Look on the table for a piece with two prongs. Pick one up and carefully place it right next to the others to see if it will easily join with them. It doesn’t, so look over at the picture on the box to see if you can tell what color the piece you are looking for should be. Start over; look for a piece with two prongs that is dark blue.
While scanning the pieces pause a moment, take a deep breath, stretch your neck, and remind yourself this isn’t work, it’s a hobby. Glance over to see your spouse surfing on the internet, watching television, answering text messages, and listening to music through ear buds.
Find yourself begin to wonder how, while you are having enough trouble with one 500-piece puzzle, your spouse can handle all those forms of stimuli. Struggle to find the next piece. Convince yourself that you’ve tried every piece in the box and the piece you are looking for must have been lost at the factory where they cut and boxed your puzzle. Sit back and wipe the sweat from your head.
Watch your spouse as they take out their ear buds, set aside their laptop and get up. Notice their intent is to use the restroom but they pause to see your pitiful progress. Feel your back muscles contract when your spouse dares to pick up a piece of your puzzle. Note the heat in your cheeks when your spouse places that piece into the very spot you were convinced was a lost cause. See your spouse grin and look at you so cheerfully as they move on and into the hallway. Scowl and loathe your spouse for being so cheeky.
Glare at them when they return to their multi-tasking without ever acknowledging their impertinence.
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