Many of you reading this
may be self employed yourselves. Of those who are some work with their spouses on a full time basis;
running a family business. You guys should know what I'm talking about and to
those who don’t work with their spouses you should find entertainment in those of
us who do. There is a lot of entertainment value here I must say.
We live in rural Maine
where Greg and I run UGotGlass and Glass Orchids. We work together, we live
together… it’s a 24/7 kind of deal. The interesting thing about this is
that I’ve found there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide when you
actually don’t want to look at your husband. And ladies, as much as you
love the guy, you’ve got to agree there are times you’d like to shove a fork
in his eye and call him done. Believe me when you spend all day, every
day with your soul mate you have moments of desperation where you remember
there are cinder blocks out back and a deep and dank swamp just a short ATV
ride down the hayfield. Soon the swamp will be frozen over but we do have a
wood boiler (it's a very large outdoor furnace that we fill with 3' logs to
heat the barn) and that can burn up pretty large things. Note that
I've considered the possibilities. I guess this webpage could be used
as evidence....... I watch way too much Law and Order and CSI.....
As pathetic as it may
be I’ve found nirvana in the grocery store. Yes ladies, the grocery store.
It’s the one place where you can do something that needs to be done anyway
(so you don’t feel guilty about wasting time…. For those of you who share my
type ‘A’ personality) but you can take your time and enjoy the peace and
serenity of the frozen food aisle. So come on Hannaford (insert name of
local grocery store chain) put in a massage chair, fancy coffee bar and high
speed internet connection so we can relax and really enjoy ourselves. Heck,
add a shower and hammock and I’d never go home.
Real life IS funnier
than fiction. When we lived in New York, Greg went fishing on many
weekends. A kind and loving goddess, I never denied him the joy of
fishing. Thus facilitating some alone time for me, and still looking like a
queen to all his friends who had to beg their better halves for Saturday off
to go fishing.
We did bring the boat
up here to Maine but, unfortunately, the season is short here and we have
been so busy with the business that Greg has not launched the Sea++ in
sometime. I keep telling him it's OK, put the boat in the water
already! As we head into fall again here in Maine I grieve for another
summer lost with no husband launched out to sea. I even tried to get
him to go down south and fish on a party boat... at least it's a day.
My new plan is to get him to go hunting. I like venison and moose...
heck at this point I'd eat bear just for a day alone. Guys what is
wrong with him? Your wife practically begs you to go fishing and
hunting and you just don't do it? Maybe I AM
a goddess!!???? He just doesn't want to spend a moment away from me!
What have I DONE?!!!!
And guys, if
you’ve been brave and gotten this far you must feel a deep and powerful
kinship with my husband. I hold no illusions that I’m easy to live
with. Think about what it would be like to be with YOUR wife 24/7/365……
pity the fool .... got a boat? Invite him out fishing or hunting will you?
