My mom calls them "action items." I think that's some residual Franklin Covey hubbub coming out in her. I call the things I need to do, "things I need to do." I don't need the fancy diction.
As I was making my daily list this morning, it occurred to me that "shower" might not be a normal thing to put on a to do list. In my family, however, it is. Especially when it comes to weekends. My sisters and I are the worst. We hate taking showers. Not that we are dirty people--we aren't. We take showers for goodness sake, but we certainly don't want to. They take too long and after a long week of taking daily showers, who wants to waste their time taking another one on the weekend. Not me.
I didn't shower yesterday. But, I only left the house once, to get a pedicure, so I didn't care. So far, I've yet to take one today. I'm getting there though. It was on my list right after, "mop kitchen floor" and since I just finished that, I guess it's on to a shower.
I keep reading that new moms have a really hard time finding time to shower. To this I say: Yea!!! An excuse not to shower!!!!
Now that everyone knows my dirty little shower secrets, I'd like to say that there is almost never a day that goes by when I DON'T shower. All I'm saying is that I hate doing it. I think I'll like it more when Ryan and I have our fancy limestone bathroom with a big open shower, complete with double shower heads and a place to sit! For our one-year anniversary, we went to San Francisco and stayed at our favorite hotel, Hotel Vitale. They have the most amazing bathrooms. We decided right then and there that one day, we'd have a bathroom just like it.
I'm sure I'll enjoy showers more then. Until then, I'll hate them.
But...I'll take them anyway.
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I don't mind showers so much as washing my hair. I shower everday, but if I can help it I will go days without washing my hair. I know that might seem gross but my hair honestly freaks out on me if I wash it more than like 3 times in a week. Trying to implement a regular gym plan kind of messes with that, though.
Can you, Haley, or Nadia please refresh my memory on how to play TTTT. I tried it last week, lets just say, my 35 freshman laughed alot, at me of course. On the sleeping thing jen, its their grade, they have to pass, let them sleep! I tell my kids do what they want, if they fail I'll see them again next year!!
Let me just say (since it is assumed in the post that I don't like to shower) that I do shower, probably everyday too. It's just taking a shower creates a list of things to do post-shower. Ex: put on lotion, re-do hair, re-do makeup, things of that nature. Taking a shower to me is an hour-plus commitment and sometimes I would rather just forget it and go about my business sans shower, ok? Ok.
On the shower front I was thinking the exact thing you said Jenn about having an excuse not to shower once the baby comes. Just know it's true. You may actually want the solice of a nice hot shower. Once the baby comes you won't care about all that post-shower jazz. You'll be thankful to be getting all the different types dried body fluids off you. Stacy I don't remember TTTT either. And I loved your post about letting the kids get their grade and your comment "I'll see them next year" very Love & Logic. I don't know if either of you have heard of it, it's a parenting style and it has been crafted for the classroom too. It's by Jim Fay, Foster Cline and Charles Fay. I use it on my kids and when I remember and it comes naturally it really works and makes me feel like a super mom. So you both know Haley and I are 30 this week. Are you guys 30 yet. Not until next year right?
Yeah, my neighbor just pointed out that I once I get to 30, I will be more of a "lady" whatever that means!!! I'm actually quite scared to turn 30.I have 9 more months to pout over it. Yeah, the sleeping issue, I just decided after my first year, I don't have time to pick the little battles with them. Same goes with "blurters" they blurt out once, warning, twice, they are outside the rest of the period.... I'm such a bad teacher!! Hayley... tell me how to play TTTT please!!!!
I turned 30 today. My present to myself was Botox. I can tell already it will be an addiction.
Oh, and I just got home from a two week trip to Tokyo Jen, that is why I haven't called you back. It was from my husband and I went alone. Wow, it was amazing to say the least.
that was me Kelly
More of a lady? That was a weird comment. As a kid I always thought being 25 was like the pinnacle of a woman's life and at 25 I would be so suave and successful and so put together. HA! What a laugh. You know what I felt like at 25? ME! I think that we will forever feel like ourselves and no age will change that. We'll just look different. Which brings me to botox. Doesn't it cause temporary paralysis in your face when you do that?
TTTT is an awesome game. Mr. Endres, the English Champ, would select 4 students to go into his classroom office. He would ask the 4 kids if any of them had a true and exciting story. We'd tell hime our stories and he'd decide on the best one. So, the person with the true story would tell her story while the other 3 had to make up a story. All 4 players would try to make the audience believe them. When all stories were told the audience voted for the story they believed to be true. Have fun!
~Haley
That's Right! I totally forgot about that and it just all came rushing back! I remember his office and his face so close to ours as we would describe our stories and his wonderful ability to balance being funny and fun with being in charge and lead. We were really lucky high school students.
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