When we moved into our house nearly two years ago, I made Josh put all of his toys in bins so that they wouldn't be all over the place all the time because I absolutely hate clutter. (This is something few people know about me, but I hate, hate, HATE owning things that are nonfunctional, whereas Josh refuses to get rid of anything). In the past two years, it seems that Josh's toys have reproduced. I generally don't spend much time in the bonus room because it's so messy and it smells like cat, but the other day I was printing out some articles for my behavioral neuroscience project, and saw that the computer desk is now COVERED in collectibles. Josh is obsessed with these Star Wars Galactic Heroes and explained to me that he needed the whole set in order to be authentic. Huge eye roll!
One thing I've learned about marriage is to pick my battles, which is why I let Josh keep his collectibles in a room I barely visit, but then a couple days ago I came home to find this in the hallway:
I think Josh's dad gave this to him for Christmas, so I can't complain that Josh is spending his money on ridiculous things. And perhaps I should applaud Josh for finally unpacking his bag of Christmas presents. But I don't know whether I should put my foot down. I don't know whether in two weeks I will walk into the hall to see a whole set of these things. (About my disgust, Josh replied, "Remember that you love me!" and then folded his arms and tapped his foot impatiently).
I suppose there are worse things. I could have married someone who was less awesome.
In other news, this is what became of the clothes from our closet:
Thankfully, we had a room we weren't using. (That was sarcastic. I am in fact very sad about this whole thing).
Also, I found out this week that I will be working at Lewis & Clark as a mental health counselor during the next school year. It was by far my first choice for a practicum experience, and the only place at which I interviewed. At the time, I thought my interview went well, but of course as I was leaving I had all sorts of regrets about what I said and I thought of all sorts of things that I should have said. But it worked out in the end. My favorite part about L&C is that it reminds me of my first alma mater, which I love and miss. The campus is so beautiful, it makes me jealous of all the people who are able to go there.
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Do you know that Josh is trying to turn my husband into a collector of weird little objects too? He gave him that Wolverine bobble head for Christmas and I'm just praying it doesn't make it's way into our "decor". I told John to take it to work. HA HA.
It does look like you've been overrun! My sister has a hubby that sounds a lot like yours. She was ecstatic when they moved into their new house recently and they had a huge walk in closet in their master bedroom...about a third of the closet became his man space. I'm sure it won't take long for his Star Wars obsession to overrun their new home:0)
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