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the quest for sleep.....
Mon May 13 2002

I am getting so sick of not being able to fall asleep! After tossing and turning in bed for an hour keeping Hunkka-hunkka Hubby awake (he has to be up at 4 to go to work) I finally gave up and came out to play on the computer for a while.

At least it was a great day today. The weather was BEAUTIFUL and for the most part the kids all behaved (best Mothers Day Present I could get!).

I was woken up with waffles made by Hunkka-hunkka Hubby. He and the boys let me sleep in and tidied the house before I woke up. I was SO happy to not have that to do today!

Several years ago, I asked my family for basically one thing for Mothers Day. I did not want to have to do dishes the entire day. They all agreed that I should not do dishes for the day. Here is where I realized that there is a world of difference between the way men think, and women think.

Based on that request, as a woman, I assumed they would take care of the dishes for the day. I think that was my first mistake. Their interpretation of that request was that, indeed I should not do dishes. That did not however in their minds mean that they should have to do them. After all, I did not ask that THEY do the dishes for the day, I only asked that I not do them.

Since then I have kept my requests to material things or specific tasks!

10 Comments
  • From:
    Maid1nTheShade1 (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    Your entry cracked me up!

    :)
    Marion
  • From:
    Paulette (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    LOL! Does this mean that in the morning you wake up to a sink full of Sunday dishes?

    Oh, the price we mothers pay.

    paul :)
  • From:
    TxSweets (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    *LOL!* I knew where that was going as soon as I read it! Cass does that to me all the time!
  • From:
    AussieDeafMan (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    Ahh the days when my kids were little -
    life goes round and round and round -
    then one day - they're all gone.
    It's hard work but - enjoy!
    _|m/ ADM
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    Definitely a "Y" chromosome trait! The Prof will tell me all the time "don't worry about the dishes". It took me a while to understand that it meant that he literally didn't want me worrying about the dishes. It had nothing to do with the fact that I still had to get them done!
  • From:
    BarnacleBoo (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    Alli, that is so funny about the world of difference between the way men and women think. So true! lol

    xo
    Boo
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    OrchidAnne (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    I LOVE that joke! **giggling uncontrollably**

    Anne
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    AQuietEvening (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    Cute entries! I loved the joke!!!

    ~QE
  • From:
    TraumaMama911 (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon May 13 2002
    LOL to the dishes, I can relate. Kids have a way of training parents to get very specific with requests.
  • From:
    Alifelessordinary (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue May 14 2002
    *giggles* I love that joke :) I might steal that one for around the office.

    Hope the doc appt goes well and the other two accept their bribes for what they are and stay quiet LOL...

    ~LIFE~