Tuesday Ten

1. I very rarely get sick. When I do get sick, though, it seems to stick with me. I’ve had a chronic cough for over a week now and I just can’t seem to get all of the gunk out of my chest. It’s keeping me (and my wife) from getting a good night of sleep, I always have headaches from the pressure of the coughs, and I’m just generally miserable. Pity me.

2. The poison ivy, however, is gone! Well, except for the large spots of dead skin that are still flaking off. I don’t know why I always put off going to the doctor when prednisone wipes the stuff out within a few days.

3. Rhonda completed an awesome grocery shopping trip this weekend. She bought two weeks of groceries for only slightly more (we’re talking like within ten or fifteen dollars) than we usually spend on a week! This may seem like a silly thing to be proud of, but we’re always looking for a way to cut down on our expenses and she did an amazing job.

4.  I don’t know how this happened, but Harper will be a whole year old on Friday! It feels like only a few days ago that he was born and we were falling asleep together in the big easy chair in his hospital room with his mommy. And only a day or two later that I was falling asleep holding his hand while he was recovering from surgery for pyloric stenosis. I’m not sure that I approve of this whole “growing up” business.

5. Rhonda is far too sweet to mention it, but I think she slightly regrets not having a wedding with a reception and all that.  This weekend, her family is throwing a big cookout for us to celebrate our wedding.  Granted, we’re also celebrating several birthdays, but I still think it will do us both some good.  Want to come?

6. I watched the Lost finale. So yeah…that…happened.

7. I get really annoyed by people who complain about spoilers.  I realize that not everybody can watch a television episode or movie or read a book right when it comes out, but that’s when you avoid the places and conversations that may spoil what happens.  It is not my responsibility to protect you from spoilers, people – do not make your problems my problems, especially when it infringes on my ability to enjoy things that I made the time to experience.

8.  I forgot what eight was for!

9.  I truly appreciate my father-in-law’s generosity in letting us stay here while we get on our feet, but I hate the way he treats my wife sometimes.  He never does it when I’m around, but I’m always hearing how he talks down to her and treats her like she’s stupid or chastises her for not filling a more “traditional” role as a mother and wife when I’m not around.  Rhonda is about the least stupid person I know and I love that we try to share responsibilities, no matter what gender they’re traditionally assigned to.  I will always treasure the year I spent as a stay at home dad while my wife worked and if it came down to me missing out on sleep before work or missing out on seeing my kids for a little while, I’d rather give up sleep.

Some have floated the theory that he’s intimidated by women, but that seems totally bizarre to me.  Considering his mother raised him and his brothers and sisters alone, you’d think he’d have more respect for women.

10.  Not done with my soapbox yet.  The fact that this is typical behavior for our politicians in Mississippi drives me insane.  I have read more hypocritical speeches and bald-faced lying out of leaders since I moved here than I have in my entire life – and I’ve had two Bushes as governors.

I’m not saying Mississippi politicians are corrupt, but I heard Haley Barbour is holding a “Going Out Of Office” sale this year.

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