It works fine.

        This whole week has been weird and I am not sure why.  First off, I didn't get to post Monday as I explained Tuesday, then Yesterday, I got sent to the other office and was unable to get on a computer to do my Happy Hump Day post.  I really don't know what is going on and the sad thing is it is not a new feeling.
         We have all had times in our lives where we were sent to do something and had no clue what we are doing.  Most of my life has been like that.  It wasn't until I was married that I realized exactly what that feeling meant.  I just thought that when I was going in circles I was figuring it out.  Turns out that I had no clue.  Now, for some inexplicable reason, my wife expects me to know what is going on all the time.  Take my recent trip to Italy for example.  As we went through the various airports, my wife relied on me to guide us through safely.  Never mind that I had been to them just as much as she had.  Never mind that we both can read rather well.  Never mind that she is the one carrying the info (she insisted).  I was the one responsible when we went in circles.  I was the one that got asked, "are you sure we're going the right way?"  Not really, but this is the best guess I got.  I'm just winging it most of the time.
        I really love the question, "Are you sure you know what you are doing?"  It just adds so much confidence to me.  It makes me want to reply with a simple, "sure, why not?"  The problem is, half the time the answer is no.  It really doesn't help that when I actually break down and say I'm not sure what I am doing that my wife suddenly gets super supportive and has huge amounts of confidence in me.  Usually the level of confidence she has in me just happens to coincide with how much it's going to cost us to have someone else fix it.  Free to fix/replace means she is going to inevitably ask, "are you sure?"  Where a hundred dollars gets me, "I know you can do it." 
        There is the other side though.  You know, when something is working, but it is making funny noises or is not working up to its max potential.  This is where my wife's confidence in me is tested.  If it doesn't matter, her confidence in me is high.  If there is the slightest chance that I could screw it up, I end up hearing, "are you sure you need to mess with it, it's working fine?"  Never mind that you can't hold a conversation next to it when it's running.  Never mind that it smokes slightly.  Never mind that you have to shake it and hit it just right.  "It works fine."  There are buttons missing.  It has a remote, it works fine.  It is stuck on one setting.  How many do you need, it works fine.  It scares the children.  Don't operate it when they're around, it works fine.  Apparently, fine is all that is necessary and right is just a bonus.  It drives me nuts.  Anyway, I'll see you all tomorrow.  I have to go to the other office now.  Have a great day.