This is my daily reminder to myself to NOT make assumptions. We all do it constantly, and sometimes it’s just utilitarian and necessary. Sometimes it’s unfair and counter-productive. I do it a lot with my older girls. I got my undies all in a wad this morning when I couldn’t find a shirt I wanted to wear. I was ready to tear into someone for stealing it without permission. I had my finger on the trigger the second I realized the shirt wasn’t there. To be fair, I’m not entirely crazy, they have stolen MANY things from me (their version is that it was “borrowed”), and it’s been a lot more than once that I’ve found things crumbled up on their bedroom floor. Once Lucia even CUT a shirt of mine (cropping shirts is a big thing with teens and her excuse was that I never wear it).
Anyway, I was about to hit the fan this morning, angry energy was pouring out every pore of my body….and then I found the shirt, in the place I had put it away, and then forgotten I had put it away there (only to remember when I actually found it). OOOOOHHHHH, yeah.
My point is this...Get your finger off the trigger, don't jump to conclusions.
My morning yoga class was sabotaged because I forgot to leave my door unlocked. It’s house cleaning day, my one day where I get to enjoy a few hours of a clean house before the minors ravish it again. It’s basically my favorite day. I am suppose to leave the door unlocked, and even though I remembered everything else this morning and had plenty of time to finish the laundry, write their check, pick up all over the house (basically do a mini-clean before the deep clean), somehow I forgot the most important part. I know, first world problem, but still a bummer.
So 5 minutes into the class my watch vibrates, and I can see it’s the cleaning service, and instantly I remember that I had forgotten. I was so mad at myself! Why is it that I have to literally write everything down or I forgot? Can I blame it on peramenopause? I had to pack up all my crap and dash because otherwise my window of time would be over and they would write me off. I get so much joy from yoga, but I DO also really love a clean house….there were clearly conflicting worlds today.
Almost lastly, I had my normal Costco food delivery today (there isn’t a Costco very close to us so I just have it delivered every couple of weeks). The guy that usually comes is hysterical, with dreadlocks that go past his butt, a big laugh, and he's always full of jokes. So we got to chatting and he told me stories about the current Costco mania. Apparently people are stocking up x 10. Understandably people are nervous, but I didn’t realize quite how bad until he showed me pictures of the line for checkout on Saturday (no joke, it was like a 4 hour line), and the huge cart flats he was filling for orders. I had ordered garbanzo beans and he informed me there wasn’t a “bean to be had” in all of Costco…and apparently it was a good thing I didn’t need toilet paper either because there was a run on that too. I’ll say it again, my goal is to NOT freak out despite all the current events. He told me that he delivered a big flat shopping cart of soda pop to a woman. No joke, he showed me the cart, and there had to be 50 big things of soda stacked on it, every kind imaginable. I said it must have been for the woman's restaurant, or a school carnival or SOMETHING other than 'end of the world prep'? No such luck, he actually asked her, and indeed, she wasn't worried about running out of water, but she was REAL worried about running out of pop. True story.
Lastly, for real, how cute does Amanda look in in the header picture wearing the new EF (tee, cardigan and scarf)?? Such a cute group!
Signed, ME {lv}
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