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2013-07-04 23:13:03 (UTC)

Independence Day 2013

Independence day 2013 is coming to a close. I must say this has been one of the crappiest ones I have experienced in a long time....if ever.

A few days ago the wife said she wanted to go to the city celebration, not for the fireworks but instead for the gourmet food truck that is going to be selling food.

Okay, I can live with that.

Today I get up, watch a bit of television before the wife gets up. Catching some old movies.

Wife gets up and drones out "what are you watching?" in a tone like "What the hell are you watching now?" I told her it was West Side Story. She then starts asking me if I plan on going to watch the 4th of July parade. I said I might. She starts telling me I better go get dressed if I plan on watching it. I think she wanted me gone so she could change the channel.

I went and got dressed, then left to go watch the parade.

When I got back she wanted to go grab a bite to eat.

First place we went it was pretty busy so we decided to try another place. Enroute, I come to a four way stop. There was me and two other cars, one across and one to my left. The one across proceeds, I motion the one to my left to go...he just sits there so I start to go and then he starts...I stop. I again motion him to proceed...he doesn't move so I start and then he starts. The guy is talking on a cell phone. I want him to go so I know he won't hit me when I go across. Then I here a honk. there is a car behind me wanting me to go across. I finally take a chance and drive across, praying the guy doesn't decide to drive across and hit me.

My wife, daughter, and I talk about what just happened. I said I usually let the other cars go, if we arrived at a four way stop at about the same time, so I know they won't slam into me. My wife says it is a controlling issue.

On our way back from eating we got into a conversation that somehow got on to the subject of visqueen. You know, plastic sheeting. I won't get into the details, but the conversation turned into an argument. Over fucking visqueen.

I bowed out of the conversation, basically letting her win. I figure the subject was over. NOT!

About an hour later she brings up the topic again, she had researched to validate her opinion on the conversation. Turns out we were both talking different points about the same product.

Our daughter pointed out that the argument was totally pointless...I agreed.

Then a bit later the wife wanted our daughter to go check the temp of the pool water. The daughter got a bit irritated and was told by my wife that she never wants to do anything. She likes to play in the pool but does nothing to help take care of it, that it would not hurt her to check the temp to see if it was warm enough to swim in.

The daughter huffed out to go check the water. She came back and gave us the reading on the thermometer. The wife already got that reading, she wanted her to stick her arm in and FEEL the temp deeper in the water.

That started a mini argument between the wife and daughter.

Then later the wife got on the computer to look up the menu for the food truck that she wanted to get food from and saw there was nothing on the menu she would eat...nothing that any of us would eat. So we didn't go.

Just seems like the wife was in a mood to argue about anything today. Made for a really crappy day.

And just think...I not only had today off from work...I took vacation through 12 July. I go back to work on Monday, 15 July. She's already coming up with all kinds of different projects that this time off would be perfect for me to complete. I already told her I am not working the entire vacation. I plan on having some fun too...with or without her.




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