Things I learned from a week alone

Let me start by saying that this has been a strange week. I have been having trouble all week remembering what day it is and so totally forgot to write a post last night. I started the week with an evening shift, something that normally only happens on Saturdays and it threw everything off.  So anyways for today's SUPER late post I thought I'd share this list I made while my husband was out town. It's a top ten of funny things that I learned/ realized while he was gone.

Top Ten Things I Learned From a Week Alone

10. I really don't miss having TV. 

(We quit paying for cable a while back and then slowly lost even local channels because they went digital and our TV doesn't have a digital tuner.) While we usually turn on Netflix this week I actually turned everything off and got more crafting and reading done than I have for a while. On the other side, I am sad to missing all the premieres for things like Agents of Shield but I mostly don't mind waiting to see them on Netflix.

9. I head to bed sooner on my own.

I found that I went to bed about an hour sooner without my husband around. I still turned out the lights at the same time but that extra bit of quiet reading in bed helped me get to sleep right away instead of laying around in the dark. Normally I stay up to 'spend time' with him but mostly we aren't actually doing anything.

8. Our cat think breakfast time is 7:30.

I knew they like to eat early but since my husband usually can't sleep in he feeds them and I never realized how consistent they are. They woke me up every morning at almost exactly 7:30 and wouldn't leave me alone until they got food.

7. We feed our cats too much.

This isn't really a surprise to anyone, but this week brought it into focus. We have a measuring scoop in the cat food and all week I gave them just one scoop. Normally they have some leftover bits but this week they cleared every little bit. I think we've been giving them heaping scoops and it's helped keep them all chunky. Hopefully now that we are aware of it we can help the cats slim down.

6.  I'm terrible at eating leftovers.

It's hard to cook single portions of some foods so obviously I had leftovers this past week. The plan was for me to use them for lunch during the week. I ate leftover once. My husband on the other hand uses leftovers to make other new awesome lunches for me all the time. He deserves a raise!

Clouds on my way to work last Tuesday

5. My husband makes sure I eat my vegetables.

Bear makes sure we have vegetables every night with our dinner but I only specifically thought to add vegetables to two of the six dinners I ate. I had vegetables in more but admit it was mostly by accident.

4. We should clean the fridge out more often.

I admit that I was a little bit bored on Wednesday night and decided to clean out the fridge before taking out the trash.  Let's just say it was long overdue and we should try to do it on a more regular basis.

3. All of our laundry belongs to him.

We almost always an overflowing laundry basket. This last week we washed everything before my husband left so he had clean stuff to pack and at the end of the week everything was still mostly empty. Part of this is the fact that Bear usually wears two shirts, a button up shirt with a t-shirt underneath, and part because I tend to wear the same clothes a lot.

Clouds from my drive home Thursday

2. It only takes one night for me to revert to taking up the whole bed.

We have a queen bed and don't feel like we need to upgrade but we both admit that we took up more than our fair share of the bed while we were apart. I also like to use his pillow to prop up books and read when he isn't there.

1. I have no idea where our cat litter scoop is.

I planned to scoop all of our litter boxes before trash day but realized that I couldn't find the scoop anywhere. This is another thing that Bear does which I really appreciate but can sometimes take for granted. Three cats is a lot of scooping and he makes sure I never have to worry about it.

So I'll try to keep better track of my schedule for future posts. The end of the month is coming up and that means book reviews. I need to go shopping for one last thing for my Erza hair bow and should be working on stitching for the geeky critter quilt.