Is It Awful Of Me To Be Glad My Son's Piano Teacher Callled to Cancel His Lesson?

There are days when the phone never stops ringing; today was one of those days. It was a hectic day to begin with and the phone was ringing off the wall. In the old days before we moved into the new house, I would have let the answering machine get it. I can't do that any more though because for some reason lightening strikes have become much worse now that we have moved to the back of the field, especially over the phone lines. We have lost two answering machines, three modems, a cordless phone, and two Dish receivers since the move. We now always unplug any electronics as soon as we hear thunder, and we have given up on an answering machine all together.

For some reason people seem to think that since I'm home I'm not doing anything and so they tend to call right in the middle of our school time. I try to explain and get off the phone as soon as possible but some times it's from someone needing human contact and they are hard to first, get you to let them go and second, not feel bad about asking them to let you go. Oh well.

Any way, today was one of those days where best laid plans fell totally apart. So at one point when the phone rang I thought "Not again. I'm so far behind already." When I answered it was my son's piano teach calling to say she couldn't do his lesson. She felt awful and was trying to fit him in on another day. I was trying to think of another day that would work. In the end we agreed that maybe it would be better to let it go for this week and just come next week.

I got off the phone doing the happy dance because it gave me breathing room. My son on the other hand was disapointed so I felt bad. It got a little better when I told him that his teacher said that I could let him learn a couple of new songs this week. Still, on one hand I really was glad not to have to go; on the other hand I felt bad for being glad. And we wonder why the bible says a double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

A sad but true comentary on my life. I'm off to the dentist to have a loose filling replaced tomorrow wish me luck. I'm not sure I'll feel like writing.

My Brother is Making Me Crazy

My parents are having their 50th wedding anniversary soon and my brother and I planned to do something for them. Some how this has become the celebration that at Chicago. Not only that, but my brother and his wife have almost totally cut me out of any of the decisions. It is somehow becoming this fancy big dollar affair which we have no say in but are expected to pay half of.

Well that isn't true. My sister-in-law told me that we didn't have to pay for any of it; that she and my brother were planning to take out a loan to pay for it. We didn't need to worry if we couldn't afford it. When I told this to my husband he became more angry than I have seen him in a long time. The only thing he would say though was "Oh they'll get their money or we'll never here the end of it."

Yesterday I told my husband that I was planning to get a job for the Christmas season so that we wouldn't have to worry about it. To phrase it the way the boys would, "That met with real success, (not!)" He managed to maintain his patients with me, (this is a sore spot with him right now,) and told me that I wouldn't be able to do all that I have on my plate and work too. That he would take care of it.

I don't know what his plan is because when I say I don't under stand how we'll be able to afford it without taking out a loan ourselves (who takes out a loan to pay for a party?) all he'll tell me is that, that is because I don't understand what he is going to do but that I will. Men can be so frustrating at times. The one thing I'm glad of in a way is that I'm not my brother because he is not my husband's favorite person at the moment.

On the other hand he is my brother. I do love him. I hate being the rope in a tug of war game and I most especially hate trying to maintain peace between the two of them.

Wow Has it Been That Long?

I was just looking at when I had last posted. I can't believe it has been that long. My husband will be impressed that I have managed to keep my mouth shut for so long.


I haven't forgotten this site. Neither is it that I don't have much to say. (Of course not, it me right?) It's just that with back to school and ever other thing that is trying to pull me in all the different directions of a compass I haven't had the time to sit here and right. Not to mention that every time I try to sit here and do it someone else needs the computer. I will try to be more diligent.


My mother wanted to go out to see my son at OSU and asked if I would go with her today. I agreed without thinking about the fact that this week was a business meeting week at church. So I was stuck. I talked with our pastor and explained what had happened. I told him that I could have everything ready but I couldn't be there. He said basically "Go, don't worry about it. Not much is going to happen anyway." So I have been working like a crazy person to get it ready on time.


I have to go over today and make copies of all the stuff and staple them together and I'll be done. I'm waiting to do that until I get a call from my mother so I don't miss it. I'll call her here in a minute if she doesn't call me soon. That way I can get it done and be ready when she gets here.


I told my husband that I couldn't imagine what I was thinking when I agreed to go today. I knew that I had this meeting coming up. He said I was thinking I was a regular person who didn't have all this weight on my shoulders and all these people pulling at me. Hmmmm, I guess he's hinting that I need to lay down part of the load. I'll have to think that one through.


The truth is that I wasn't thinking at all. She asked me to come with her and I said yes. She rarely asks me to do anything for her and this sounded like such fun mother daughter time. We rarely get any of that any more. With my husband being in the military we have always lived so far away. Now that he is retired his new job keeps him hopping and the boys are older so their schedules aren't very accommodating. I guess I just thought about time with her and never considered my other responsibilities.


But we've got it all handled and it's all good.