Why I don't take sick days

I stayed home sick . This is something I only rarely do. There are reasons why...

I laid there. Dizzy. Unable to move my head. I moved my eyes around the room. And this is a problem because Jamie's bathroom door was open. Which meant I could actually see what was going on in there. And what's going on in there -- is a problem.

Being the problem-solver that I am, I decided that one easy fix would be to tame the mad stack of magazines. I don't know why there are 27 magazines in there, but there are. And I've since learned to work around his habits. So instead of emailing him and telling him to throw out all those contaminated mags, I decided to solve the problem by purchasing him a nice metal bathroom-happy magazine rack.

THAT is how this started. I'm not blaming anyone, but it's Jamie's fault.

You gotta buy such things at Overstock.com. Because they have everything you need and if they don't have it, you don't need it.

Magazine rack? Check.

But it was so lonely in the basket.

Just a magazine rack.

Adrift in a virtual shopping cart.

So I needed to find it a friend.


I believe we've earlier discussed the need to buy rugs. It's like a flesh-eating disease with me. Can't get rid of it. So I'm in the rug section.

Honestly, I started looking for a front door mat for under $20. But then I got to thinking about the cold, cold tile in our library and how we really needed to warm up the room which might entice us to sit in there more. And to do that, you get a rug, right? But you need a big rug. Big room, big rug. Very big rug.

So I bought a big rug.

I felt a little guilty after that, but then I saw that if I renewed my Overstock membership, I could save 5% and get free shipping, so I did that as well. Now there were three things in the cart and they were very happy.

I checked out.

But then I got to thinking about the library. And the new rug. And the fact that the cats' litterbox is in there because we need a "safe" zone for the litterboxes where the dogs won't go because the dogs.... are interested in the litterbox contents. Let's leave it at that. So I needed a solution to that.


Overstock did not have a solution. But then I realized my initial statement was wrong. If you can't find it at Overstock OR Amazon, then you don't need it. And this is most certainly true.

So over at Amazon, I found a nice, normal litter box and litter box liners and my plan is to put in two boxes to keep the area well covered. Again, this is because cleaning the litterbox is someone's job and someone should be scooping everyday but someone doesn't and instead of trying to train someone, I've come up with a solution to work with what I've got and work around someone.

And no, in both instances it did not occur to me to clean the bathroom or litterboxes myself. Because that's just giving in. Which is not my thing.

Then I rolled over and looked at the stack of books (and magazines) on his end table. And I got to thinking.... he needs an end table with an area to put his books/shit in so I don't have to look at it (note: I have nearly an equal amount of stuff on my end table which is really his end table but I took it and gave him the crappy end table. I'm not sure why). So I decided that we should take the extra end table from the extra bedroom and put that in our room and then buy a new end table for the extra bedroom.

So back to Overstock.

At this point, Overstock started to crash on me. For three hours, I kept trying to make it work. I do not think this is a coincidence.

Then I looked at the floor and noticed that there was some pet hair on the floor. And I started to think about the fact that we have four shedding machines and wouldn't it be great if I had a robot who could vacuum. Off to the iRobot site I did got to read reviews on Roombas. Which, wait for it, are for sale on Amazon. Free shipping.

Then I emailed Jamie with a list of floor cleaners we needed for the wood flooring. Because it's really easy to make massive cleaning plans when you are in bed and not about to execute those plans.

Response: I'm glad we don't have joint credit cards. Do you feel better.

And I do.