Pride of ownership

I'm a stickler about keeping my things in good condition. I'll even go so far as to admit that I still have clothes/bags/shoes from high school. Granted, many do not fit me this very instant but, I've kept them in nice condition; I take care of my things.

I'm very frugal. Anyone who has gone shopping with me knows this. I do buy nicer quality items because I don't want to replace them often but, I save for these items. Nothing irritates me more than seeing people who don't value their things. We have become such a throw away society.

Being sleep deprived I carried this a bit too far with Aaron, recently. Let me set the scene:

It was early, Early, EARLY, in the morning . We were both awake because, naturally, we have an infant in the house who often gets hungry and doesn't give a rat's ass what time of the day/night it is. And us? Well, we are at his mercy; we worship the ground he walks on. Therefore, he is allowed to request his meals any time he wants... and we comply.

So, it was around 4:30-5:00 AM, I was nursing Mr. Mister and Aaron was making me a piece of peanut butter toast. (I eat a slice of toast every single morning and I like the toast evenly frosted with peanut butter.)

Aaron enters the living room; he's a complete zombie.
He hands me the toast, which I can see through half-closed-sleepy-eyes has peanut butter haphazardly smeared all over it.

J: (extremely bitchy tone) Aaron, look at this piece of toast.
A: Yeah?
J: Look at the way you just slapped the peanut butter all over it!
A: And?
J: Take pride in this piece of toast, Aaron. Take pride.
A: (speechless)

I am embarrassed to admit I said this. In my defense, I was tired... probably as tired as Aaron was when he made me my toast.

There are days I am at a loss as to why he adores me so much. He doesn't have to get up with me every single time Toby needs to be nursed, but he does.

Clearly, Aaron doesn't take pride in a piece of toast. I guess I'm okay with that because he certainly takes pride in being a husband and father.