My wish list!

I’m keeping a list here of things that I can’t wait to do again once this is all over (and the reasons why I can’t do those things now):

1. Cooking breakfast and lunch once a week for almost the entire week and maybe 2-3 dinners per week.  She hates leftovers that have been around longer than maybe 24 hours.  She even throws a fit if I hardboil all the eggs for the week on Sunday night.
2. Buying shoes!  And clothes!  If I buy new shoes or clothes and then we don’t have money later for something she wants to do (I only get paid 1x per month) she throws my purchases in my face.  I’ve lost weight, still haven’t bought new clothes.
3. Sleeping on the couch.  I don’t know why this induces rage in her, but it does.  If I sleep on the couch, I get sent to the bed.
4. Going out for nice dinners with friends without someone questioning the price. Whenever she gets the chance, she throws it in my face that my friends and I occasionally will go out for a dinner that’s $50/person.
5. Buy a condo!  No, I’m not quite ready to become a homeowner, but she had huge issues with me wanting a condo instead of a house.
6. Talk about fitness and wearing single digit sized clothes without being treated like an alien.
7. Enjoy the quiet.  She’s ALWAYS making noise.  She keeps the tv volume as high as possible, she’s always on the phone, she likes to get the dogs riled up, she snores, etc etc etc.  I love the quiet when she’s gone.
8. Turn all the lights on in the morning!  I get up at 4 AM, she gets up at 7:30.  That’s all i have to say.
9. Take my car wherever the heck I want without an argument.  I might drive to Savannah just because I can. LOL
10. RELAX!  I’ve been in a constant state of anxiety since God only knows when.  It will be nice to exhale.
11. Go to church with white people.  There’s a church I wanna try.  It’s a diverse church with a white pastor.  She’s been weird about trying it because she’s never gone to church with white people.
12. Go wandering through the bookstore.  I haven’t done that in MONTHS.  It used to be my favorite “I have nothing else to do today” activity.  Now either she’s got some reason to ‘need’ the car OR she throws a fit b/c I’m doing something out of the norm. 
13. Read and fall asleep in my chair, on the couch, in the bed with the lights on.  She rages when extra lights are on because of the electricity bill (Umm..She doesn’t pay it or see it…).
14. Hang out with my friends I miss.  I”ve gone MIA from a lot of people b/c every time I try to go out with soemone new, she feels like she has to meet them or she doesn’t trust the situation at all. Now I don’t have to explain myself or them. 
15. Buy the groceries I like.  I eat healthy, she eats crap.  I spend A LOT keeping the house stocked.
16. Saving money.  It’s impossible to save money with a grocery bill that’s doubled, gas charges that have doubled, electricity bills that have doubled…
17. Sleepign without it being 60 degrees! She can’t sleep in the heat.  I can’t sleep when I’m freezing.  I’m tired of sleeping in pants, socks, a sweatshirt and 6 blankets. 
18. Waking up without questioning how I will be ambushed at any given point during the day.

More to come…