caffeinatedcatholic:
So, I’ve always been Pacha’s wife from Emporer’s New Groove whenever I get mad, I just go into a furious cleaning rage, but now that I’m pregnant I also look the part.
Today I came home from work in a cleaning rage bc we’ve been trying to get rid of the guest bed we have for three months and have had different people every weekend for THREE MONTHS saying they’re going to come and get it and they fall through bc last minute they reveal that they didnt have a way to transport it or any money or anything. Anyway, same thing happened again today and I’m very frustrated and it’s a huge point of stress for me bc we cant set up any of the baby’s things until it’s gone, we just dont have the space and I’m freaking out.
After years of honing, I’m really good at redirecting my anger and not lashing out or making any person or pet or anything a victim of my wrath, so I just stormed in and announced “THEY ARENT COMING, THEY LIED” and threw my boots in the corner and started scrubbing and trashing and clearing and folding laundry and angrily stuffing clean vases with new flowers and all the cleaning.
I knew my husband was feeling helpless, and I was cleaning for a particularly long time today and he finally just asked, “do you want me to mad clean with you? Do you need help? I can lift or move things for you.” He said he didnt want me to hurt myself but he knew I needed to do it.
I ran my course and my apartment looks amazing now but, just…bless him. I love him so much. He told me later that I was very cute, zooming around and huffing and being all round and mad and industrious. And when I was done and I’d showered, there was a coffee and a jar of pickles waiting for me on the couch-side table.