Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Behind the jelly, a little jar of love



Since returning home, I'm struggling with a few things. How does a person stay focused, productive, and contributing to the family without a job? A friend said to me, " You can be focused without a job." That's intriguing. Work is a place to hide from feeling that overall I am not fully present and accountable in my own life. And that's how I feel. A lack of being present day to day in creating my own happiness. I'm mulling it over. It's a puzzle.

Meanwhile, using my blog for humiliation and revenge actually makes me sort of happy and present in my own life-- I might be on to something.

This morning, Chip and I had one of those fights that only long marrieds can have. A fight that escalates quickly based on long held prejudices about a partner's habits.

"Where's the creole mustard? Did you throw it away?" (deflated overly dramatic shrug)
"Maybe. There were some mustards and other things from summer in there that had black spots."
"I just opened that mustard. Creole mustard is full of black spots."

OH, he did not just go there, did he? He's going to tell me what mustard seeds look like? "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't know what creole mustard is, sonny jim. You'd be married to some boring yellow mustard girl and never know the spicy, sexy side of life, the one I've created for you with my magical Zatarain's ways...how dare you, sir!"

OK, I do like to throw away marginally edible food, always have--and I admit I may be a bit hasty sometimes. I am a little paranoid about food spoilage. Partly inherited from my own mom's fantastical worry about old food, partly from watching two sisters at Boston Children's Hospital go into kidney failure from food poisoning. But no matter, and I think most people would agree, black mold spots constitute some sort of action that does not involve sticking the knife in the jar and spreading them on one's sandwich.

"Mustard thrower outer!!"
"Mold eater!!"

Is my regular life blogworthy?

10 comments:

  1. You life is blogworthy job or no job! You are a rare and wonderful gal my dear. Please get a publisher and get your words out to the rest of the world-your funny and insightful take on life is too good to be shared only on your blog.
    Cathy

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  2. And not only was she right about the mustard being there the whole time, but the sandwich I made with the other mustard was not good. Damn it, that is rough justice.

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  3. This is most definitely something EVERYONE who
    shares a life with another person can relate to.

    Thank you for the chuckle!

    (I'm a Dijon woman myself, and Tom is the
    thrower-outer)

    And, you know, some of the funniest things are
    just everyday life things, so please keep blogging!

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  4. Definitely keep blogging! I love reading your posts.

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  5. Hello, Julie. I started making these tee shirts last week: http://www.cafepress.com/nomilubin

    I was just bumbling around the internet looking for ways to draw people and I found your blog.


    I've enjoyed reading your posts for the past 45 minutes now. Thank you.

    Nomi Lubin

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  6. Close enough. Sorry for triple post.

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  7. Hey Julie, I've given your blog an award - it's linked to from mine. Happy Thursday!

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