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1. Why did I refuse the help of a bagger who wanted to help me unload my groceries today at the grocery store?
The consequence of my refusal was the following:
a. I had to hold Devin in my arms because the cart was too full
b. I was steering the cart with my hips because my arms were full
c. My other two boys were desperately trying to help, but they kept turning the cart in the wrong direction from the car, which caused two things to happen: 1) The cart hit the back of Jake's heels and hurt him 2) The milk flew out from the bottom of the cart, hit the road, and started spurting milk.
This could all have been avoided had I accepted the help today.
2. Why do doctors tell you that if you are going to have a miscarriage that there is nothing they can do about it, so you might as well just resume your normal activities?
This just happened to a friend of mine. She went to the doctor because she started bleeding and she is about 16 weeks along. So, he sent her home with the above explanation. Do doctors not understand that women will by nature resume normal activity? Why can't they just tell you to lie down and take it easy for a couple of days?
I know that in my 2 horrible miscarriage incidents last year, that had the hospital told me to lie down and watch for any abnormal activity, that I might not have hemorrhaged on the floor.
3. Why can't parents look in their children's piano notebooks and make sure that they are practicing what they are supposed to practice? Why do they harp on them to practice for 20-30 minutes and don't even know if they are actually doing their lesson? I truly don't understand this. A lot of piano lesson time is spent in practicing what should have been practiced all week! This is extremely frustrating to me.
4. Why did I have a lady's huge $500 mirror sitting in my music room for 3 weeks -- paranoid that one of my piano students, or one of my children, etc. would come in and knock it down? All she wanted me to do was to put mirror hangers and wire on the back of the mirror so that she could hang it up. She brought it over and left. It took me about 10 minutes the next day. She lives around the corner and would never pick it up. Finally she picked it up yesterday with no apology and no offer to even pay for the wire -- not that it was an intense job or anything -- but, why are some people inconsiderate?
5. Why did Devin just color on my couch with a black permanent marker? Probably because Nate assumed that my 6-year-old would watch him while I was at the doctor's office and while he was working downstairs. This one just baffles me. Grateful for all parties involved in this mishap, I was able to get the marker out -- the couch must have good scotch guard, and the couch came with some great cleaners. Can you imagine if I had to make another claim on my furniture!
My list of "why's", I'm sure, will continue to grow everyday. I guess that is what makes life so interesting.
6 comments:
1. You refused help with your groceries because that is your way. I guess you're just fiercely independent.
2. I'm guessing we're talking about male doctors here. Does that answer your question?
3. I don't blame my students' parents because I know how hard it can be to get my own kids to practice, let alone monitor those practices. But it is super frustrating when you have to spend lesson time practicing.
4. I don't know why people are inconsiderate. It's annoying for sure, but I try to thing that I too am inconsiderate without knowing it or maybe because I have too much going on sometimes.
5. Oh no he didn't! I had a flush of panic when I first started reading that paragraph. I just couldn't imagine you having to deal with furniture claims again... so glad you got it out! Amazing.
I have no idea how you do all of this.... I always refuse the grocery help too, it feels awkward to me to walk to the car with a stranger, do you walk beside them, let them follow you to the car, etc. Jessica is really good about practicing, I hope it is the right stuff?! I should help her more... I am so glad about your couch, when I first started reading I thought Hmmmm, she doesn't sound that upset....probably because you already knew the end result! I am glad you got it out.
I don't know why sometimes we have so many whys in our lives...but it sure got me thinking....
I can totally picture the scene of you walking to the car with a child in your arms and trying to steer the cart. I have done this same thing many times. I don't know about doctors, but some of them sure don't seem to have a great bedside manner.
When I was young and taking piano lessons, my mom went to us with lessons, and then when we practiced she would comment. I often heard from upstairs or the kitchen, stop wrong note, start again. I don't know if your parents attend lessons or not, but that might be a way to let them know what the kid is supposed to be working on.
I'm glad you got the marker out of your couch. I had a problem once after paying for stain removal for two years, and they wouldn't send someone out, they wanted to send us the stuff to clean it, but only if it was a fresh stain, etc. I wanted to "get gephart" on them, but was too frustrated at the time and just let it go. I should be more forceful.
Finally, I would be happy to talk to you about Jessica's seizures. You can e-mail me at missfanuly@hotmail.com.
rats I was in the middle of commenting and my electricity went out! Anyways, I love why posts, it makes us all feel a little more normal and its okay to complain sometime.
I am too don't ask for help at the grocery store and when I do it seems they don't ask..go figure.
As far as piano goes, I can't carry a tune and when my kids eventually take I will for sure make them practice!
I would be bugged about the mirror thing, I can't even believe she didn't say thanks. Some people right?
Glad you got the marker out of your couch. That sounds like something at my house...my kids are always doing something.
Hope you day ends better!
Jana, Jana, Jana, why in the world did you refuse help at the grocery store? That really is THE question. You're killing me with that. Promise me that if you have multiple children with you at the grocery store, that you will take the help. There's no reason to do it yourself if you don't have enough hands to take care of everybody. Perhaps you need exploded milk to drive this point home before baby #4 arrives.
I can't believe Devin and the furniture vendetta he's got going. My kids have done anything more than gotten crumbs on our couches and Devins got syrup, mineral oil, furniture polish, and permanent marker on his destructor resume, wow.
The doctor question is a rough one, but I agree with Michelle...the doctor is a man.
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