My girlfriend called me tonight upset with her husband. Apparently she is mad because he spent the entire evening down at his favorite bar watching girls wrestle in jello. It was a “regular’s” birthday and they were doing it as a spoof. My girlfriend’s hubby stayed out pretty late (past 12:30 a.m.) because he offered to help the owner by taping it.

I am not sure what I think. What would you do? Would you be upset? Part of me says yes. There is no reason for a married man to be out at 12:30 a.m. filming girls wrestle in jello. There are tons of young single guys who could handle it. The other part of me says it’s no big deal.

UPDATE: I spoke more with my girlfriend and she says that she wasn’t mad that he went to watch the jello wrestling – she was fine with that. She was just mad that it kept him out so late – after 1 a.m. She felt like someone else could have filmed the girls for the bar.

The past two weeks have been insanely busy with work, friends, volunteer groups, work groups, etc. that my husband and I have barely seen each other. We were talking last night and realized that over the course of the last two weeks we probably have all only been together in the in the mornings before work/school.

To address this we have declared this week – Sept. 23-30 – family week. There will be no outside disruptions. We will spend time together- ALL FOUR OF US – playing, reading, at the park, etc. Whatever we do, we will do it together – as a family.

Life just gets so busy and we have to do this. It’s time to focus. I’ll still be blogging (hey, I do that after bedtime for the most part) but I won’t be available for dinner, happy hour, shopping, etc.

Anyone else going through this lately? How are you addressing it?

Appetizer: What is your favorite type of art? I would said Mixed media. I like art that takes everyday objects and incorporates them together. My favorite Cincinnati artist is Rhonda Gushee.

Soup: When was the last time you got a free lunch (or breakfast or dinner)? Who paid for it? My husband took me to lunch a week or two ago, does that count? We went to our favorite Chinese restaurant for some sesame chicken.

Salad: On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how emotional are you? Pre-children I would have said a 2 or 3 – I never cried or got carried away. Post- children I am more like a 7 – diaper commercials can bring a tear to my eyes…. It is pathetic really.

Main Course: Approximately how long do you spend each day responding to emails? I go through a lot of email because of work. I probably spend a good portion writing and reading them.

Dessert: To what temperature do you usually set your home’s thermostat? Right now we have been keeping it at 75. With the crazy weather we have been having it seems to be working well for us. We struggle with the thermostat at our house because we all like different temperatures.

For the first time that I can remember, SM is not feeling well. I first noticed something was up when I picked him up from my mom’s after work today. I asked him if he wanted to go to McDonald’s for dinner. He said no… (What??) That is correct, he said no. Someone call the police, this is not my child. He may look like him, but I assure you, my child would never turn down McDonald’s.

When we got home he immediately laid down on the couch and ask for a blanket. I got out the thermometer and he did have a bit of a temperature, but only a small one. I gave him a Popsicle (always makes me feel better when I am sick) and went in to make dinner. I checked on him several times and by the third time, he was asleep.

Finally, around 8 p.m. I woke him up. I was afraid that he would sleep for too long and that he would not want to go to bed when bedtime rolled around. When I tried to wake him and get him active he just asked he if could go to bed. This was another red flag – What child asks to go to bed? Poor fella.

After I put him to bed I gave my mom a call to see if she could think of what might be the culprit. After a few minutes we determined that it had to be fatigue.

It turns out, that in addition to waking up extra early today – 5:30 a.m. – SM had gym class and he did not take his after school nap. When you start to add it up, it adds up.

I guess we’ll find out in the morning. Hopefully he was just worn out and he’s not coming down with something. I don’t know about you, but I just can’t handle it when children are sick. It breaks my heart.