I haven’t watched the show but a few months ago my professional speaker friend Willie Jolly recommended my wife and me for a show called Trading Spouses (I know what you’re thinking, you don’t trade EVERYTHING!) Before I could even say no, I actually received a ca ll from a speakers bureau based in Knoxville about being on the show. I pitched it to my wife (just for fun) knowing the following:
a. I would miss her dearly (even if for a week or two)

b. There’s NO WAY any woman would ever measure up to my wonderful, loving and incredible wife

c. There would be NO way in #&@ she would ever do it 

What got me thinking about this Wife Swap was a comment posted on a recent blog by my friend Sarah. Sarah suggested that if I wanted to see the real world, I should take the difficult yet important job that my wife has of homeschooling our children and running a household. Years ago, after seeing Mr. Mom, I thought I could do it. Hmmm.

Having just returned from a wonderful walk in Berkley, CA where I got to watch the sun set over the city of San Francisco and the Golden Gate bridge, I feel inspired. So inspired I am going to propose to my wife that we do a job swap for a week. Here online in front of both of the people who read my blog, I am going to give my wife a gift on her birthday (and I am going to see if Randy, Sarah’s husband) will join me in this Real World trade.

While there’s no way I am qualified to do what my wife does (and she is probably not interested in doing what I do), I am going to offer to take over her job as president and CEO of domestic affairs for one week. I am going to do everything (well almost every thing) she does and let her do some of what I do (but only if she chooses). After traveling almost every week since August, I am going to be home most of December and feel a long over due treat should be given to her. So along with my “new job” hunt, I’ll be running the homefront, baby. I’ll take it like a man and I’ll post regularly (if I am not t0o exhaused). Guys, anyone else with me?

In addition to a surpise party and a week of a job swap, I am also going to give her a gift certificate to a spa - perhaps the spa at The Claremont where I am staying on this trip. I’ll be back in the Bay area on business in February and hopefully, I can save up my pennies and make this where she spas (is that a word?). It just seems like a good time for a get-a-way (thanks Laurie for this suggestion!) I am listening girlfriend!

December is my wife’s birthday and it’s going to be one suprise after another …if I survive the job swap…come to think of it, it just might be easier just to swap wives…nah, I’ve got it WAY too good.