Role Reversal: Myke's day as a House-Husband

So, yesterday, Myke had the day off. He goes to school at BYU AND he works at BYU, so, as it was a holiday yesterday, he didn't have work OR school! Our house was pretty much a disaster (well, a disaster to US, two extremely tidy and bleach-happy people), so Myke decided he would clean and do laundry and homework with his day off. (I know, all you wives are drooling!)

On the other hand, I HAD to work because my office pretty much only closes on Christmas day because we are a medical office and people still get sick on holidays...In fact, it seems like MORE people get sick on the holidays because it is their day off and they actually have time to go to the doctor and check out that strange growth on their pinky toe that has been bothering them for 15 years.

So, I headed off to work and Myke stayed home. When I got home around 7 last night, the house smelled delicious, even all the toilets had been scoured and scrubbed! Shelves were dusted, I could hear the washer AND dryer going. I could smell clean laundry as soon I pulled up in the driveway! Pillows and throw blankets were all in their right places. Hairspray residue had been scrubbed off the bathroom counter. Mirrors had been shined, floors had been washed, dishes had been done. My favorite candle was burning. It was simply beautiful! I put away my things and asked Myke how his day had been...

He told me that the sheets just won't dry! "I've dried them 3 times and they are still wet!" He went on to say, "We are almost out of detergent and fabric softener too, so we probably need to go get some soon, oh and the milk is almost gone." I also learned that my jewelry cleaner had been dumped on the bathroom rug, so that had to be washed too, and that he may have ruined one of my shirts because he wasn't sure if he was supposed to dry it.

None of these things were alarming to me, I was just chuckling in my mind as he continued to say, "Can you think of something to do tonight? I just don't want to think about it and I'm about to go crazy 'cause I have been stuck in this house all day. I'm totally up for anything, but I've just got to get out!"

*This is not actually a picture of Myke yesterday, but his face looked like this :). This is a pic I took the day Myke let me round-brush his hair.

I looked up show times for some movies and decided we should see a MAN movie 'cause Myke needed some excitement in his life. I told him that Mission Impossible starts in 10 minutes at the theater and to grab his coat.

I was still laughing as we walked out to the car and I said, "So...are you driving, or do you want me to drive you around?" This is kind of a big deal because I have some sort of complex about driving males around. I NEVER wanted to drive when I was dating Myke and I told him that he should always drive when we were married. It just feels backwards to me when I drive with him in the passenger seat! I have a serious issue with it! But, last night, I offered, and he happily accepted.

We got to the theater, I parked and paid for tickets, and we watched Mission Impossible together.

On our way out, Myke asked what we were going to do next!?! I told him I was freezing, so I would drive us home and make fancy hot chocolate drinks.

As we sat on the couch, sipping our cocoa, I told Myke about how funny I thought he was as a house-husband :). We laughed about our role reversal and I think Myke was EXTRA excited to go to school and work today! Poor little fella! Love you Mykey! Thanks for cleaning everything! *muah!