James Brown was the hardest working man in show business.
But, Andy is the hardest working man in Brittany business.
Which is totally way harder and weirder than show business.
I am still nursing.
Well, obviously, the baby. Not sure why I felt the need to clarify that.
I am not an RN and I feel weird letting other people near my nipples now that they look like fake rubber vomit.
But, on account of my nursing, my ability to control my anxiety disorder is out the door.
I can take Zoloft, but the low dose doesn’t help me and the high dose makes me feel drunk.
Like, show your pussy, make out with a mime, who’s actually not a mime at all, but rather the deaf guy in charge of handing out flyers outside the YMCA, drunk.
So, I go it alone.
Well, kinda alone.
I call Andy at work every thirty minutes or so, so he can reassure me I am too young to have a heart attack, or that disease where your skin turns into tree bark isn’t as common as they make it seem on TLC.
He lays in bed with me at night, talking to me about random things when I am afraid to go to sleep because I worry I won’t wake up, and taps his fingers along my back to remind me that I’m still there.
He uses a sliding scale to let me know where I am in my thoughts. Sometimes crazy awesome. Other times crazy weird.
He tells me my idea to raise shrimp in our pond in genius, and even agrees to be the one to harvest them. On account of my fear of dead bodies.
He googled throat cancer with me for an hour because it felt weird when I swallowed.
And, he outbid somebody on ebay for a box of pug sized diapers.
Which I think Henry is going to be pretty psyched about once they get here from China.
Andy does a lot to maintain normalcy in our lives.
I adore him for it.
And it pays well…in crazy.
Crazy awesome.









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Wow, your “Andy” sounds alot like my sportsman. I often wonder how many more years my guy can hang in there with my anxiety about my health before he bails.
I discovered your blog today and LOVE it. I love the simplicity of your layout, your content, your wit. Your blog is an inspiration for me. Keep it up!
Pug diapers. I’m still floored by the idea of pug diapers. I had the best book in the world as a kid called “A pug is not so ugly” and now all I can think about is how much I want to have a pug, but only if I can get some pug diapers for him.
So glad he’s there for you. Seriously.
hey Brittany…I think that today is the day of the Barefoot Foodie…your friend and one of the bloggers that I adore, Shauna Glenn wrote about you, I wrote about you and a few others..either you are still giving random HJ’s to people behind the liquor stores, or you really are just that great…(i’ll take B but, if it’s A, I wont judge).
have a great day and thanks again for the giggles.
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I get this. I get this like only someone with anxiety would get this. And I feel bad because I “gave” anxiety to my son. But I feel better because he controls it so much better than I.
You rock for stickin’ out BF’ing until it drives you crazy… literally.
Here’s to the crazy awesome man behind the crazy awesome woman! We love you babe, and we love Andy for taking such good care of you!
i google throat cancer all the time because i have a weird feeling when i swallow. i should clarify that it only feels weird when i swallow FOOD…
i like that your hubby taps you on the back. i might have my hubby pinch me or something because i’m convinced that i won’t wake up in the morning too.
THANK YOU! I have finally found someone crazier than me. That makes me so happy, I want to cry and pee at the same time. You’re perfect!
I wish I had someone to talk me down…
Brittany,
I found your post on Blissfully Domestic and loved it. We read so many posts about “being human” in your writing…. this wasn’t just human it was heartfelt… not only heartfelt but soulfelt.
Thanks for sharing, Shannon O
Having an Andy around sure comes in handy. I so know what you’re talking about. Although MY “Andy” just kind of ignores me, unless he wants to have sex, in which case he ignores me before and afterwards. Which is why our house is like no other in the world. And I’m damn proud of it. I think…
we all get crazy from time to time…he seems like a wonderful support beam. go andy!
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