I am miserably sick today with some sort of sinus thing, and since I haven't quite completed my latest knitting project (and therefore can't share it yet), all I have for you is a list of things I've learned. These are things I've been thinking about a lot lately, because we've had some discussions about our future plans for this little family (actually, at this stage, it's more like 'plans to have a plan to make plans') and for ourselves. Friday is my birthday, which I always dread, but I'm trying hard not to get too hung up on it this year. I'm trying to view all the hard knocks and missteps and bumbling that have occurred in my life so far as learning experiences, instead of a list of reasons why I shouldn't be allowed near people and should never be given power tools or a checkbook.
What I've Learned So Far:
1. Wear an apron while cooking bacon. Do not cook anything while drunk or naked. Definitely do not cook anything while drunk and naked.
2. If you buy your significant other something awesome for their birthday, and the same year they buy you some unwanted, bewilderingly useless kitchen appliance for your birthday, it's time for a new relationship. This is particularly true of college relationships, and quadruply true if the other party doesn't understand why you're upset. If they can't comprehend that you make $7.50 an hour yet managed to buy them an amazing and perfectly-chosen $125 gift, and that their reciprocal $35 newspaper-wrapped breadmaker might be upsetting, especially given that you don't bake, they're probably not The One. If you've been together for two years and get a shrug and a "I didn't know what else to get you," they are definitely not The One.
3. You will never be able to convince anyone else that their significant other is not The One. It's really something they need to realize on their own.
4. If your baby makes a gigantic mess every time she eats blueberry applesauce, either deal with it or stop giving her blueberry applesauce. Don't try and feed it to her while she's in the bathtub. It's going to make a bigger mess than you ever imagined.
5. If you're moving to another state, some place you know nothing about, RENT for a year.
6. Investigate strange smells promptly. This applies to any and all strange smells in any and all locations.
7. All mothers are crazy. All mothers drive their daughters crazy. Most mothers-in-law are crazy, too. Everyone's definition of "crazy" is different, so it's all (HA!) relative.
8. Air conditioning, a working dishwasher, and a sense of humor are key components of a happy marriage.
9.Before you buy that extra t-shirt or stack of discount books or whatever trinket you're eying, consider how you feel about moving it back and forth across the country a few times. Doesn't sound like fun, does it?
10. Don't confuse "adventure" with "stupidity." Don't confuse "caution" or "responsibility" with "fear."
So what about you? What have you learned so far?
3 comments:
Emotions are neither good nor bad, they just are. It's okay to feel what ever you're feeling. It's what we do as a result of our emotions that can be good or bad.
When jumping off a floating bar into the ocean always check that:
a) Whether the current is swiftly flowing and;
b) That there is a ladder to get back up.
Family are just people. Especially your parents. At some point, you're going to realise their limitations, and then you're going to have to accept them, and love them anyway.
Vegemite can cure mouth ulcers.
If you want to make friends, just be one.
Vacations are for getting over the stress of preparing for the vacation.
Most of the time, you can do a lot more than you think you can.
It's completely possible to have 2 emotions & 2 opinions about the same issue at the same time. Nobody says you're forced to pick only 1.
Post a Comment