It is a big struggle to get DH to pay for things. I try and explain that the list of things that ONLY he can do is plenty long. Someone else should take care of the pool, the lawn, plumbing, electrical, painting, and so forth. Seriously he has a severe case of the I Can Do It Myselfs. He would make his own shoes if he could.

I am the opposite. My first thought is can this task be delegated. I know my plate is full.

I have that too. I'm the guy for mowing, cooking, electrical, plumbing, auto repair, electronics, computers, paying bills, doing taxes, household repairs, business tech support, carpet washing, vacuuming, recycling, getting dog food, taking out the garbage, grocery shopping, and I try to do at least half of the dish washing and laundry tasks.

Hence why I'm having trouble finding time to make progress on the new site since I"m also working on a couple of interactive websites for my wife's business right now.

I don't get as peeved these days by dates or hook-ups flaking on me because that's my principal method of motivating myself to do housework. With the occasional showing by my desperate-to-sell-the-building landlord thrown in. (My neighbor across the hall is a university professor using his mostly empty unit as a pied-à-terre, and other neighbors are either brewing their own kegs of beer or raising a pig indoors, so it falls to me to demonstrate what one of the apartments looks like when rented to a normal adult tenant.)

I pay for oil change because I don't know how to do it and it would require me to drive my car up on those ramp thingies that scare the bejeezus out of me, so nope nope nope.

Don't yet pay anyone but Mac for housecleaning help. His allowance is contingent on 5 things being done, 3 of which are housecleaning.

I do need to vacuum tonight. Fostering dogs makes that more needed.

Yeah, I'd make my own shoes if I could, which would actually mean going barefoot because - newsflash - I cannot get to everything.

My neuro exam was clear and doc thinks it is BPPV and referred me to Physical Therapy - they can't see me for two weeks. But being fairly certain my head is not actually about to explode is very helpful and I'm pretty sure I won't damage myself if I try the Epley maneuver and don't quite get it right.

Oh, man, my coworker is trying to enter her first ever expense report and my boss is helping her and it is taking everything I have not to jump in and tell them exactly what is needed. Maybe I'd better put on headphones.

ION- I am super bored at work. There is nothing urgent for me to do and I'm uninterested, soooo, I've been doing stuff for my college reunion this spring. Emailing people and analyzing who is responding and % of who has been contacted for the whole list and mine. I can get lost in data gathering.

Mmm, that does sound fun.

That's good to hear, -t (the neuro exam, not so much the coworker's issues). If you have any questions about the Epley maneuver, please let me know. I couldn't find the handout my doc gave me on the Interwebs, but the first two pages of this one looks very similar. I hadn't seen the stuff on pages 3-4 before.

Thanks, bennett! That might be a little easier to consult in the middle of trying to do the thing than videos