Sunday, December 7, 2008

What Saturday afternoons have turned into ... (Guest blogging by the wife)

Life as a PhD student has become a little different for Marvin since his wife came to town.

Suddenly, he finds himself having to make space for her things, her habits, and required drug intake (sugar and caffeine).

Suddenly, he finds his sleek winter coat suffocated by her 4-year-old comforter-like monstrosity from a time when "thinsulate" wasn't invented yet.

He finds himself talking about Martha Stewart recipes because like any other culinary-challenged modern woman, she likes to plan lunch like she plans her homework.

He finds it harder to buy things like books from Amazon, a Warren Kimble cow mug, or a vegetable peeler because his wife is, how should we say it, kuripot.

He finds himself trekking to the local organic store to buy coffee in -9C weather. Wife goes through a severe withdrawal syndrome when the flow of caffeine is delayed.



However, he finds comfort in the fact that the store sells other cool stuff like organic lettuce. Bad thing is that they discourage customers from using plastic bags so he had to protect the lettuce all the way home.

So while the changes remain small, they are worrying symptoms of what the future may bring.

3 comments:

Paula said...

Two words for your coffee dependency, Yas: french press.

Looks like you guys are having a blast, albeit shivering! :)

The green doors and purple wall are adorable, by the way.

Anonymous said...

HAHAHA THIS IS SO CUTE.

POOR lettuce freezing in the coold!!!
i like his cow mug!

i like the pics!! post more more more!!

Atsi-Batsi said...

Haha, ok. Will include french press in our February budget.

Yes, lettuce was shivering. We ended their suffering by having them with our sandwiches. munch munch.