Trading places

I think in some couples one spouse is the optimist and the other is the pessimist. Paul and I take turns switching between those two roles. For example, sometimes I assume my team is going to lose the football game while Paul will still be holding out hope the Steelers will win. Sometimes he ends up being right. Paul has more optimism than I do politically in terms of thinking that a candidate we really like will ever end up being elected as President of the country. Paul always assumes his football games (Giants) will not be aired on tv (since we don't live in NY), and I assume that they WILL be aired most of the time. Thus far I have been more accurate because of the first eight games of this season, seven of his (and seven of mine) have been aired here. I didn't watch my game today because we only own one tv, and both of our games were on at 1pm. Football is more important to Paul than it is to me, so I deferred to him so he could watch his game. When Paul was a student, he was often pessimistic about how well he did after taking an exam, and usually he had actually done very well, and so I wasn't usually concerned by his pessimism as I assumed he had probably done just fine.

Last night Paul was sure the kids would sleep in later than usual because they had been up past their bedtime two nights in a row. I was the pessimist (realist?), and in this case I was correct because Oliver woke up at 5:15 (according to the new time) this morning. Paul had stayed up later than usual because of the extra hour, and I stayed up a little later than I usually do (still went to bed long before Paul did) because I was watching a dvd from the library (Spare Parts). We shall see how long it takes the kids to adjust to the time change. Nadia usually has the easiest time adjusting. The extra hour in our day actually resulted in LESS not more sleep for the five of us. Sometimes it is a challenge for me to get out the door on time for church on Sunday morning because I am supposed to be there at 8:20. Usually I take Nadia with me, and Paul comes with the boys closer to 9:00 because he leaves after the first service. This morning he stayed home so I took all three kids at 8:05, and we had no trouble leaving on time since we were up earlier than we usually are on a Sunday morning. Nadia and Ian have been missing going to Sunday School so this morning I let them go to Sunday School during the first service and the kids' choir during the second service. The downside is it meant I was sitting by myself in church during the first service. I'm thinking of maybe having the kids drop out of the kids' choir so that they can sit with us in church for the first service and go to Sunday School during the second service. Oliver goes to his class for both services.

The time change means I won't be able to run on Tuesdays any more because that is Paul's longest day at Bucknell. He can't leave work until 5pm on Tuesdays, and it will be dark by the time he gets home. I did get a nice run today while he was watching football and Oliver was napping. I am thinking I will be able to run on Thursdays when he gets home from work and on Saturday or Sunday. Eventually it will be so cold out that I won't want to run. Today it was warm ("Indian summer"), and I enjoyed my 5.5 miles in the sunshine.