Motivation

This morning I had to get up earlier than the chickens at 5 am in order to be in Corbin by 8 am. Part of me is thinking that, if I was wise, I would get up at 5 am again tomorrow morning (and the next, and the next, and the next) to exercise. In fact, I know that would be a really good thing for me to do. But, the other part of me is a realist and knows that there is no way that's going to happen.

And Today's Dumb Thing that I Did....

Went to the Reds' game in Cincinnati and got REALLY sunburned. I SO know better than that. Now I look super cool with the ballpark sunburn - two bright red stripes on your knees where your shorts ended. Argh.

But, the Reds won!

I'll Be Glad When November 5 is Here

Is anybody else sick of all the political ads yet? And the signs in the yards already?! (Though somebody told me recently that it's illegal in our county to have political signs in yards this early....) I've picked the candidate that I will be voting for on November 4, and if you know me at all I'm sure you know who that candidate is, but, my gosh, I'm already sick of hearing about both parties at this point. Not to mention that MBM has many international co-workers....try explaining our political system to them sometime!

2 Hour Bladder vs. 5 Hour Bladder

Car trips with the husband are always a, well, um, experience. I like to joke that I have a 2 hour bladder while the husband has a 5 + hour bladder. The problem is that the owner of the 5 hour bladder is usually driving so it requires serious nagging, pleading, and threats of an accident before he will begrudgingly pull over, engine still running, let me jump out, and do my best to jump through the passenger side window before he pulls back onto the interstate.

Before you get concerned about my health or the husband's driving, I am, of course, exaggerating .....

How NOT to Communicate with Your Spouse

1. Taping something important they need to see to the garage door.

2. Leaving an Evite that was sent to you open on the home computer in hopes that your spouse will, one, see it, and, two, actually read it.

3. Make sighing noises whenever your spouse is around in hopes that they will read your mind and know what you want them to do.

4. Nag.

What have I left off?

The kiss or the handshake?

As you may or may not remember, my husband MBM works with people from all over the world. Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, Switzerland, France, Germany, South Africa, etc.

Today, we had about 15 of his co-workers over. Several Americans (though not all from Kentucky) and several from Switzerland and France.

Here's the question: do you shake hands or do the cheek-to-cheek kiss? I didn't do so well this time. But I think I'm going to need to know this for future work-related events.

If I have NEVER met the person before, what do I do? At the beginning? And then at the end?

Eeeek!

MBM is finally home from all his travels. He really went all over this time -- Portugal (I actually asked the question, "What do they speak in Portugal?" Not my smartest moment ever), Spain, England, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and I think there's another country that I'm leaving out.

Of course, while he's gone, I have no choice but to adapt to "single" life or go crazy. So much thanks go to HG, KA, DK, MB, MS and a few others who didn't let me just sit at home in front of the TV and pack on another extra 20 pounds that I don't need.

The problem with that, though, is you get use to being "single". Bed all to yourself, no one using up all the hot water before your shower, and you actually get to control the remote control. I know. Crazy.

But now, two months later, you have to get use to be married again. It's kinda weird at first, to be honest. Stretching out in bed at night, when you hit somebody beside you in the head (who, luckily, is a very sound sleeper and won't even get their butt to the basement when there is a tornado!), scream "Eeeek!" you remember that your husband is actually home.