I should leave town more often … Or should I???

Posted: November 12th, 2007 | Author: Nathan K. | Filed under: | 1 Comment »

This weekend we celebrated my best pal’s 30th birthday. The girls (and a couple of lucky and very patient guys) headed up north to Vancouver, B.C. for a weekend of drinking and international ruckus. My husband was not one of those guys. In fact, he figured that the level of impatience his type-A personality would experience with a group of fun, crazy, sometimes indecisive and ALWAYS 15-minutes-later-than- expected friends was probably more than he could bear.

Wisely, Nate opted to stay home.

And I can’t believe how awesome he is when I’m not around! Nate cleaned the entire house, sweeping the floors, vacuuming the carpets, washing the clothes and even cleaning the bathroom. He also replaced the faucet in the basement and set up a ski rack.

My husband turned into super-husband when I left. If he were Polish, he’d look like this:

 

He stocked the fridge with groceries (my husband never goes shopping) and even cooked his own dinners! When I got home last night, the living room was neat, the bed was made with fresh sheets and all my clothes were folded in their drawers. He’s AWESOME!

I should leave town more often! … Or should I…

With the good comes the bad. For the first time in my life’s memory, our U.S. dollar is worth less than the Canadian dollar. Our dollar SUCKS right now, the Canadian sales tax is atrocious, and I got to pay an extra 15% for everything as a result! It’s tough to break nearly 30 years of conditioning that makes me want to think that everything is cheaper in Canada. Boo!

Big Canadian > Little U.S.

Half way through our weekend, I got a voicemail from Nate. He was so proud of all that he’d accomplished, but he had some bad news: some a#$hole decided to take a bat to one of the windows in our car. They didn’t even steal anything; they just caused us $100 worth of window replacement. NOT COOL! Right now, we’re driving around with a blue-taped rear passenger window, which works really well when the winds are gusting up to 70mph and it’s pouring down rain.

But that isn’t even the worst of it… I got another call from Nate on Saturday evening that scared the crap out of me. Nate’s sister was in a bike accident that sent her to the hospital. After the numerous deaths caused by trucks hitting cyclists over the past few months, I was really worried. Thank goodness no cars were involved in this accident, and Nate’s sis is OK. She was on a joy ride with her husband when she hit some gravel and went down. The trajectory of the fall made her land flat on her ass, then she hit her head cracking her helmet. The ER doc’s guessed that her tail bone is either badly bruised or cracked.

First, I’m glad she’s OK. Second, I’m glad my mother-in-law wasn’t the one to break to news to me. I guess the way she told my other sister-in-law made it seem like someone really had died. I can just imagine…

“Are you sitting down? … because something serious has happened to your sister.” [Dramatic pause, pause, pause] “She was in a bicycle accident today. ” [More dramatic pause, making the recipient think the worst...]

I would have freaked!

Well, the weekend is over, the Kaisers are all safe and sound, and I’m still enjoying a clean house and a super husband. He had a hot plate of steaming, home-made spaghetti for me when I got home from work today. I think I really do have a super husband, even if he’s not Polish.

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