Blog Number 322

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

It has been a while since I have scolded the wife publicly via this blog so it is about high time for one of those kinds of blogs.  First, exhibit A...

This is a close up shot of the 2006 Kia Minivan that we bought recently.  The line in the middle of the driveway divides the driveway roughly in half.  I have complained numerous times to the wife when I come home from work that I do not have enough room to park in our driveway and still get my Buick's door open.  She claims that she is trying to stay on her side but just can't seem to do it.  Exhibit B...

Notice how far to the right that I am parked.  This is so I can still open my door and not bang it into the minivan.  About 10 minutes ago, the son and I measured the driveway.  The overall width is 196 inches.  I measured my half of the driveway and discovered that from the right side of the driveway to the dividing line (shown in the first picture) and it came to 102 inches.  This left only 94 inches for my wife's "half" of the driveway.  Researching further I found that my Buick is about 73.5 inches wide while the Kia is just a shade over 78 inches.

So it seems I owe my wife a (small) apology as it is harder than it looks to park her van and not crowd the center line.  Maybe I will suggest switching sides so it is more fair.  Speaking of switching sides, I was able to regain my side of the bed.  Ever since our wedding night, I have slept on the right side of the bed.  I remember making that choice over 11 years ago.  Since she was moving into a house that I already lived in and since the bed we bought was delivered a few days before the wedding day, I had the advantage of making sure I had the side I wanted.  I did everything but sleep in the bed (for some reason, I wanted us to sleep in the bed for the first time together).  But I did lay on both sides of the bed checking for key things like proximity to the alarm clock and bathroom and maybe the quickest exit in case of fire.  I ended up choosing the right side of the bed (facing the bed from the foot).  As we moved from one house to the next to an apartment to another house to another apartment (this time in Texas) and then finally to our leased house that we are in now, I kept the right side.  Overall I think it was a good choice.  Things changed on April 10th.  That was the day the wife came home from the hospital after the wreck.  I spent the first month either on the couch with her or on an inflatable mattress next to the couch but when she was able to return to the bedroom, I moved her to the right side as it was closest to the door and was the easiest side to get in and out of bed.  As she recovered, she remained on MY side of the bed.  That is until 2 nights ago when I reclaimed it.  She claims it feels weird but to me things are a little more normal now.

I will let you know if I can talk her into switching sides of the driveway.

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon