My kids keep me on my toes. Yesterday morning, Craig took this picture before church without my knowing he was even in the room. Of course, the intended audience was his sister and Kevin. Kevin responded: "The modern-day thinking…
My kids keep me on my toes. Yesterday morning, Craig took this picture before church without my knowing he was even in the room. Of course, the intended audience was his sister and Kevin. Kevin responded: "The modern-day thinking man."
I took that as a compliment. Some surmise that my thought processes are intermittent at best and sometimes maybe even far between. One day this past week, the General discovered that I left one of the two shower heads in our bathroom running. I would have denied it, but once you see something you can't unsee it. The General knew with certainty that I was the culprit. Of course, she was right.
So how did I make a mistake like that? It occurred to me the next morning that I had hurriedly gotten out of the shower the previous morning to the sound of my phone ringing. I obviously have STUPID tattooed to my forehead. I thought my explanation would partly justify how such an egregious error could have occurred.
My explanation was a trigger for the General to give me a lecture. In one ear and out the other was pretty much my response. I don't need to be told how to ignore the ringing of my telephone.
My cell phone is my work number. I can't ignore the ringing of my phone. My recorded voice message doesn't have a recording that articulates: "If you know your party's extension, enter it now. For use of a directory, press #." What I have historically found to be true is that the "press # for the number" seldom works.
Three weeks ago, I attempted to telephone the tax office in Hays County. No one ever answered the phone. I called multiple times. I finally drove an hour to get the information I needed. Actually, I'm still waiting for the information. I had to complete an application to receive the information that I needed.
When I asked when I could expect the information, I was told the tax office was extremely busy. I might get it by the end of the month. I'm still waiting.
For almost a year now, our neighborhood has been under water restrictions. In an environment where you cannot water outside plants, if the HOA had thought of it, they probably would have banned the use of two showerheads. Leave it to them to think of everything. Of course, they would be hard-pressed to monitor that sort of thing. That is another thing for which I can be thankful!
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