So the carpet guys came this morning - exciting! Our 25 year old, dog stained, kid stained carpet is going away!
They came at 8, which meant I had to wake everyone up, including my wife, and shoo them from the upstairs. After that was accomplished, we let the guys in, and I told them - "whatever is left that you are not allowed to move, let ME know and I will move it." I then went downstairs to work. That is how I am home today - I am working from home. Which means I am working. From home. No day off.
So anyway - I think I got the point across that I was working from home. I am downstairs working when Nancy comes down, fuming at me, that I am not helping. Apparently they asked her, and not me, to move some stuff, and instead of coming to get me, she read into this that I was shirking my duties. Frustration builds.
Even though I should be working, I help with math. It is fun working with the kids on math - the boys are doing algebra, and frances is multiplication, so it's an exciting time math wise for them.
I didn't weigh in this morning and that's probably healthy - I should not weigh in every day. But I didn't get on the scale before the carpet guys tore our house apart, so I can't get back upstairs. I am guessing 261 again, as I went from not planning to eat dinner, to eating mexican food. I ordered nachos and ate about half the plate. They were so good! But it didn't help weight loss any. My guess off the top of my head is I ate about 2000 calories yesterday. So, maintenance for a normal person, and perhaps weight loss for someone my size.....
The day was pretty busy yesterday - with walking the dogs to work to Frannie's show for acting class, to the dinner with friends, to boy scouts, and then to some last second cleaning and painting - we painting - I got to bed about 11:45, and was up at 5. 8 hours sleep? as if.
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Glad you're getting your carpet in...and boy, I don't know how you deal with the constant nagging. I guess all I can say is I hope the counseling does some good and you guys can get back to a happier place with each other. Hope you're having a good weekend! I've been unemployed since Feb of '09 when they laid off my entire Accounting dept....got an interview yesterday for a receptionist job, making less than I was (obviously!), but they hired me on the spot and I start Monday!! Woo Hoo!!! I'm happy....and terrified....I've been out of work so long, I'm not sure I know how to act anymore, lol. Let's hope I don't embarass myself. :)
You won't embarrass yourself! You were in a very professional position before, and will extend that professionalism into this new role. And don't forget, once you get into a new place, you will not only have a paycheck, which will be nice, but you will also have a view into the company you didn't have before, and will find other roles which are more suited to your education and experience.
Oh and don't take my complaining as the complete be all and end all of my life. I have had a part in digging my hole. Nancy is a very energetic person, and is always involved in some kind of project. Not all of these tasks are ones she can complete, but she tackles them anyway. And ceteris paribus, I am more of a homebody bum. I make dinner, and help with day to day chores, but for bigger projects, I have been a bit of a let down in the past. I am trying to change this about myself, but because we are often in disagreement about whether projects should begin or not (she starts them anyway), when she chooses a project I am not into, I often help only when it gets bad. This is my blog and I am allowed to be the Hero, but doses of reality are needed to explain why our relationship is so strained. She is over-ambitious. I am under-ambitious. But I am working to be better!
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