Wife Like Me

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Colin and I are both grumpy this morning.  He woke up with a headache and I woke up mildly nauseous for the 10th day in a row or something (no, I’m not pregnant unless the tests lie).  There are piles of clean, unfolded laundry sitting on the floor around the house and the kids dumped all the toys they could find in a mountain in the living room.  Despite my efforts to catch up and keep up, there are lots of dirty dishes on the counter next to the sink.

Add to the mess fixtures and appliances that aren’t working.  One of our bathtub/showers has a drain that won’t drain and the other has super-low hot water pressure, only letting out a trickle.  The clothes dryer is dying and takes about five cycles through to dry a good-sized load (that means I can do about a load a day if I can remember to keep re-setting the dryer when it finished a cycle).  We just got a notice from the apartment complex that we have to move our old refrigerator inside, where we already feel really cramped. 

Plus, Colin just paid a bunch of bills yesterday and there are still more that need to be paid.  We need to get our taxes done and Colin doesn’t want us to do our own taxes because he doesn’t think we have the skills to do it properly, but I don’t think we have money to pay someone else to do it. 

Tonight the Elders Quorum presidency is having their weekly presidency meeting at our house, I have my presidency meeting at the church and the quarterly Primary leadership training meeting (that I’m conducting and doing some of the training at) at the church.  And, of course, Colin has to teach at school today and he felt unprepared for his classes.  I’m feeling especially inadequate in my Primary calling this morning, in part because I feel unprepared to teach today too.  Yikes!

Degen wanted to play computer games the second he woke up this morning, filling me with guilt (it seemed to bother Colin, too) and then he dumped all the stuff out of my purse and onto the pile of toys in the middle of the living room.  Maggie just wanted to eat, and luckily we had some bananas because that’s what she wanted.

So, now you know some of our troubles and I feel a combination of relief and embarrassment at sharing them with the world.  It sounds like I need to count my blessings, doesn’t it?  It would probably help to get something to eat, too.  I’m at least showered and dressed and considering how to come at the disaster area that is my apartment.  Colin got off to school showered, dressed in clean (but wrinkled) clothes, and with a bunch of eggs he cooked himself.  Luckily, he’s the king of improvisational teaching and I’m sure he’ll get through the day okay.  Maggie will go down for her nap soon and Degen is quietly enjoying his toys.    Everything will be fine…I just need a plan and some energy to do it. 

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