life's mundane tasks

Brandon and I have been apart for the past 12 days, 6 hours, and 41 minutes (not that anyone's counting). He will be back in three more days. It has been an interesting time with him not being here. I left the family reunion in Eureka on Tuesday night with Christopher and his family. I tried to keep my emotions in check for about a good five seconds and started bawling. I was sitting in the back of the van waving goodbye to Brandon when Ansel turns to me and with a bit of concern on his face (probably from all my tears) he asks me, "Are you crying because you are going to miss Brandon so much?" He is a very neat kid. He kept turning around and smiling his special smile at me the whole way back home. He is such a sweet kid!

The day after I got home, I went grocery shopping and when I was bringing in the groceries I happen to see a freakin huge spider out of the corner of my eye. Well, since I was bringing in the groceries all by myself, I had wanted to only make one trip, so with my hands full of groceries and trying to open the front door, I am totally freaking out! I probably shouldn't have kept looking at the spider, because all of the sudden another spider comes out of a crack and I notice this lovely red marking on her belly. BLACK WIDOW SPIDER! I throw my groceries down and run out the door, jump in the car, and drive to Home Depot to buy a can of Spider killer. When I got back home, I sprayed that WHOLE can on the area. The black widow came out of the crack (her mistake) and I sprayed her dead. I also happen to notice a couple sacks of eggs and of course I took care of that too. A couple thoughts went through my head while I was doing this. My first thought was of my sister-in-law Denee. She absolutely hates spiders. My second one was that I would never be going outside again until Brandon got home to deal with all this kind of stuff.

I still can't believe I lived through that experience. It's funny though, because if Brandon were here he would have just taken care of it and I probably wouldn't have even known it had happened (we have a deal that he just kills the bugs and doesn't tell me about it).

I have been missing Brandon so much and now that he will soon be home, I keep thinking about all the things he does for more around here. I wish I could say that this whole experience of being apart has been terrible, but it has helped me realize some things. I have been forced to do everything around here with him gone and I have realized how much I love doing all these little things like cooking, doing the laundry, cleaning, organizing, and all those other mundane tasks. I always knew I liked to do that stuff, but I really enjoy these tasks and I know that some people don't, but it's so enjoyable to me. I have gotten so much done around here these past two week and although It can be so boring without anyone to talk to, I have reorganized just about everything upstairs and thrown away tons of junk. I finally got my clothes all how I like it in my closet and dresser. I never knew I was such a dork. I am so proud of my clean closet. I finally got all my shirts in the order I like them. Long sleeve dress shirts, then short sleeved dress shirts, then long sleeved t-shirts, and then short sleeved t-shirts. Does anyone else organize their closets like this?

Well, I think I may be rambling, and it is almost 1 a.m. so I am off to my lonely bed. Happy Labor Day!