8/17/2008

Another boring post of miscellaneous ramblings

Last night was the first night for Atticus in his "Big Boy" bed. We purchased a mattress and boxsprings set for about $500. Thank Zeus the wife had a headboard, footboard and rails that she received when her grandmother passed. I don't even want to go into how much money we have spent over the past two months on stuff for the house. How about $30,000 worth?

Since the middle of July some of the big ticket items we have purchased:

3 Samsung flat screen TVs, 52", 40", 32"
1 Samsung Blu-Ray player
1 Whirlpool top of the line frontloading washer
1 Whirlpool top of the line steam dryer
1 Whirlpool French door, freezer on the bottom refrigerator
1 Whirlpool dishwasher
1 Bedroom suite - chest of drawers, bed & armoir
1 40th birthday party
6 outdoor wall lights
1 Water fountain
1 bird bath
30 rose bushes

I am sure that I have forgotten something. What the fuck. It is only money.

Adrienne started sleeping in her "Big Girl" bed about two weeks ago. It was kind of rough the first couple nights when she found out that she could get out of her bed when she wanted to.

Atticus on the other hand stayed put for the first night except that one time when he fell out of the bed.

The wife has signed up for classes to pursue a degree in nursing. I am all for her having a career outside of raising children. The only issue I have is that the house is always a wreck now. Clutter abounds in almost every room and it is continuous. There are countless piles of clothes, toys and various other shit all throughout the house. Every flat surface has some type of clutter on it- papers, diapers, sippy cups, toys, pacifiers, art, you name it.

I can't come down too hard on the wife because of this. She doesn't have the time to do everthing that she is doing now and keep a clean house. Plus, she was never a "neat" person to begin with. I remember back in 1996 when we first met. I saw her closet in her room and as the wave of shoes, clothes and other various shit came crashing out of the close, I thought to myself "Damn, that is a messy closet."

So what I am getting to with this is the question: What the hell is our house going to look like when the wife is taking class and studying on top of all the other shit she does with the kids. We really need someone to come in and clean the clutter on a daily basis. Now we have someone clean the house weekly. The clutter instantly returns within a day or two. I guess I will have to figure out how to afford a maid.

The wife took the kids to church. She has not put pressure on me to go. This makes me happy. It will certainly strain our marriage if she starts demanding that I go. I have given in to raising our children as christians. Unfortunately due to where we live (small town in the bible belt) there are not any good options for a secular education so our kids will go to a christian school. I went there and I turned out ok, hopefully my children will be as enlightened. Of course I didn't think for myself about religion until I was well out of college. I just hope they can have a critical eye.

8/14/2008

Can't sleep

For the third night in a row now I have woken up about 4 hours into my sleep and cannot go back to sleep. This really sucks. There is just too much shit in my head- too much shit to do at work.