Walking Backwards

Its been almost a week since I showed my face around these parts and I am probably going to be scarce for the next couple of weeks, too. Joe is starting a new position on Monday and I really need to get my act together. Joe was enabling my slacking. I swept and mopped my floors for the first time in a couple of weeks today and I think it would be best if we didn't discuss the state of my bathroom. I have a ton of library books to return (and read) and the amount of television I've been watching has been deplorable. It is so easy to avoid doing anything at all when you have someone else who will grasp at anything that will keep him on the couch or at the computer. Seeing him being so lackadaisical about housework, household projects, or making marginally healthy, well-balanced meals made me not care either. I also have been holed-up here like a hermit, avoiding most outside contact. All I have to say is thank god he doesn't work from home.

Another little bit of work I have ahead of me is the mountain of x-mas shopping I now have to do. You see, the two weeks that Joe was unemployed, our families communicated to us that they didn't want us to get them anything. WooHoo. That previous reprieve from mall shopping has now been retracted. We now have long and very specific lists we must follow. Wish me luck, I'll try to keep up with my writing, maybe. Damn holidays.