Not Me Monday: Serious Denial

May 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I have not been sitting here for the last 10 minutes, thinking of what I should write. I definitely did not have to go look at recent pictures on my computer to jog my memory. Nope. (I did not even think that I should keep a Not Me! Monday notebook throughout the week…)

I did not wear one of my earrings backwards for an entire afternoon. Not me! I pay attention to these things, especially when my hair gets caught in the earrings, and one side won’t release in the usual direction.

I did not buy a wonderful twin/full bunkbed from craigslist. I absolutely did NOT pay extra to to have it delivered. We have a truck and a trailer – and all the time in the world when my husband is working 6 12-hour days a week, for 8 weeks. I did not actually think we could work it out, somehow, someway…

Later when we had some friends over, 2 dads and 6 children did not climb onto the bottom bunk, drape a sheet, and pretend it was a ship sailing to Australia. I did not walk into the room and open my mouth in shock. No! I’m always happy to see fathers and children playing happily together. Of course, I did not try to smile while muttering something about weight limits. No, I simply trusted the nuclear operator’s and mechanical engineer’s dads’ assessment of the situation and said nothing. Naturally, I would never have dreamed of getting down on my hands and knees to look under the bed to see if the metal tubing was bending…

I did not wonder if there were hornworms on our 3 tomato plants, then WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY before investigating fully. The children did not fight over who would get to pull the worms off while oohing and aahing over how gross and disgusting they are. There were just a few hornworms – not 15!

I did not melt inside when I saw all my children on the couch, listening to a story. I did not even ignore the fact that 3 of the older children were sitting on the back of the couch. Nope! I rectified the situation immediately – knowing how important it is to be consistent with children. I did not hurry to get the camera and snap a picture. I most certainly did NOT mumble something about the picture being “evidence” – while trying to act serious. Not me!