Get up! Get up! Get up! Why is she on me so much lately? Does she have any idea how heavy she is or how long it takes me to re-fluff and smooth myself out after she has laid on me all day? It was bad enough when she was in school and spent countless hours cross-legged on one of my corners, dropping food crumbs in between MY pillows and writing on me with her highlighter. (She swears it was an accident.) At least then she was gone during the day so I could get some peace and quiet. Now, with her new “sabbatical” schedule, her routine is not routine at all. She naps when she wants, throws the pillows on the floor to supposedly meditate; of course she has to sit on me to be more comfortable and now I have to be next to the hard floor! Then, to top it off, she has the nerve to allow her friends and family to use me as their sleeping apparatus when they come in to town. Don’t they know when they cover me with sheets and blankets I have difficulty breathing? Anyone ever hear of dust mites? Does she forget, I have feelings too? When was the last time she asked me if I needed to be dusted and smoothed or wanted a night off?
She seems to get “nights off” all of the time. And she goes out of town with no notice! Just when I am getting used to the everyday wear and tear schedule, (I wake up about 15 minutes before her so I can get prepared), she disappears without a trace. I usually find out she’s leaving because she pulls the suitcase out the night before, leaves it in the living room and he tells me so. He’s normally the quiet type, but he kind of gets excited when he gets to go on a trip and then blabs the details.
Anyway, I can’t wait ‘till she starts this new job of hers, so then we can go back to the way things used to be. Fifteen minutes in the morning while she drinks her coffee. I am fine with that because then I am off the rest of the day. A couple of hours at night when she gets home to unwind…then off to bed. Perfect!
-When will she learn that inanimate objects have lives too?
2 comments:
Marilyn I am SOoooo glad to see you have started your own blog! yay! more Marilynbones! I believe that very, very soon your couch is going to be seeing less and less and less of you because you are going to be doing exactly what you want in your next job. Enjoy this chapter as it is and hello to Majid too!
That was a lovely post. Alex sent me from her blog, and I will be back :-). Feel free to visit mine as well.
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