Tuesday - Clear and sunny
Today did not turn out the way I thought it would, but it was fine! I woke up early again and F got up just after me to get ready for work. I dozed for a bit but ended up falling asleep again. I woke up just before 9am, which was a big surprise. I got up, dressed and watched ER. I did a load of laundry and got a text from F saying that his back was bad again and he was taking off Wednesday so he could go to the doctor. I texted back that it was a good thing.
After my laundry was hung up, I did a little work on F’s jeans. I made a second patch for the pocket and I edge-sewed one of the holes. I had to stop to have lunch though.
After lunch, I did some Postcrossing and ended up doing 3 postcards. Yay me. They are quite a varied bunch. I also got one in the mail today which was a nice treat.
I washed dishes and then did a bit of prep for dinner, I put a marinade on the meat. I came back upstairs and watched the news.
F called and then arrived back at the house around 6 pm. He wanted to go and get a massage tonight and decided to book it then and there. I asked him not to book it until after 8pm. Of course, he booked it for 8 pm. Sigh. That meant that I had to scramble to get dinner on the table. I wasn’t too worried though.
I prepped the salad, microwaved the veggies, and fried the meat. F came into the kitchen to watch and I asked him to help by setting the table. Of course, he vanished immediately. I set the table, I was running back and forth trying not to let things burn. The one thing F did was put water in the water-pot so we could have miso soup.
Dinner was ready and we all ate. Once again, almost everything disappeared. There were leftovers today, but that was unusual. After dinner, I brought everything back to the kitchen and prepared to wash the dishes. F showed up and did that…but he drove me crazy. He washes the pots before the plates, he washed everything so slowly that I actually suggested he leave so that he could get ready to go. He’s tall, and the sink is low (too low even for me), so he stands with his legs in the splits to reach the sink. At one point tonight he went on his knees to wash dishes. It was so annoying. I dried things and put them away. F got rather testy with me and told me that the reason he washes the dishes is that I don’t rinse the dishes. Yes. That’s it. Except, he whined so much about me not rinsing the dishes that I started rinsing the dishes about 15 years ago. He’s obviously never lived in a place that has water rationing, but I do rinse the dishes. I realized that this was probably the back pain talking and that if I denied it too strongly, I’d never get any help with the dishes. However, do I really want his kind of help?
He stormed off when he was done and I went upstairs. He went off to his massage and I watched a bit of telly. I enjoyed myself.
A little after 9 he called to see if I wanted to go out. I did, of course, I needed to mail my postcards. I said that I’d get ready and wait for him downstairs. I did that.
We went for coffee and cake first. He seemed in a bit better mood and we even chatted a little. We ended up spending much too much time in the coffee shop but finally got out. There was another spat when he yelled at me for standing in front of his car when the people parked in the car next to his were just sitting and parking there. I was supposed to get in his car quickly. Well, I was trying to talk to him, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to do that. Even when I do, he doesn’t listen much.
We drove closer to the grocery store. I said to F that I just needed to mail my cards, so then he said he wouldn’t go in. Fine. I got out of the car to mail my cards and he came too. I walked to the mailbox, he went into the shop. I came back to the entrance but couldn’t see him. I decided to look inside. Nope. Maybe the washroom? I finally saw him in the lobby. He was obviously looking for me but didn’t see me. I don’t know why he never sees me! We met up outside and went in again.
We grabbed a few snack-like things and then came back to the house. I took a shower, watched a little TV and F went to bed and basically ignored me in favour of his phone. Sigh.
So that’s it. Tomorrow I have grumpy man around and I’m not looking forward to it. Hopefully, he’ll take his mother off to the doctor in the morning and the two of them will be all happy and cheerful when they get back. Snort. I hope.
Come back later if you like and see what does happen on Wednesday. Until tomorrow….
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