:20 AM
Working out for three hours a day would be a little slice of heaven.
With the kids at their age, I do believe that you have it easier -- with my two still in diapers, I'm not sure whether it's my wife or I who has it easier.
Posted by: John | March 02, 2012 at 08:22 AM
Oh Christ. It's the accountability line. It goes downhill from here Kit.
Posted by: Jessie Powell | March 02, 2012 at 08:43 AM
Hey. Cocoa Puffs are delicious.
Posted by: Marta | March 02, 2012 at 05:45 PM