My wife and I have three ornamental ponds in our back yard, that in the summer contain our koi that spend the winter in the basement in big aquariums. Last weekend she asked me to help her get them cleaned out. Seems easy enough, but not really that easy. They were full of water from melted snow, and also full of leaves from last fall.
I did start the process by draining the ponds, or the best I could, with all the leaves in the bottom there is always some water left. I planned to let them dry out some, and have an easier time getting the leaves out. My plan did not turn out to well, as it rained the first part of the week, and made it nearly to the start over point. So, going out there today makes it look like I did nothing.
Anyway, this is the lead in story behind one of my inner freak things, that my wife is wonderful enough to help me play out.
We were playing on the computers earlier tonight, we have two online computers. We play games and chat back and forth through emails, and instant messanger. During our conversations, she mentioned the ponds and asked why I had not cleaned them out for her yet. I tried to explain that I started but the weather did not cooperate. She did not care, and told me I would need to be punished for not listening.
I knew where this was leading, so I began trying to talk her out of it, and offering several other suggestions. She told me that "you need to understand that I mean business."