learning to give

Am feeling rather accomplished right now. I helped the husband with his bath as soon as he got back from the hospital. Poor guy seems to be in so much anguish to do something so simple.

I made sure he took his medicine after taking some food. Made the bed and fluffed up the pillows for him. Made sure that the bad knee was elevated sufficiently. Tucked him into bed and started doing the chores all by myself.

The maid is away so we have to do our own laundry. We handwash all our clothes for convenience's sake. The washing machine uses way too much water for the load we have, and it's not easy to have to wait it out til the other family members have similar types of clothes to wash. Anyway, I digress. I did the laundry, put them out to dry and recycled the water to wash the balcony.

Next was to tidy up the bathroom. Trust me on this, when your husband has almost half as much toiletries as you do, the toilet is pretty much crowded with loads of bottles and lotions. We just might have to get those one person to one sink thing for our future master bedroom's toilet as well so that we don't have to queue to use the mirror! heh.

I even started scrubbing away the algae on the glass top and basin with an old toothbrush! Task was finally completed with a scented candle lit in the toilet to get rid of all the dampy smell.

Then I took stock of all the unused toiletries we have. We really ought to do this every month. I found items that were bought ages ago! Terrible la, us.

Honestly, I'm so not used to being the so-called stronger one between us. I feel as if he's not supposed to be this weak and sickly because I'm the one who's supposed to depend on him more, and get kinda irritated. But, when I saw how tired he was just trying to tolerate the severe pain, I couldn't bear to let him feel any worse. I remember how he always go the extra distance for me, even when I'm well or being difficult, and felt guilty instantly. Eeps, it's so easy to take than to give.

It was a pat on the back when the husband tells me that he'll help out as soon as he can. :)