DH has been pretty good throughout this. However yesterday he proceeded to press his case to hire our date night babysitter as a nanny because when he works from home all he does is work and not take care of the kids.
Yeah no crap Sherlock because I’m the one working 75% of my hours while also facilitating elearning during a global pandemic. I told him he sounded like he was bragging when he says all he does is work. Like he has it all figured out superior to me.
I think he was trying to make a point that we can set me up with an office and childcare which are all nice things, but we are still in shelter in place orders, we still don’t know when/ if hiring a nanny would be safe, there is no room in our house for me to have an office and god no to sharing an office with him, my boss doesn’t want anyone in the building etc etc etc. but yeah kudos to you for having a wife that makes working easy for you then bragging to said wife about how you have it all figured out. I tried to explain and he was receptive, but He still doesn’t actually get it!
Recently he ordered these basket-things to hang on the wall in order to sort paperwork. He wanted all paperwork sorted according to categories he requested.
So today I got yelled at for.... putting too many papers in the baskets. There were too many papers in the basket, and that “wasn’t fair” to him.
It’s 12:25 pm here and DH is still asleep. I can’t sleep that long if I try, but I’m mostly ok with it. He’s still getting up really early to work market hours and this is how he handles stress.
DH decided we should have baby turkeys. Why? Who knows. What purpose do turkeys even serve? So he has spent weeks turning our playset into a 2 story turkey townhouse.
Apparently, they have to be kept warm. They pecked out their heat lamp today. Of course Dh is working. Now I have to go to the farm store for a heat lamp.
I have 2 kids and am on call basically all waking hours. I do not need anything else to do. Our dog is already the most annoying animal on the planet.
My husband has bought lbs of poster board, has had wood delivered from Home Depot, ordered nerf guns to our no-gun house. Now is using power-tools in the driveway. (The man is a cardiologist). He has also been doing a lot of coding.
I’ve been trying to bite my tongue as the stuff and mess keeps piling up in my bedroom, garage, office...and when he is no where to be found and I’m schooling/working....trying to dig deep for that pandemic patience...
I broke down and asked DD (8) what he was building....”a robotic megaladon that we can shoot in the mouth with laser guns from the treehouse.”
Post by sandandsea on Apr 20, 2020 12:22:04 GMT -5
Dh wanted to talk this morning because it just dawned on him that when this SIP is lifted everything that’s been cancelled will be rescheduled and we haven’t yet planned our couple vacation this summer and the cruise with his brother and family is cancelled and going to Orlando to hang out together is apparently lame. So it’s a huge issue (now?!?!) that we don’t have things scheduled. Ummm.....Where have you been? We can’t schedule anything now and still have full uncertainty as to how this all plays out. I don’t know what you expect..... I have no words.
DH decided we should have baby turkeys. Why? Who knows. What purpose do turkeys even serve? So he has spent weeks turning our playset into a 2 story turkey townhouse.
Apparently, they have to be kept warm. They pecked out their heat lamp today. Of course Dh is working. Now I have to go to the farm store for a heat lamp.
I have 2 kids and am on call basically all waking hours. I do not need anything else to do. Our dog is already the most annoying animal on the planet.
I'm sorry, but this totally cracked me up. This might be the most random quarantine hobby I've heard of yet. The idea of the playset in your yard now being a turkey townhouse is just amazing. Is this so you can raise them now and have them for Thanksgiving? (Is that morbid or is that how this works? I am a pure suburbia girl.)
DH decided we should have baby turkeys. Why? Who knows. What purpose do turkeys even serve? So he has spent weeks turning our playset into a 2 story turkey townhouse.
Apparently, they have to be kept warm. They pecked out their heat lamp today. Of course Dh is working. Now I have to go to the farm store for a heat lamp.
I have 2 kids and am on call basically all waking hours. I do not need anything else to do. Our dog is already the most annoying animal on the planet.
I guess this is a live-in-the-country version of getting a dog? Everyone we know seems to be getting a dog. DH keeps showing me pictures of kittens. I'm an absolute "no" on more cats.
I would maybe consider a golden doodle but THAT'S IT. I mean keep it reasonable right? LOL
mustardseed2007, I would very much like a puppy. DH is a HUGE dog person and he keep asking me if I'm insane. It's very possible that I am, because OMG I would love a puppy right now.
Also, I'm terribly allergic to dogs, cats, etc., really anything with fur. And we are living in a construction zone.
Dh just handed me a bucket that DD puked in full of puke......to was out, because he is too busy? DD pukes fairly often, so that is not a big panic. But why am I washing out this bucket?
Dh just handed me a bucket that DD puked in full of puke......to was out, because he is too busy? DD pukes fairly often, so that is not a big panic. But why am I washing out this bucket?
waverly , depends on your dog. Once ours got past the puppy stage, they were good with hanging out when we were gone all day (our hours were staggered, so gone 8 am to 5 pm). As long as they got walks in the morning and after work. Now that we have an elderly dog who had more trouble making it all day, we have a neighborhood middle schooler stop by everyday on her way home around 3 pm to let him out. Or I should say we did, when we were allowed to leave the house everyday
waverly, by 9 months or so our dog was able to hold it all day. If we get delayed I can text my neighbor an they will swing by and let her out. This is like when DH is stuck on a job site during tax season and no one gets home until after 6pm so she would be home almost 12 hours. If your house is set up right you could try a doggy door so the dog can go in and out when they need to. But word of warning you can end up with lots of muddy feet prints which my brother found out the hard way.
mustardseed2007, twinmomma, I have not idea. They are not even chickens. Chickens, you can do something with the eggs. I don't know anyone that eats turkey eggs. I don't think we are supposed to eat them when they are grown, I am certainly not eating them raised here. They follow DD around like ducks, so that would be weird. We have a dog, who by the way would love to get a hold of the turkeys.
DH thought it would give the kids something to do during all of this. Mkay.
rere, please tell me he just all girl turkeys or all boy turkeys. Turkeys multiple like rabbits and when you get a whole heard they are loud and messy. We have friends that deal with wild turkeys aka someone ditched turkeys that roam their neighborhood.
rere, please tell me he just all girl turkeys or all boy turkeys. Turkeys multiple like rabbits and when you get a whole heard they are loud and messy. We have friends that deal with wild turkeys aka someone ditched turkeys that roam their neighborhood.
He hasn't quite figured out what they are yet, so this should be fun.
Post by erinshelley21 on Apr 20, 2020 19:24:31 GMT -5
rere your H isn't the only one to start a new hobby that involves animals. An old family friend of mine recently bought over 40 chickens and 5 hogs. He has zero experience with animals other than dogs. It has been pretty funny since he's not my husband.
Post by erinshelley21 on Apr 20, 2020 19:37:52 GMT -5
DH's only flaw right now is that he really doesnt understand how hard it is for me to work right now. Even with ADHD meds, I cannot just run to get the kids a snack or keep an eye on them in the yard while he poops, then immediately go back to working without struggling. I literally take medication to prevent me from getting side tracked on my own.
I have had 2 separate conversations about this with him and have gotten nowhere. Now in order for me to get anything done, my sleep will be the thing that gets sacrificed. He has a hard job right now so I'm trying to prioritize his wants and give him a pass, but as soon as this shit is over I'm getting lost in Target and Home Goods for like 3 fucking hours.
Post by sandandsea on Apr 20, 2020 22:05:02 GMT -5
Dh also mentioned that they’re going to want to get back to the office quickly when things start opening and I said “um. Maybe 2 days a week. I’m not doing 5 days a week home alone with the kids. I have to work too”. He looked at me like I had two heads and then quickly thought better and agreed we’d work that out later. It was not going to be pretty.
DH is doing a lot more woodworking. He is making more step stools and has this grand idea to sell them at his big paintball game. They are nice sturdy step stools and he is adding his intarsia wood designs to the sides but he wants my opinion on every single aspect and it is driving me bonkers. I finally told him Sunday that I didn't care what color he painted them because they weren't staying at the house once they were finished. He didn't get it because last night he was wanting me to decide which intarsia pattern he should put on the side. I again told him it doesn't matter to me just pick one. Ugh this is his hobby not mine.
186momx my dad is a woodworker (well really a woodturner - makes things that require a lathe) in retirement. He's super into it - his stuff is in art shows, he goes to the national conventions (or did before all of this), and edits his local woodturner club newsletter. He requests lots of help from my Mom on design and pricing items, and I know she gets annoyed about it.