Houseguests

This weekend my hubby's college roommate and his wife came to stay with us. They are huge Nascar fans and wanted to go see the race in Joliet. So we said, come and stay with us. Oh what a mistake that was.

First of all, let me explain. We are still living in our "starter house". This house has only 1 full bathroom. Four adults needing to get ready in the morning in 1 bathroom is pure insanity! We only get by without guests because I use the guest room as "dressing room"...meaning I do my hair and makeup in there. So here I have been, trying to do it all in my bedroom with a sleeping husband...ugh.

Second, our friends wife has numerous food allergies. So me being the hostess with the mostess was having a major internal struggle with the fact that I could not cook meals for her...or even shop ahead of time. She is allergic to dairy, soy and wheat. So what can she eat? Lettuce...thats about it! I felt bad that I couldn't get up and cook nice breakfasts or anything like that because I did not know what her exact allergies were before hand to stock up. So instead we ate every meal out. Now I love eating out, but it left me 5 pounds heavier! I am sure some of that is water and I will lose it quickly but damn it pisses me off.

Lastly, neither my husband nor I are Nascar fans and did not know what to expect for the race. As a kid, my family was into Indy car racing, and I liked it well enough, but from what I knew, Nascar was a whole other culture. Boy was I right.

Let me begin by saying that I have never walked so much in my life, nor have I ever seen so many drunk people in one place. That being said, for me it wasn't a bad time. I like the whole "if you aint rubbing you aint racing" mentality. However for my husband it was shear torture. He hated every second of it. Finally left at about lap 40 of the race to "get out of the sun". I found him a hundred laps later sitting by the beer stand. I think if anyone ever asked him to go to a Nascar race again he would tell them to go to hell.

So needless to say hubby's nerves were shot by the end of Sunday. Mine were shot as well from trying to be the perky hostess for 4 days. I have never been as happy to go to work as I was yesterday. They were still here but I said I couldn't' get the day off and left them with hubby to do lord knows what. They should be on their way to the airport now...thank god! Nice enough people, but spending that much time with anyone and having to adjust my life to accommodate them for 5 days is enough to make me drink. Oh wait, I like drinking....How about, it is enough to make me excersise!

I have 2 months to psyche myself up for a visit from my mother in law. Oh joy. Maybe I will have to "work" again!