The reason I haven’t been updating regularly is that I’m married. It’s not easy being married and working. Especially if you work in a job like mine where I sit in front of the computer all day. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy sitting in front of the computer. In fact, I think I enjoy it too much.
My wife doesn’t like it when I come home from a day spent with my beloved internet only to spend even more time with the internet, so she curbs the time I can spend in front of the computer. This is good I guess, because sometimes I feel like I’m suffering from an information overload from reading newsfeeds all day.
Anyway, this week I have had the misfortune of having to fend for myself for the first time in over a year, and boy was it difficult.
The first big issue is cooking. Not so much that I have to cook for myself, but how much to cook. It’s actually really difficult to prepare a small meal just for yourself. I’ve been ending up cooking way too much. Either that, or not cooking enough. What you see in the image above is the result of not cooking enough the night before. This morning I had to get up and prepare something, but I was too lazy to cook meat that early in the morning, so I figured a couple of hard boiled eggs served with rice and salt would suffice. As it turns out there was by some magical coincidence a huge amount of food left over in the office from a meeting apparently the evening before, which a girl of south american descent managed to palm off on to me and consequently the rest of the guys in the office as well.
Being the greedy person that I am, I took a large portion of the leftovers which consisted mainly of soggy samosas, curry puffs, and mutton rolls. In the end, I didn’t have any room left for the delicious lunch that I packed, so it ended up as my dinner. The other side effect of this was that I was really thirsty for the rest of the day. It also made my lips dry.
The next issue is boredom. Boy is it boring to come back to an empty house. Nobody to talk to about the good day / not so good day you’ve had at work. I think that’s pretty shit. I’m so used to talking to Sang Boon about these things that I just don’t feel particularly comfortable discussing them with anyone else anymore.
Another problem is sleeping time. Sang Boon used to be my sleep time regulator. Somehow (and dont’ get me wrong) she makes me sleepy. When she’s around I feel like I want to be in bed by 11. But when she’s not here, all hell breaks loose! I think this is in part due to the internet. Too much of the internet at night leaves my brain over stimulated. It could also be that the boredom makes me eat more.
Take Sunday night for example. I went out for a run with my friend Sam. He’s just arrived from Singapore, so I thought I’d take him on a running tour of the city. We ran from Unilodge to Southbank to Kangaroo Point and back to the city over the Story Bridge. We then had dinner and I was feeling quite tired so I went home. When I got home I felt hungry, so I had some dark chocolate. This turned out to be a gigantic mistake because I couldn’t sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning. This really messed up the rest of my week. I am still feeling quite shitty when typing this.
The upside is that Sang Boon will be back on Sunday evening. Then my life will return to normal again. When I look at the state of my life now, and think about the state it would be in plus 10 years if I wasn’t married, I’m glad that I am. Maybe being married does add years to your life.
