Often when I'm talking to friends who I haven't seen in a while, and that generally means all my friends, I explain that I have been out of touch because I'm always at work. Actually that's not true. I wake up in the morning, catch the bus, walk up to work, work all day, walk down to the bus, ride the bus home, clean up around the house a little, eat, read, watch a movie, fall asleep. Lather, rinse, repeat. So a more truthful answer would be "well, I haven't been around because I'm either on the bus, walking, at work, or hanging out with Husbandman for the few precious hours before I have to wake up and do it all again." But then I would just sound like I'm wining, which I happen to be very good at thankyouverymuch, but try not to do too often.
A Bonus: Husbandman and I have the same job for the most part so we can switch shifts if the need arises. Today we had a conversation that went a little something like this:
Me: "So are you going to work tonight or do you want me to?"
Him: "What do you want?"
Me: "It doesn't matter to me, I can work or you can"
Him: "Do you want me to work for you?"
Me: "I don't mind working, really, but if you want to, that's cool."
Him: "Okay, I'll work, because you want me to."
Me: "If you don't want to work I'll do it, really I don't mind"
Him: "You want me to work so I'll do it"
Me, slightly agitated: "No! That's not what I'm saying! I'm perfectly cool with working today, I was expecting to!
All I was asking is if you wanted to work or not!"
Him: "Ha Ha Ha, I love messing with you, sorry, it's just so easy"
Me: "So are you working or am I?"
Him: "Yeah, I'll work, no problem"
It's a miracle we can get anything done without a minor stroke on my part.
