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.