I need help with a tough call here. I’ve been stewing about this all day.
The wife is out of town until Sunday night. So, faced with no guidance about what I am supposed to do this weekend (she failed to leave me the obligatory to-do list), I’m considering potential activities tomorrow (Saturday). Keep in mind, I’ve stopped work on the Bunter Ridge until we decide whether or not we are go to move next year.
Should I:
Spend all day throughly cleaning the house?
Cut the grass, pull weeds and do yard work all day?
Spend the day making sure all the toilet seats are down?
When she calls tonight, ask her to email me my to-do list?
Do the 90-minute drive to M.B. Klein’s (aka www.modeltrainstuff.com) in Baltimore and have lunch at the Inner Harbor?
I’d say do a few chores, especially visible ones like mowing the lawn, watch a movie, and run trains for a couple hours. After that, ask your wife to email the list. Possibly pretend it never got there, and repeat.
trainboy
i think you should go on your drive have fun and do all the chores on sunday
but buy somting nice for the wife when your on your trip .say look i saw this and was thinking of you i missed you . (make shure it’s nice and dosent have anything to do with house cleaning or trains)
and that should cover any thing you get for your self and it shows you were not just thinking of your self [;)]
Since your wife didn’t leave you a honey-do list, you must assume that her intentions were for you to enjoy your weekend by doing something you like, such as number 4. If you are wrong in your assumption, then you can always say that you misunderstood…ask for forgiveness… and promise to be good next time. [}:)][;)][:D]
a) if your wife didn’t leave a to-do list you must assume there is nothing that needs doing (other than cutting the grass which you should be able to judge for yourself) therefore anything you do that you might think should be on the to-do list will be wrong and you’ll only catch heck for it when she gets home anyway
b) if you go asking for a to-do list your wife will assume you always need something to do and will gladly provide it . you will never again be without a to-do list and your hobby time will be severely limited
c) leave the toilet seats where they are , after all she never leaves them up for you does she ?
Work like a dawg until the light is bad…TONIGHT… getting the yard in order. Then, do a two-hour cleanup starting @ 0700 tomorrow. Stop at a coffee shop on the way out of town near 1030 hrs. Have lunch wherever it suits you. Do the LHS. Back by 1900 hrs at the latest. [;)]
First, I’d mark the fact you have no list on a calender.
Second, un-plug all the phones! She can’t call if she can’t get through.
Third, plan your route carefully going to Baltimore so that you can get as much railfanning done while you are a free man.
She has already called tonight. She is on the west coast, I’m on the east, so by the time she could call again I’ll be on my way, if I operate using JohnT’s timetable. Of course, she could send me an email, but that spam filter I have is pretty tricky.
Nice to know so many of us can appreciate this situation!
You can safely ignore everything on the list except (the 2nd.) #4 if you have learned the things that every good husband needs to know. Now, repeat after me:
“I’m sorry!”
“It was all my fault!”
“It will never happen again!”
Memorize these responses and you will in the clear.
Hey! Enjoy your trip to Baltimore! “I know Nooootting…”. [:D]