It had to happen. Take the hours hubby has been putting in at work, add to that his horrible sleep habits of late and what do you get? Sick hubby.

I got a call around 11 a.m. that he was coming home because he wasn't feeling well. I love it that he calls me when he's unexpectedly on the way home. It gives me a chance to hide most of the boyfriends in the closet, and scoot the rest of them out the door.

I telecommute Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. I have a rhythm. That's the nice thing about telecommuting. You don't have co-workers constantly interrupting your rhythm. Of course, there are the phone calls, but you can still plug away on whatever you were doing because the person on the other end has no idea that you're basically ignoring them. In person, the dull look in my eyes is a dead give-away.

So, back to hubby. He immediately changed into his sweats and sweatshirt (frankly a look that I completely adore on him), and decides to conduct an experiment. He's not sure if the reuben sandwich he had last night was the cause of his discomfort all night, so thought he'd have another one for lunch. You know, just to make sure. In goes the West Wing season 2 DVD set, and hubby settles into the couch.

I can ignore the noise, I do it all the time at night. I can even work in the dark because most of my work is done on a laptop and I deal with very little paper. No light necessary. You see, he likes to close the light blocking curtains and turn off any light in the house that might possibly dilute the night-like environment he needs for maximum movie enjoyment.

So, what was cramping my style you're wondering? The fact that I feel self-conscious about my weird lunch habits and couldn't eat my favorite; cheese melted on a plate in the microwave, topped with onions and jalapenos. I couldn't follow that up with my lovely vine-ripened tomatoes (eaten like an apple) because sometimes they're, well, slurpy. I'm still a newlywed. I can't possibly slurp in front of hubby. I've just passed the "running the water while using the bathroom" stage.

Ok, I got over that and had a normal lunch of cottage cheese. Probably a hell of a lot healthier. Hmmmph.

Then he fell asleep on the couch, so I had to be really quiet because the TV was now off. That means that I couldn't even mutter to myself and swear as I tend to do whilst working. Nor could I clean house while on conference calls. Yeah, you heard me. It's called multi-tasking. I clean my house while I'm on conference calls. Who's to know? Put the phone on mute and load the dishwasher, dust, even clean the toilet! Un-mute when you need to answer a question. As an aside, vacuuming is a little more difficult. It's hard to hear over the noise.

I can't wait until we get a bigger house and I actually have an office. Grumble... grumble...grumble...

Lucky for him that I still find everything about him to be quite adorable. In a manly way, of course.

RisibleGirl was blabbing on about another adventure on 11/15 at 06:11 PM

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Morgan wrote:

It took me a while too to get used to using my eating habbits in front of my guy. I love eating a bowl of mashed pot

  

grrltraveler wrote:

Hi lady, I found your site on another blog I read from another buddy on our
old favorite i-village site (did that make ANY sense?) Anyhow, I'm still
working up the courage to blog about life in Ireland (know who i am now? LOL).
Anyhoo, I have a friend who runs the water when she uses the loo as well. I
always thought it was funny for a 45 year old stock broker. But it seems she
is not the only one! Take care

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