Seeking results please
Even though its hard for me, I told my husband today on my lunch break what kinds of things would be the most helpful to getting us out of here the fastest tomorrow. Personally, I find honey-do lists insulting and hate them because I don't want to sound demanding. But we've gotten in too many fights about my expecting him to "read my mind" about what I want done, and his inability to do so. Though trial and error, I've come to the slight conclusion that he seems to not mind when I ask him to do a particular thing, and is much more likely to do it than if I don't say anything. Even if it's something that so obviously needs to be done.
Anyway, I'm dying of stress overload at work and knew, just knew that if I came home today and he hadn't done anything, or spent Ben's entire two-hour nap working on the dining room, I'd lose it. I'd go ballistic and throw a grown-up sized temper tantrum. Seriously, the dining room will not die if the molding isn't up before we go on our trip. However, the dishes need to be done, (or else our house will smell uber nasty when we get back) and the laundry needs to be done (or else we'll have nothing to wear) and we need to pack (or else we'll be late leaving because Stephen won't have even started packing until after I get home tomorrow.) Every time we go on any sort of trip, he doesn't start packing until after the time that I want to leave. It drives me BANANAS!
And, amazingly, he was very amiable to listening to what I was asking him to do and seemed to agree that those were things that needed to be done. I think he even said that he would do them!!!!!
Well, I guess we'll see what happens when I get home this afternoon. :-)
Anyway, I'm dying of stress overload at work and knew, just knew that if I came home today and he hadn't done anything, or spent Ben's entire two-hour nap working on the dining room, I'd lose it. I'd go ballistic and throw a grown-up sized temper tantrum. Seriously, the dining room will not die if the molding isn't up before we go on our trip. However, the dishes need to be done, (or else our house will smell uber nasty when we get back) and the laundry needs to be done (or else we'll have nothing to wear) and we need to pack (or else we'll be late leaving because Stephen won't have even started packing until after I get home tomorrow.) Every time we go on any sort of trip, he doesn't start packing until after the time that I want to leave. It drives me BANANAS!
And, amazingly, he was very amiable to listening to what I was asking him to do and seemed to agree that those were things that needed to be done. I think he even said that he would do them!!!!!
Well, I guess we'll see what happens when I get home this afternoon. :-)