Being an Adult

My nose is stuffy. My back hurts from folding a month's worth of laundry that has been sitting in a pile (a clean pile, but a pile nonetheless) on my bedroom floor for weeks. The lunches are packed and the dishes are done. All of the house-buying papers that need to get faxed back tomorrow are signed and secured in my bag for work.

I feel exhausted. I feel old.

David and I tried to play basketball this afternoon. It's our new thing... to help us remember to "play" and not just work. He wrenched his shoulder and I jammed my finger. The pre-teens playing in the other court didn't know what to make of us as we huffed and puffed our way to the basket and back.

This week at work will be extremely difficult. And not just because of PMS and my on-coming cold. Lately at work I feel like an oxen on that old computer game Oregon Trail, and all the other oxen have snake bites and dehydration... so there's just me to tug the overloaded wagon over the mountains. I keep wondering when I'm going to finally crest the hill and get to coast down the other side. It can't be completely uphill the whole way, can it?

Just two and a half more years. Then I'm retiring.

Don't tell my mortgage lender that though, k? I can't afford even another penny in interest rates.

Sometimes, when I'm tired like tonight and really need to just be getting a good nights sleep instead of logging all my many complaints online, I wonder if this is all there is to being an adult. More work and less play. All work and no play. Sore muscles when we do play.

Did being an adult turn out how you thought it was going to?

The Man Meme

1. Who is your man? David. Day-vid.

2. How long have you been together? 4 years if my math is correct.

3. How long did you date? 3.75 years

4. How old is your man? 29 today!

5. Who eats more? Me. Much as I hate to admit it.

6. Who said “I love you” first? He did. After less than two months of dating.

7. Who is taller? He is.

8. Who sings better? I can probably sing notes more accurately, but anyone who has ever been highly entertained by his frequent "slim shady" renditions will say my white boy detroit husband. :) What he lacks in musical talent he more than makes up for with accompanying entertaining dance moves and heart.

9. Who is smarter? I don't think I could honestly say. We're both too smart for our own good sometimes.

10. Whose temper is worse? His, but never at me. Only at other people doing stupid things.

11. Who does the laundry? Hand in hand, we do it together. It's the worst chore in the world, and it usually takes both of us to carry it all down the two flights of stairs when we finally do it. We fold our own.

12. Who takes out the trash? He does.

13. Who sleeps on the right hand side of the bed? Looking from the foot of the bed, he does. And if for some reason we're traveling and it gets reversed, it seriously throws me off.

14. Who pays the bills? I do... as in I send the money (usually electronically) to the various utilities, etc. We both contribute financially to the payment of the bills.

15. Who is better with the computer? We both rock on the computer. Seeing as we have both made our career using them, we'd better. But if there's a problem to be fixed, he's the one who can take it apart and put it back together or save all the data from my crashing harddrive. So much as it pains me, I will reliquish this title to him.

16. Who mows the lawn? Our lawn consists of a window box with fake flowers "planted" in it.

17. Who cooks dinner? I plan all the meals, but whoever gets home first usually gets the stuff going on the stove. We both CAN cook. I usually end up with the lion's share, but probably because I like it more.

18. Who drives when you are together? Me if we're in my car and him if we're in his car. Him if it's dark out. Whoever has pulled the "designated driver" short straw.

19. Who pays when you go out? Usually him.

20. Who is most stubborn? Him.

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I say me. He might say differently.

22. Whose parents do you see the most? His. We go every year for Christmas and they usually come out to see us once in the spring.

23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me first. Our third date. Took long enough.

24. Who asked who out? Hmm. I think he asked me out. We talked on the phone several times first, so I think we both knew we wanted to get together. I honestly don't remember who suggested the first date/ time.

25. Who Proposed? He did - in Palm Springs at the Esmerelda Resort over Labor Day weekend.

26. Who is more sensitive? Me. I let too many things hurt my feelings. But he is more sensitive than most guys and more considerate than most as well.

27. Who has more friends? Me. We have some mutual friends too.

28. Who has more siblings? Me -- I have enough to populate a decent sized country.

29. Who wears the pants in the family? David. As independent as I am, I ultimately defer to him as the head of the family. We both like it that way.

Me Meme

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Bubbles Toyota

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Cookie Dough Shortbread

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME:(first letter of first name, first three letters of last name)
G-Mil (funnier b/c people actually call me that)

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Pink Kitten

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Grace Richmond

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)Mil-Sa

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Blue Martini

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Francis Maurice

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names) Alice Dean

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Hoffman Houston

12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) December Jasmine

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Grape Bootsie

14. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Cereal Plumeria

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The Reading Rain Tour