For some reason, for the past week BJ has been irritating me more than he normally would.
I can't really put my finger on why every syllable he utters = nails on a chalk board.
A few things have just gotten under my skin more than they would normally.
Like those socks he tosses half-heartedly and lets lie next to the hamper.
Or yelling at the football/xbox game.
I promise i'm a really nice person and haven't snapped at him or been (very) irrational! And I can't be the only wife who (very rarely) feels like this???
But yesterday morning, after a week of feeling irritated, I had my boxing gloves ready for a fight, I just didn't know what it was about yet.
We were getting ready to head to a birthday party at chuck-E-cheese, and I had pulled out clothes for Kenley.
After her bath, to my delight, BJ dutifully took her to get dressed. I walked into the living room to find them in matching outfits, with the clothes I had set out still resting on the arm of the couch.
They were in matching football jerseys.
I promptly threw a fit and demanded she be changed into the clothes I had sanctioned acceptable for our outing.
To which BJ responded by smugly snapping the final button in place on her top.
So naturally, this propelled me into a rage.
(Because who wouldn't be pissed that a loving husband got their toddler in clean clothes that would probably only stay that way for another hour at best??)
I stomped away to finish getting myself dressed and fumed for a few minutes.
That's when I heard the shower.
It was my chance!
I rushed into the living room and coaxed Kenley to let me re-dress her.
When i was done, I hid the mini jersey.
Yep.... really did hide it like a little kid.
I all but stuck my tongue out at BJ when he saw what she was wearing.
I got the cold-shoulder all the way to chuck-e-cheese, and I sat silently listing reasons why I was right and justified in my behavior.
But I couldn't really come up with a good reason why to get into a fight over it. I suddenly felt really dumb, childish, and ridiculous!
And I actually started laughing! Cracking up that THIS was the biggest problem in my life right now, and I had created it!
BJ looked sideways at me, i'm sure wondering if his wife had completely lost it, and tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
I apologized and explained, and lost all feelings of irritation. (At least til my blood sugar dipped again)
I hope next time I wont be so bull-headedly stubborn and pick my battles a little better.
While thinking about picking my battles, I came across this story that made me pee-laugh cause it sounds like a fight we had a few months back about toilet paper :)
Hey, at least I didn't put a giant metal chicken in your way!
