Hire Me A Husband! Drawbacks to Living Alone
This here divorced mom is not squeamish. Nor am I a girly girl or a princess-type. But my stomach is still in my throat – this event took me off guard!
I was talking on the phone and walking through the kitchen. For whatever reason, my eyes were drawn to the burner on my stove. Suddenly it registered what I was witnessing: a furry little mouse was looked straight at me - then scurried down below.
Pausing for a moment here. EWWWWWWWWW!
This unexpected incident has lead to me think of the other challenges I’ve faced since becoming a single mom. Like my furnace giving out on me when it was minus 45 outside (no, I’m not kidding). Or when the pipes backed up so badly in the basement, the stench was horrific for days. Or when a bunch of bees decided to set up residence in the pipey-thing that leads to my clothes dryer.
At such times I’ve wished I had a man at home with me to help. Not just help, but totally take care of the situations. Cause truth is, I don’t know how to, nor do I ever want to.
BUT…I made it through all these ‘crises.’ A bit of help from friends and a wee but of my own common sense and persistence have always saved the day. Sometimes I’ve impressed myself – like when I fixed the busted end of my garden hose. I stood there with my toolbox and the new part, prepared to work at it for hours if need be. But five minutes later, voila! It was done! And I was so proud I showed everyone who came over for weeks!
And on that note, I’m off to buy mousetraps. I can’t sit here any longer cause I keep imagining a furry visitor scurrying through my office door and up my pant leg. (shudder)
7 comments
Oh I can so relate to this! Every divorced woman needs a toolbox and note to others, it makes a great gift!!! Whether or not we can actually use it is a whole other ball of wax,but at least we can hand it over to a male friend when he shows up to help us! LOL
Oh I can so relate to this! Every divorced woman needs a toolbox and note to others, it makes a great gift!!! Whether or not we can actually use it is a whole other ball of wax,but at least we can hand it over to a male friend when he shows up to help us! LOL
Oh I can so relate to this! Every divorced woman needs a toolbox and note to others, it makes a great gift!!! Whether or not we can actually use it is a whole other ball of wax,but at least we can hand it over to a male friend when he shows up to help us! LOL
Oh I can so relate to this! Every divorced woman needs a toolbox and note to others, it makes a great gift!!! Whether or not we can actually use it is a whole other ball of wax,but at least we can hand it over to a male friend when he shows up to help us! LOL
Oh I can so relate to this! Every divorced woman needs a toolbox and note to others, it makes a great gift!!! Whether or not we can actually use it is a whole other ball of wax,but at least we can hand it over to a male friend when he shows up to help us! LOL
I love this! Well, not the mouse part. I would have completely FREAKED! But it is interesting how we are able to tackle all the things we thought for sure we couldn’t.
Where do you live? I’ll come rescue you and smash him over the head for you. hehe