Contemplation Gag Thursday doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it? But alas, I am in front of a computer again and Shift F7 is an old friend from college. So here goes...
1 - A few weeks or months back I was
B - Sometimes if I'm short on time or if my back hurts too bad to lean over the tub, I have Logan shower with me. It's pretty difficult because he gets all slippery and I have to put a kung fu death grip on his hamhock. By hamhock I mean his really meaty thigh. I'm telling you this because I'm not exactly sure what a hamhock is so I thought I'd better clarify in case it means something totally different. Anyhoo, he is like a little greased pig in the shower so I have to hold on for dear life which means I can't exactly clean myself in the most efficient manner, especially in the parts that really need some cleaning. So I've started laying him on his towel and letting him play while I shower up and then I get out and grab him and shower him too. This morning I went about this business and by the time I had taken 5 minutes to clean all the essentials, I stepped out of the shower to find him in a puddle of his own urine and with two little poopies stuck to his hamhocks.
* - I've discovered that I can comment on your blogs if I use my cell phone. This means all comments will be full of errors and autocorrect madness. Who am I kidding? They probably would be if I did them on the computer too. Learn to love it folks. (P.S. I love saying folks. I'm going to bring it back.)
IV - The Hubs and I have always butted heads when it comes to money. I am, prepare for it, an accountant by trade. I know that accountants usually don't say fuck and talk about their explosive diarrhea but I am the exception. I have neon sparkly pocket protectors. But anyway, to say I'm anal about money is an understatement. The Hubs is an entrepreneur by trade, i.e. big picture guy. He would rather slit his wrists than deal in the details of money. Awhile back it was affecting our marriage so much so that I finally had to throw my hands up in the air and ask myself if I'd rather have a good credit score or a good marriage. So I did the hardest thing possible and relinquished control of the money over to him. As feared, it was detrimental to my credit and my water got shut off more than once due to non-payment, but it seems as though we have worked through our money issues. We finally sat down the other night and put together a budget. It seems as though most normal people do this, AND apparently it is imperative if you are a single income family like we are now. We figured out the reason we are always broke is because we SPEND all our money. Gasp, sigh, OMG! We actually had to have a spreadsheet drawn up to figure this out. Ok truth be told, I pretty much knew the problem, but I had to wait for the Hubs to have it be his idea. It's just how he works folks. So, now we are on a budget. We have money. Our bills WILL be paid on time. And it was nice to have a conversation about money that didn't end in us screaming at each other. Damn this therapy shit might actually be working.
Fuck. Your point 4 sounds exactly like my marriage and I just canNOT get myself to let go of control of the money to get to the whole lesson learned point you're at. the whole reason I took over all bills/financials in the beginning was that he never paid a single fucking bill on time and it drove me BONKERS, so once my name was on shit, no way was I letting him affect my credit score. That being said, he does NOT get it ("it" being our extreme lack of money nowdays) and the only way he will is if he's in charge of it. Shit shit shit. Double edged sword.
ReplyDeleteI totally pee (and try to shit) before I strip down and weigh myself in the morning. Doesn't everybody do that?
Congrats on being down 10# - that's a huge accomplishment! It always took me 10+ to start really feeling and noticing a difference. 13 more is totally attainable!
Good for you for being down 10#! Umm, I even take off my damn earings when I climb on that mother. Ain't no way I'm leaving anything to chance.
ReplyDeleteUgh money. I realized that I was not a particularly good money manager well before meeting Erik so when he came to the marriage with a savings account I was quite impressed. And handed off all control of the $$ to him. Lucky for me, he's anal like you. Quarterly he printed off his spreadsheet and gives me a 1:1 rundown of how things are looking. We're dorks but man, I know how lucky I am. And yes. We're on a budget too. You have to be!
ReplyDeleteI do the exact same thing to clean up the Jack-ster. Although I haven't experienced finding him sitting in pee and poo yet. He did crawl off of the bath mat, tip over, and roll onto his back on the cold tile floor....obvi he was nekid and obvi this made for one upset baby.
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys worked out a budget. They are pretty imperative to keeping utilities on and better that you guys had that convo before winter set in :). As I told you in Colorado, it took us 5 years to figure out a system that worked and now that we are sticking to it, it is so nice. I don't miss the fights about money. I do wish we had figured it out sooner because I think back to all that money we just blew early on. Sigh. live and learn I guess.
Um and congrats on your skinny ass! YAY! Still waiting for my shits :)
You really shouldn't write (or maybe I shouldn't read) funny things when my mouth is full of tea. The "kung fu death grip" choked me and I think I peed on myself a lil' bit. Congrats on the weight loss! Find something that weighs ten pounds and pick it up....I love comparing tangible items to the number of lbs I've lost (or need to lose, ok gained). :) GOOD JOB!
ReplyDeleteHey! Thanks for the pic last night...your boys are too cute :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the 10lbs! And so happy to hear too that the therapy is going well and you're noticing results in your relationship. Money is dangerous territory, so it's a great sign that you survived that convo...
Miss you tons xo