Nevermind the Picture lol

I just grabbed the image from my youtube channel because I think my diary entries look bland without some kind of image, and this was the closest and quickest to grab.

So, at the moment, my husband is at the store getting groceries for the second time in three days. I think he likes the “outing” so I don’t mind except that I’m concerned he overspends on food when he goes by himself. He buys a lot of junk food (especially on the days I say I’m sticking to my diet) and sends me images of pastries and cupcakes, etc, knowing how impressionable I am. Of course when he sends me an image of lemon tarts and chocolate cupcakes and tells me to pick one, he knows I can’t! And then I want them both. So that is what I say and then I am fully responsible for the junk food. I admit this responsibility. I am responsible for what I eat. That isn’t the issue either lol.

The two issues are 1. Before I met him, I used to make a grocery list and buy groceries once a week. Even accounting for the insane inflation, we are spending about five times what I used to alone or even after we were together. I keep trying to get us back to the once-a-week grocery trip, but it’s not really working. Again, this isn’t something that I’m upset about. It’s just a fact. My husband doesn’t really manage money well. I found out (actually I discover once a year) that he stops paying his payments on his taxes he’s owing for a few years back. Then he calls and reschedules the payments, etc. I’m the kind of person that likes to get bills paid asap so I can forget about them. And I always discuss my money with him. Once a year we revisit the idea of him paying down his credit card.

The other issue which is kind of funny. He is much more fun and good-natured when he texts me from the store. lol. He actually seems to have a personality, but when he’s home with me, he barely talks to me and whatever I try to tell him about anything, he says, “I’m not interested in that.” and wears his earbuds 24/7 (almost!!) and is always watching/listening to something else. I try to respect that, but sometimes if it’s something about the building or something,  we have to talk!

But when he’s out shopping, he’ll call or text me and seems like a fun and charming person with a sense of humor. It’s like he has two different personalities.

These are not actually “issues” I guess. I’m not that bothered by them. They’re more observations. We basically disagree on everything from politics to religion to whether or not it’s perfectly fine to melt paperclips into a plastic bar because he saw it on youtube (I’m on the side of “that smoke coming from paperclips containing lead and the toxic stuff in plastic is going to set off the smoke alarm and poison us!” and he’s on the side of “Oh, it’s perfectly fine!” ) LOL.

We’re like a sitcom. Sometimes it’s hard to find it all that entertaining to be honest.

In other news, my book seems to be selling so yay!