Good morning everyone J Monday again and the beginning of another busy busy week. Seriously, all I want for Christmas is a week off!!!! But that isn’t going to happen so I have asked Mat for a hair straightener instead. Speaking of Mat, he is the one I want to talk about today. Not a husband bashing session, but more of an “Oh my God, did you really just say that Matthew?!?” kind of moment...
On Saturday, Mat and I went out to tidy up the gardens at our rental property, which was an insanely massive job! It shouldn’t have been a massive job because we had Mat’s moronic younger brother living at the property for months to look after it, but evidently, pulling weeds and maintaining a garden is rocket science and therefore impossible for someone with low cognitive functioning like Andy. Anyway, back on track, Mat and I were doing the yard work and we actually had a really lovely day hanging out together. We were laughing, joking, having fun and enjoying being just “Mat and Kate” instead of Mum and Dad. We were heading to the tip with our third load for the afternoon when I told Mat how much I’d enjoyed spending the day with him and that he was actually quite fun to hang out with. This is a huge contrast to the tired, grumpy, non communicative Mat that graces us with his presence daily. He then tells me “This is what I am like every day” to which I explained that it is not a side of him that he shares with the kids and I. A conversation followed on from there that resulted in Mat telling me that he doesn’t really look forward to coming home and feels kind of anxious about coming home at the end of the day. Insert silence here....I was speechless! Way to make me feel good Mat! He explained that home is just too chaotic...well of course it’s freakin chaotic, we have a 4 year old and 1 year old!!! Honestly, I don’t know what he expects it to be like because quite frankly, he leaves for work and comes home when all the work is done. Sure he might have to bath the kids once in a while or brush their teeth and put them to bed, but this is nothing compared to the chaos involved in getting through every day! I was just stunned by what he said and, as you can imagine, that put an end to the fun, laughing, happy time we were having. Unbelievable!
I really have to fly...Elliott is climbing from the lounge to the coffee table and back while Sophie and the dog, Toby, race around the house in circles. I have my Crowded House CD playing loudly to drown out some noise but I can still hear Toby barking with Sophie and Elliott laughing and squealing in delight. Chaos? What chaos? I don’t know what Mat is talking about J
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