i'm all out of ideas...

How do you take the bachelor out of a husband?

So, my husband and I have hardly lived together... but the last time we spent an extended amount of time together, my in-laws were here and the house was all tidied up before I even arrived so I basically had to maintain it and just make changes...

This time I came, things were kind of neat... but there were things that needed a lot of work... like dishes were still in the sink and some of 'em were beginning to stink and the sponge probably had a life of its own! LOL

So anyhow, I took care of that first hurdle and my poor hubby had already cooked so everything was going well... After that, we went on our delayed honeymoon for a week.

And now we're back and supposed to be moving out of this apartment and moving to a place that's 4 hrs away... and, the apartment is a mess and I am superbly overwhelmed!

And guess what? There's dishes and empty wrappers, receipts, labels and all sorts of stuff all over the place i.e. the kind of stuff that drives me nuts... I guess because I'm not used to this!

I'm not usually a very tidy person but my mess consists of just clothes and books... here, it's things that are actually going bad :S

I feel like it's a scene from one of those movies where they show a teenager who discovers a month old slice of pizza from under their bed! hehe

So yeah, I'm at a loss for how to deal with this... I don't want to sound naggy but at the same time I can't tolerate all of this nor figure out what to do...

I'll clean up and help hubby out and take care of some domains of the household... but then I've got to draw the line somewhere, right?

I've told my hubby that I'll take care of the dishes, but he's GOT to leave his in the sink... god, I washed/rinsed some dishes before we left... thinking that they were all... We just got back yesterday and I discovered that there was a pile of bowls and empty wrappers that we under our coffee table so I totally missed 'em! Sigh.

Alhamdulillah I have an awesome husband but he's got these 'bachelor days' habits and I don't know how to deal with all of this. So don't get me wrong... he is helpful and usually does more than I and we've all got quirks... but like I said, some kinds of messes just make me cringe... so how do I fix this?

Any ideas, please?

Because we're at this point, sitting in separate rooms and not even really talking because we're both so overwhelmed :(

I still love him to death, I just need a creative solution.

Where does a wife draw the line?

Peace.

on a side note...

I don't know how I feel about the new background template for my blog :S

Comments, anyone?

...vacation...

I have finals next week, the last being on Thursday, Dec 10th and insha'Allah I'll be flying in the morning of the 11th.

I don't know if any of my friends know, but I'm an increasingly anxious traveler :(... That is, even when I AM traveling with other people... but I'm going to traveling alone, for the second time in my life and that makes me a little nervous. Plus, I'm going to a totally new airport.

The last time I had gone to SC, I had gone via the airport in Charlotte, NC but now I'll be flying through GA. I had previously been to the one in NC before flying alone because I had once traveled to see hubby with my mom. This time I don't even know what to expect and also, the airport is bigger. I just hope Allah makes things easy for me.

Anyhow, I'm just hoping the excitement and anticipation of finally being able to reunite with my hubby, even though it's gonna be short, will override any worries that I may have about traveling alone.

The 2 fears that I have, getting lost when on the road and traveling alone, seemed to have been caused because of my mom LOL. She gets lost all the time :( and I remember being afraid to go to new places with her as a kid. In fact, there was this one time we were soooo lost and the car was running out of gas and the car apparently hit 'reserve' a few times and we were terrified that we'd get stranded. Sigh, haha the misery :) but we made it ok.

Thank God for cell phones now... I just pull mine out whenever I start feeling anxious.

Ok, enough of that.

I can't believe I'll be on vacation and with hubby in 10 days insha'Allah. I know I've mentioned before, but long distance relationships are VERY hard. It's because you love someone and you can't even be with them.

I can't wait till March so that I'm done with school :D insha'Allah.

Sigh... this visit couldn't have come at a better time, I was beginning to lose it! I don't think I could've held up any longer without seeing him.

I pray that everyone who is married, will always remain close to their spouses and find much happiness there. And for those that are not married, may Allah bless them with a marriage in the near future and grant them much happiness and success in their endeavors as well.

I'm out, it's morning now and I've got 3 hrs to catch some ZzzzZ's... I just could not sleep!

Take care and peace-