Everybody
is different.
Yeah,
I know, I’m a broken record.
My
husband has a stuffed full closet of clothes and every morning when he gets up
he jumps into his clothes, including shoes, almost before he does anything
else. Every day. Even when all he is going to do is walk across our room and
get on his computer.
Me?
Are you kidding? Why get dressed if I don’t have to?
Once
upon a time I went rounds with my husband because of my tendency to stay in my
pajamas all day. It is often used as a sign of depression so he was
understandably concerned.
I
finally had him step into our walk-in closet, look around and tell me what he
saw. It took some coaching but he finally saw what I already knew.
Our
closet at the time had two long bars on each side as you walked into it. I figured
his and her sides and put clothes away accordingly. My husband, however, has
never understood this his and her space or that a closet can be organized. That
and the fact he simply had more than I did meant his clothes overflowed onto my
side. I also had a selection of our children’s Sunday best clothes hanging
there. About eighty percent of the closet was full of clothes that wasn’t mine.
I
pointed out that dressing everyday meant doing my laundry far more often than I
already was and since I was already doing several loads a day, well, I didn’t
need or want to do more.
So my husband and kids have gotten used to my
non-clothes hog ways and not getting dressed every day. Even now when I have
more than three outfits to my name they know I have no plans to go anywhere
simply because I’m not dressed.
Of
course it isn’t really to save time on keeping them clean. Bras and shoes are
monstrosities. Abominations to be endured. Preferably for the shortest period
of time possible. And clothes? Only the most comfortable. I’ve never worn jeans
of any kind simply because I don’t find them comfortable.
Keeping
all this in mind, yesterday morning my husband returned from taking our sons to
school to find me up, dressed and reaching for my shoes.
What
would you be thinking at that moment?
He
asked me, “Do you have errands to run?”
Now
mind you we had talked before he took the boys off to school. Yes, I realize it
was early and he may have been half asleep, I certainly wasn’t awake. I was in
fact still lying in bed with my eyes closed, but I know I told him I had no
plans for the day.
I
looked at him like he was crazy, thinking he’d clearly forgotten the obvious.
When he didn’t immediately realize his error I said, “No. I have a dog.”
I’m
still laughing about.
He’d
clearly forgotten I’d recently acquired a dog who likes her daily walks. Good
exercise for both of us.
And
don’t worry, the shoes came right back off as soon as I returned. If I’d been
at all uncomfortable I would have changed back into my nightgown. I really didn’t
have anywhere to go.
But
even Mabel, who I’ve only had for about a month now, knows when I get my shoes
one on I’m going outside. She even knows what it means when I grab my purse and
keys.
Smart
dog.
Smile.
Make the day a brighter day.
