Life On This End

Ok, so it's my third day of having a blog, and this thing keeps telling me that I need to follow other blogs. There is a function at the top of the page, you may be able to see it, that says "Next blog" so I clicked on it. It took me to another blog. I read one full post by someone, then parts of two others. And I realized something. Bloggers have the tendency to be whiny, self-absorbed, and conceited. Please please please, if you care about me at all, do not let this happen. If I begin to become whiny, conceited, self-absorbed, self-important, pompous, a huge jerk, annoying to read about, anything more than just writing to family and friends, and thinking what I have to say is really all that important, come over here and slap me. Or at least do it verbally over the web, but physically if absolutely necessary.

In short, don't let it get that far. I would much prefer pure, unadulterated thought in print. After all, this blog is for communication purposes. So here is the daily dose of update from me to you.

Last night was the first night of me cooking dinner for three instead of two. Having another person to cook for is not so bad. Having a father-in-law to cook for who is used to a much larger home and different cook is a whole other story. Not to mention he's just getting settled in. I had started dinner late because we were waiting for him to get home, and when he got here he started unpacking his new computer which had come earlier in the day. My husband, thinking he was being helpful, began helping him. The more that was unpacked, the more crowded I felt and the less success I was having getting dinner ready. I started asking them to just clean up and deal with it after dinner, but no, this was apparently much more important than oh, say, eating. I suppose they just hadn't realized they were in the way of dinner being made, but being that they were frequently in the kitchen to set things up (our living space is very tight and the printer is on what is supposed to be a breakfast bar), well, they were in the way.

We'll see how this being the only woman in the home goes. I suppose I will have to get used to the toilet lid being up, shoes being worn all through the house, a wet bathroom floor, boxes, papers, computers, cds, and mail being left on the dining room table, and never feeling we have enough space. I'm sorry, Doc, we're poor college students, and I know it's been a long time since bachelorhood, but it looks like while you're here, you'll have to adapt back to those times.

I hope and pray we can keep him happy here. Or at least, relatively comfortable. I feel better knowing he gets to go home and stretch out in his own large home when he is not needing to be close to work here. God bless him.

Dinner did get made, however, and was rather good. Open faced roast beef sandwiches with mashed potatoes, gravy, and peppers supplied by the father-in-law. Also, the computer did get set up, and so did the printer, and it did fit just fine.

Now today we are going to get our car cleaned, interior and exterior, for $9.99. We have a coupon. Being that it desperately needs cleaning, this is quite exciting.

Blog #3, done! Good day to you.