A Night As A Bachelor - 1995 & 2005
On Wednesday, my wife took the kids for an overnight visit to see her parents and I had the house all to myself. My night as a "bachelor" was quite different than a typical night ten years ago when I lived by myself in a small studio apartment downtown.
On a typical Wednesday night in 1995 I would:
- Rent a video from Tower Video
- Eat macaroni and cheese out of a pot placed on the coffee table in front of the television
- Drink Mountain Dew
- Stay up late
...and on this Wednesday night in 2005 I:
- Came home from work
- Ate macaroni and cheese out of a bowl at the kitchen table
- Mowed the lawn
- Read The Trail to Tranquility
- Went to bed early
Times have certainly changed!
4 Comments:
You might've improved in those ten years, but your menu certainly hasn't! ;)
I remember those days. It was a different world.
Thanks for the laugh this morning! :)
Mowing the lawn!! Now I'm jealous.
This is also why I always try to dissuade my wife from leaving me alone - But when she does leave me alone, this is my general schedule:
Work Late.
Pray.
Eat some cheese out of the package.
Drink some OJ.
Go to sleep miserable.
Back in 1995 I lived in California and I had my second child. I might not have worked as late, and I'd probably make myself a sandwich and read a book too... and I don't think I would have been quite as miserable as I get these days... I guess loneliness is a bigger deal to me these days.
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