Nothing major going on but I am proud of myself so, inappropriate or not, I am going to brag about myself!
H told me when he was here last night that he asked our good friend Doyle (he and his wife live in our town, we have known them about 5 years and my H got him a job here so he moved here 2 yrs ago) to come out tonight and take our garbage cans to the end of the drive since Friday is garbage day.
Sounds like nothing, I know, to move garbage out to the curb. But we have a literally 200-yard gravel driveway (remember we live on 10 acres in the country). And since we have been doing a remodel, we have 4 40-gallon garbage cans filled with ceiling fans and other misc. debris along with household junk. Oh, and H has the truck so I have no way to get them to the end of the drive except to push-pull-drag them. Tried to pick them up to carry but they are way too heavy. Plus I have my boot on b/c of my broken foot/ankle. So anyway H was trying to be a gentleman/soothe his guilt (!?) and arranged for someone to come do it for me. Doyle has a pick-up and the whole process would take him 5 minutes.
But if you haven't guessed by now I am stubborn. I got to thinking this morning that if it doesn't work out w/H, I can't expect to rely on other people to solve my problems or "take care" of me. So after taking kids to school I spent 40 minutes push-pull-dragging the cans down to the end of the drive on my gimpy foot. It only hurt a little I figured H would complain if he knew I took them out this early since trash guys don't come until tomorrow morning so I snapped the lids on all of them tightly in case any stray animals wanted to get into the garbage. Besides, his buddy was going to do it tonight so they would be sitting out overnight anyway...A silly thing but I DO feel a sense of accomplishment!
Then I was on a roll so I went in D's bedroom. We have a spare bed in there along w/her crib for when relatives stay. But since we are moving soon I doubt we will be having company. We decided to take the bed (full size mattress) out before selling so D's room looked bigger. You guessed it, I got the mattress and box spring out of the bedroom, down the hall, and down the stairs by myself. Yay me! But now my foot really hurts. Guess I will get out of superhero mode and ice it down. Just felt good to do a couple things for myself. H will be here tomorrow night, I wonder what he will say. Probably "Dumb-A$$! I would have done that for you!" But who cares, I already did it...
BTW I did send H a TM, just said "Tell Doyle that She-Ra took the garbage down the driveway and put lids on it tightly in case of animals. So he doesn't need to come out. Thanks" [Kalni and anyone who can't remember the 80s She-Ra was He Man's girl counterpart...oh and Kalni if you don't know He Man he is an action figure from the 80s ]
I don't think there has been a "Garbage Can Mom" action figure, maybe I should make one?
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