Revenge of the Reluctant Housewife

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Having fun with the laundry today, incidentally.  It might have a tiny bit to do with hubby scaring me yesterday.

(I'm still freaked out.)

But mostly I think it's that I'm sick to death of laundry.

Anyway just about every single article of clothing in the house, plus all the sheets and towels, were in need of a wash today - and with that amount of work at the start, I decided fairly quickly that clothes delivered to the hamper in various states of disarray would be returned in the same way.

So today I have washed and dried a whole bunch of clothes - and hubby's clothes were put in his basket (yes I have one basket per family member - makes things easier) inside out, already buttoned/zipped, socks bunched up and inside out...you get the idea.

I'm not singling out hubby mind you, it's just that I put my own clothes in the hamper, and more often than not I'm the one who puts the kids' clothes in there too.  So our clothes are usually right side out etc.   A while ago I stopped washing clothes that hadn't made it to the laundry room, which basically forced hubby to start putting his clothes in there - usually when he either (a) runs out of clean clothes, or (b) can't get to the bathroom from his side of the room anymore because his entire dirty wardrobe is on the floor next to his bed.  (I use the kids' bathroom when this happens.)  I suppose I should be glad that part one of my plan is working - at least his clothes are making it to the laundry room!  Maybe after a few weeks of wrinkly inside-out already-buttoned clothes we'll see a change there too?

I'm not holding my breath ;-)

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Everybody screeeeeam!

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Hubby scared the crap out of me last night...apparently he'll be 'helping' in the starting phases of some big project which is in the works. I told him to say no - he seriously doesn't get how this freaks me out. I don't like being a single parent. Parenting is hard enough with the both of us around!

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Hectic

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Wimpy

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My boss says she still wants to keep me on...I still want to take December off though.  They don't have any work to offer me really, not until the summer anyway; we'll see.  I'm keeping my options open, but I am still uncomfortable with the direct contact with patients, so I doubt if I will renew my contract regardless.  I'm a wimp, what can I say!

Hubby is coming home today after a four-day bender with the boys in Dublin...I'm sure it'll be a mixed blessing haha - I can't wait to dump the kids on him, but then I'm sure he'll be too tired-out to do anything useful with them ;-)  At least I'll be spared the harrowing experience of trying to get them to sleep.  Our kids don't like it any more than their parents do I'm afraid.

And of course while hubby was away and we were understaffed already at work, A got sick - a bad throat infection, and the fact that it hurt too much to eat or drink finally prompted me to take him to the doc's, resulting in ten days of antibiotics three times a day - which is a HUGE fight to get him to take every time.  Bribery with candy is my solution.  It's the only thing that works so far.

Otherwise the weekend alone with the kids went a lot better than I thought it would, sickness and sleep deprivation and all!  Not saying I want to do it again anytime soon, mind you ;-)

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Semi-certain future

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Blogging is a slow process these days!

I was saved any drama at work by having the woman I'm filling in for announce her return, not on Nov 1st but on Dec 1st.  I'm really glad about that, although my boss was sad to lose me!  Which is a good thing, of course, but though I am glad of the experience of working there, I am also looking forward to the next chapter, whatever that may be.

Looking forward to having December off, hopefully will be able to organize a wonderful Christmas for my family - my mother was always so good at making Christmas a magical time for us, I hope to be able to do that for my kids as well!

My mood is lifting in time with the de-cluttering around here.  We have managed to get rid of quite a lot of stuff, and more is on its way.  We have a whole carload just waiting to go to the cottage, so once THAT's out of the way we'll be pretty much set I think!  Can't wait to be able to use the third bedroom for something besides storage...!

The nights are getting longer here now, seems only yesterday that it didn't get properly dark at all - now it's nighttime already at quarter past seven!  I realize at these junctions that I love the light summer nights - but that in summer I miss the dark evenings, too.  Seems I'm fully acclimated to Bergen finally!

Gotta go, my mom is stopping by to mind the kids while Thomas and I have a couple hours of "us"-time.  We need it ;-)

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Speaking of patriotism...

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Many people have been questioning the use of the Norwegian flag on facebook profile pictures, stating that it feels inappropriate since a a man calling himself a nationalist is the cause of the weekend's tragic events. My personal opinion is that it is important to take the flag back, and use it the way it was meant to be used, to symbolise unity. We can't allow a person like him to take our flag away from us.

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Patriotism done right

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I have to admit I'm proud of my countrymen these days.

The way the people are quietly calling for love and unity instead of screaming for revenge is truly an amazing and wonderful thing to witness, as is the will to not let this change our democratic society and open way of life. I am near speechless with admiration for the way our country's leaders have handled this most horrible situation, and although I know we will never forget what happened this weekend, I am hopeful that we will not allow it to influence our future.

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