{"id":564,"date":"2009-04-14T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2009-04-14T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T21:25:00","slug":"my-life-with-sanj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"My Life with Sanj!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SeUnvqKnjVI\/AAAAAAAABk0\/4TmSuzbGhn0\/s1600-h\/PC120154.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SeUnvqKnjVI\/AAAAAAAABk0\/4TmSuzbGhn0\/s400\/PC120154.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324705834161638738\" \/><\/a><br \/>It is so beautiful outside!!!   I can&#8217;t help but be happy and motivated when the sun is shining and spring is in the air.<br \/>Sanj goes away Thursday morning to some place in Florida for a conference.    He is usually in meetings and kept busy the whole time. (Well, so he says)!<\/p>\n<p>I do miss him when he is gone but if I am honest, breaks are good.   Is that bad to say?  It has nothing to do with him or us, but rather the pressure I put on myself.<\/p>\n<p>I always try to meet his OCD need of a neatish house (though somedays I really just have to say &#8220;whatever!&#8221;  But usually I like him to walk into the door with a somewhat orderly entrance.   He is starving when he walks in&#8230; just like my sons, so I try to have supper ready.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t enjoy the everyday cooking routine&#8230; you know&#8230;<br \/>What am I going to make?  If I ask Sanj, I will get, &#8220;Hum&#8230; I am not sure.&#8221;   (Helpful, very helpful)!<br \/>Do I have what I need?  Probably not.<br \/>Groceries&#8230; Yuck&#8230; Ask a real shopaholic&#8230;. groceries are NOT shopping!<br \/>Come home and put it all away.<br \/>Begin supper&#8230; aw shoot&#8230; I forgot eggs or whatever.<br \/>Or maybe I just don&#8217;t want to cook.  (Trust me, we do our share of supporting the eateries around here)!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">OK&#8230; pause&#8230; I know someone is going to tell me to meal plan&#8230; Yah, I know!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My point is that I put this pressure on myself.<\/p>\n<p>While Sanj is gone&#8230; I can make pancakes or KD&#8230; my kids will be thrilled.<br \/>I don&#8217;t care how messy it gets&#8230;  because I know we will get to it and it gets neat again.<br \/>I don&#8217;t care about being late as much as Sanj does for school&#8230; I&#8217;d rather we get there sane than insane.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing I keep saying to Sanj is that he doesn&#8217;t know how hard he is to live with.  I am pretty sure if he lived with himself, he would move out.  He has changed with each year&#8230; he is obsessive about neatness and order.  He hates having toys around  (HELLO &#8230;. a house with 6 children)!!!!  He hates the boys using his office&#8230; but despite the access to other computers we are all drawn there.  He hates my messy van  and just ask any one of my boys about &#8220;Daddy&#8217;s truck&#8221;&#8230;  Yet he can be messy.<\/p>\n<p>He stresses out easily.  &#8220;WHO TOOK MY KEYS???&#8221;  Um&#8230; nobody.  But he is so freaked out about losing them he can&#8217;t focus on finding them.  Right now, as he is planning (he does this constantly, planning in his head) for his Florida trip, he has misplaced his belt.  <\/p>\n<p>Lord have mercy!  You would have thought he couldn&#8217;t find his passport  (well we went through that a few weeks ago)!  This has been the conversation and obsession  of the day.  WHERE IS THAT DARN BELT???<\/p>\n<p>I bet you money he will lose sleep over this tonight.  Today as I complained to him about how exhausting he is&#8230; he says &#8220;I know, I tire myself out too!&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Sighhhhhhhhhhhhh&#8230;  yes sometimes he is another child.  I love him.  I am so glad he is there to be stressed over every single thing.   I stress quietly about the things that matter.   (What am I going to wear to his alumni)?<\/p>\n<p>Absence is good for the soul.  But really I miss him already.  <\/p>\n<p>Thank you God for this crazy, wonderful man I have the privilege of calling my best friend and biggest pain in the butt!<br \/>Safe travels&#8230; please.<\/p>\n<p>Just before I click on PUBLISH&#8230; Sanj just yelled down&#8230; &#8220;I found my belt.. it was under a tee-shirt.&#8221;<br \/>See what I mean???   lol<\/p>\n<p>This is a picture capturing my dear hubby suffering from stressitis &#8230; how are we going to get out of this parking lot???<br \/>Isn&#8217;t he a cu-tie?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is so beautiful outside!!! I can&#8217;t help but be happy and motivated when the sun is shining and spring is in the air.Sanj goes away Thursday morning to some place in Florida for a conference. 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