Pateret Ostiumosis

I write this blog because I want to record what is happening at the time and what I am feeling.  So ultimately I will have to write about Annika as she is such a big part of my life.  I also know that she is the number one follower of what I write here so if you do follow this blog then watch out for posts that appear briefly only to be removed moments later.  Thus signifying that the editor in chief is not happy.

I love my wife dearly and there is not a day that goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars that I met her but with every relationship there are certain things one must learn to live with. For instance few people know that Annika suffers from a rare and luckily non-debilitating psychological disorder called Pateret Ostiumosis.  Victims of Pateret Ostiumosis are rendered incapable of closing draws and cupboard doors.  If you can remember the scene from The Sixth Sense where Toni Collette turns her back on her son for a moment only to turn around and find all the cupboard doors and draws opened mysteriously, that is what it is like living with someone that has Pateret Ostiumosis.  When I first found out about Annika's condition I did my best to make our place Pateret Ostiumosis friendly by fitting soft close easy glide draws and doors on all the cabinets and chests of draws.  This helped a little and enabled her, if she concentrated really hard, to close every second draw she opened.  Now we are in  a different apartment I fear this dreadful condition has renewed its grip on her.  It is tough living with someone with Pateret Ostiumosis but it can also be rewarding.  The joy I get when I see Annika close a draw on her own free volition is almost indescribable.