My son fancies himself a younger version of the obsessively compulsive clean and orderly, afraid of change, title character from the TV show Monk, played by actor Tony Shalhoub. Nate wears essentially the same outfit every day: a black (sometime grey, but only if all the black ones are in the wash) t-shirt, jeans, sneakers and, if required by the weather, an unbuttoned flannel or wool shirt.
Having started painting the main rooms in our home last spring, he has been quite vocal about the change in color. It's been the same since before he his birth nearly 16 years ago and Nate likes structure and order. So what if the walls had food stains, pencil and crayon markings, dirt, peeling paint and wallpaper. With two rooms complete, he still makes his displeasure known.
Today's minor home project is to install a new toilet seat in our full bathroom upstairs. Nate spotted me, and when informed of my intentions stated:
"Mom, you're heartless."
He immediately went into that bathroom just ahead of me to take a shower. And, presumably, say good bye to the old toilet seat.
And no, son, you cannot have the old one after I install the new one.
<sigh>
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