Questionaire

Today is election day here.  Mr. A is spending all day doing legal work for the Clinton campaign (grr!), so he had to vote in the absentee voter thing yesterday.  He stood in line for over 2 hours and was not feeling the love of the democratic process afterwards.  This morning I ran in and voted in our local polling location in less than 5 minutes.    Mr. A will be hobnobbing with Hillary this evening. I will be hobnobbing with the shorties and no elected officials, I think.

Answers to questions, roughly in order (Small list this time, add more if you want.):

1) Maybe you can elaborate a bit more on how your mom went from a swing voter to hyper conservative. That does explain quite a bit your thoughts on how you don’t have anything in common with her. What was your reaction?

Seriously, my mom became a hard core republican because she started listening to Rush Limbaugh.  My dad was always a small-government republican but my mom had no opinion as far as I know.  (Neither of them care much for the conservative Christian wing of the Republican party.  They also both really dislike taxes and like hording their money like squirrels like to horde nuts.)  

When she first got all het-up as a new Republican, we had a good number of arguments, but for the most part I don’t discuss politics with my parents.  I have had more arguments with my Dad who seems to care more than my mom, but those aren’t productive either.  I end up pissed off and my dad ends up somewhat amused. 

Politics are generally more important to me than they are to my parents, I think, but that isn’t the main reason I feel I don’t have much in common with my mom.   We just have very different interests, taste, and priorities, probably as a result of the very different life experiences we have had.  My mom is a very typical middle class, middle aged, midwestern woman.   I don’t think I fit that mold very comfortably.  It is hard to explain, I will have to think about it some more and try to write another post about it with more details.

2) Any other developments in the new job search for Mr. A?

I mentioned briefly in another post that Mr. A was supposed to have a phone call with the Big Boss at the only place he has applied so far (his 1st choice job and the one that would mean we have to move).  Well, Mr. A tried to call the Big Boss several times during that week and never got a hold of him, so I was relieved and thought it was a sign that nothing will happen.  Then, Mr. A’s friend (who put him in touch with the Big Boss) emailed the Big Boss to remind him to contact Mr. A.  The Big Boss then emailed Mr. A and said he (Big Boss) would call Mr. A the next day.  Then there was no phone call.  Again, I was relieved.  Mr. A waited a week and still heard nothing.  Then the friend AGAIN emailed the Big Boss (they apparently know each other pretty well or something) and Mr. A recieved an email forwarded that said that the Big Boss is still very interested, but forgot to call and would call the next day.  Also that the Big Boss was going to personally turn Mr. A’s information over to the hiring person.  No call was received the next day.  So far, everything we have heard has been second-hand through the friend.

The Big Boss is a very, very important high level person, so we aren’t surprised that Mr. A isn’t at the top of his priority list.  It is leaving us in a bit of a stressful situation though.  We have every indication (except a phone call) that the Big Boss is interested in Mr. A and likely to help him at least get an interview.  At the same time, the Big Boss is proving to be a little flakey, so it is difficult to count on the Big Boss for much of anything.  Right now, I am continuing to work on preparing the house for sale, just in case.   Also, I am trying not to think or worry about it much right now. 

3)  I remember that way back you once wrote that you had to go buy a new set of sheets because the only one that you used was torn at this point. Do you still mainly use one set? Or have you bought more and rotate them? Yeah… silly question.

God, this is kind of embarrassing!  Talk about outing my poor housekeeping!   I tried to find the post that I wrote about my old sheets, but I couldn’t find it to see exactly what I was talking about.

Yes, we actually have maybe 4 sets of sheets (all white) for our bed and at least 4 sets for the girls’ beds.  The problem is that I tend to prefer sheets that are not crisp from the drier.  I also prefer flannel sheets and we only have one set of those so they get used the most.  I will not use a top sheet at ALL unless it is flannel. I just hate the feel of it (yes, I have mild sensory issues). 

I probably change the sheets once a month, more often if one of the kids pukes in their sleep (which is relatively common in the winter).   The pillowcases do tend to get washed a little more often because Mr. A wears hair gel and I hate the way it smells on the pillow.  Yes, I know this probably totally grosses out those of you who are organized enough to wash your sheets every week, but you already know I am a sucky housecleaner.   Also, we only do laundry every (approximately) every 2.5 weeks when we have used every single pair of clean socks and underwear in the house.  Laundry has never been my strong suit. 

Coincidentally, I just noticed this week that I have *again* worn a small hole in the place where my feet go on our current set of flannel sheets.  I must thrash around or kick a lot or something.  Next time, maybe I will buy TWO sets of flannel sheets.

Go ahead and judge me for my dirty, ripped sheets!  I don’t care!  I hate laundry!

Heh.  More answers later.