My in-laws are arriving tomorrow. They're staying until Monday. I know it's awful, but I've been dreading their arrival for weeks. They're nice enough people, but I don't know them well. I see them only a few times a year and this house is small for 4 people. Wayne and his family are not what I'd call close knit. They're almost awkward around each other and it's not easy to deal with. I always feel as if it's on me to keep up conversation and it's exhausting when they're here for more than a couple of days.
His mother is a bit of a clean freak. I can clean this house from top to bottom twice and never feel like it's clean enough for a woman who bleaches her tea cups on a weekly basis. I keep a clean house, but by her standards - my house must seem a mess. I've cleaned the guest bathroom twice. I have the menu planned and later tonight, I'll be ironing their bedding (not something I would nornally do, but she does and I just don't want her to think I'm a bad wife). I'm a stress machine. I wish I had another day to prepare, but I always feel like this when they visit. It's going to be a very long weekend...
I quit smoking when I moved to the UK, mainly because I promised my husband I would. I did it for him, but not because I wanted to. I enjoyed smoking. I missed it, but quit successfully for many years until I went through a stressful time and started again. My relapse lasted over a year. The whole time, I was ashamed of myself. I hated the smell. I hated how I felt, I hated the health risks and I hated my lack of willpower. I've known a few people who have tried e-cigarettes. I was a skeptic. I thought it was going from one habit to another. The people I knew that tried it, always had it and were constantly sucking on it. It seemed to me they were more addicted to it then they were cigarettes. I don't know any smokers that constantly had a cigarette in their hand. Then in January, I saw a piece about it on the BBC News. I watched with interest thinking they were going to say that they have found it to be harmful. What they said was quite the o
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