Tonight I had a rather fun exchange with Joy.
We're both kinda sick, which is something we picked up from our trip to Gainesville last weekend. So, I've been eating a lot of Chicken Noodle soup. I had another can tonight as soon as I got home, because it makes such a difference to how I feel when I am sick. After I finished my soup I rinsed out my bowl and left it in the sink, because the dishwasher was full of clean dishes. Then I went to go shower because I get really dirty at work.
Before I went to shower I sat in the office to take off my shoes and socks and check on ogame. Then Joy comes in to let me know that I left the can on the counter-top. She let me know why it was important to her that I didn't do those types of things, and told me it wasn't a big deal... just something she wanted to say real quick. She also said she had taken care of it. I was playful with her and tried to make a couple of jokes out of all of her insanity, and she received them fairly well. She keeps trying to get me to keep a perfectly clean house, and I keep wondering why she doesn't just clean up after me if it really isn't a big deal like she claims.
A little later I thought I'd play with her some more since she was in a decent mood for it. So, I stroll mischieviously back into the living room and ask Joy if she knows what is really gross... like even more gross than a can of soup on the counter. She throws out a guess or two of things that I do, and then it hits her.
She somehow realizes that wen I was getting into the shower I noticed some shower hair (which is definately a chick thing.) I've never said anything about this before, but since Joy loves to play this game of reminding me of every little thing that I leave about the apartment... I thought I'd join in on the fun!!
She had some sort of reaction. She was totally shocked with me, but also thought the whole situation was kinda fun for some reason. So, after sitting there laughing for a few seconds she gets a notion in her head and hops up out of her chair and goes into the bathroom before I get there. Then she takes out the hairball, throws it away, and says "thereya go baby" with a big smile. Then a minute or so later she comes back to playfully add, "I just want you to take a note of how I handle it when you tell me about something that I left laying around"
I forget how I responded to that, and I am not even positive that I did respond. What I do know is that after a few minutes of showering Joy came back to tell me something else.
"Baby. I love you."
Oh?
"Just came in to tell you I love you!"
Why is that, dear?
"Well, I realized that I leave my shoes around a lot, and you never say anything to me about that."
Dude, I used to share a bathroom with my sister, I totally know what you're talking about with the hair thing - I think that anyone with long hair has that problem. I used to have hair that hung over my eyes in high school and even I left hair in the drain after a shower. The thing with the shoes if funny too :-).
Posted by: Nate at October 18, 2005 03:10 PMAlright -
So that whole story is true. I do ask him to clean up after himself and I don't think it's a big deal to throw the soup can and lid in the garbage so that it doesn't rust on the countertop.
Now, although I don't think it's difficult to do - I do think it becomes burdensome when you are constantly cleaning up little messes that someone else is leaving around. So I would just like us both to work on finishing projects to completion, which is often the problem when we don't clean up after ourselves.
Also, he has told me he doesn't like hair left in the drain and I heed that and almost always remove my hair from the shower... but this time I forgot. Wouldn't ya know that it was this time that he was looking to make a joke (and I guess a blog) of it.
Finally, he does deserve credit b/c he often picks up my shoes after me. But, to be fair - if I make a mess I almost always clean it up. I guess that makes me feel like it's ok if I ask him to do the same.
All in all though - even if he doesn't always clean up after himself, he's a great husband and gets an A+ for effort.
Posted by: Joy at October 18, 2005 09:53 PMWell, the hair in the shower thing is kind of new to me. I've never had hair longer than 2-3 inches, and I never had to (or should it be 'got to?') share a shower with a woman before.
I don't really have a problem with it actually. I guess I am just reaching for some leveling something that I can have to show Joy that noone is the perfect picker-upper.
Posted by: David at October 19, 2005 01:35 AMI love this...i suppose it's much more effective than saying "Oh does this bother you" as you leave a bigger mess. hehe
Posted by: Jessica at October 19, 2005 12:37 PM