It's not a competition

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I'm tired today. No I really am. I don't care today if you are tired too. Today I want to be tired on my own. But I can't can I? Why is it that as soon as you tell someone you are tired, they have to be 'tired-er'.

I told my husband I was tired today and he said, "So am I." Why does he need to say that?

"No, I didn't ask if YOU were tired."

It's not a competition.

I am not looking to find out whether you are tireder than me. You can have your own day of being tired tomorrow (but will I care then? Maybe not!).

So today, I want to be tired and I am claiming this all to myself. Hope you're all wide awake reading this!

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The Family Unit

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Since having kids my husband suddenly thinks that we need to do everything together as a whole 'family unit'. If one of us doesn't want to do something or go somewhere, then none of us can do it. Apparently he thinks these are the rules when you have kids...

So the other night we were asked to a friends house for a BBQ, but by the end of the day I just could not be bothered. All I wanted to do was put the kids to bed and sit up to my quiet 'few' vodkas in front of the computer (mmm roolly social!). There was no way I was putting any amount of deodorant or lippy on, and needless to say my hair was an oil-slick and there was no disguising it (wearing a baseball cap, although considered, was not an option). When I told my husband I couldn't be bothered going out he started sulking around the house like a pubescent teenager! I asked him what his problem was and he said that it "just wasn't fair that we couldn't go out!". Excuse me, but why can't he go by himself? It dawned on me then that he thinks we all need to move around the whole time as one big family unit...All for one and blah blah blah...Am I being unreasonable here believing that we actually separate bodies??

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