I wish I had a man in the house
May 8th, 2007
Single-ness has its rewards, but sometimes…I really wish I had a man in the house.
When I woke up this morning, my shoulders and arms were so sore. I did yoga yesterday, but it was getting to their soreness state well before that. Why? I was screwing curtain rods into the wall all morning. I was spent!.
As I was screwing, applying full force while standing on a step ladder (I had several scares of actually landing on my face), I kept thinking I should have a man in the house to do these things. I was getting so tired and blisters were developing on my palm. And as I thought about it, I realized that if I (still) had a man in the house, I would still end up doing the screwing. Because, frankly, the last man in my house can’t do anything. He can’t even drive.
Nevertheless, here are things I think a man in anyone’s house is good for:
- hanging up curtains (of course comes with drilling and screwing)
- killing roaches
- catching rats (and getting rid of them)
- changing light bulbs
- throwing out the trash
- driving
- doing a little bit of carpentry work, as needed
- fixing the toilet and other water pipe-related problems
- lifting and moving things around the house
- and that other thing men are useful for
But hey, didn’t I do a good job hanging up my curtains?
May 8th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
I would gladly hold the ladder for you. And gaze up at you as you screwed away. I’d catch you before you fell on your face if you slipped…
But do you REALLY want a man in the house? Aren’t we better as part time playthings? We will steal your muffins, drink your beer, burp, fart and make a mess. And we still won’t do any of the stuff you listed.
Oh, except the last one. But we will do that when you want it or not so the novelty of that will wear off pretty fast too!
Get a boytoy (no - just kidding - get a wabbit) and use the yellow pages to find Mr. Maintenance. Less grief and you will be much happier!
May 10th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Buhay ka pa pala! Hehe sayang di kita nakikita sa YM yaya sana kita sa gig namin sa purple haze last week, nag bday blowout ako e ^_^
Hamsters > wabbits
Hamsters are the cutest things in the known universe.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Hi Jorge,
Sorry I haven’t been around lately. So many things going on. But I did get your invitation. You should have told me it was your birthday bash, I wouldn’t have missed it! However, I had to chaperone my daughters to a concert where their favorite band
was playing at. I was a total back-stage mother! I felt so old. But I used my mother fangs to actually get back stage and had my daughters pose with their favorite bands. Mwahahaha!
December 14th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Oh my God! At first i thought you wanted a man in the house whom you can spend your whole life w/ him but as i go on reading the man u needed is an all around helper…