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    things i have felt guilty about recently

    By heather | April 17, 2008

    1. Taking Alex to daycare while I worked from home.
    2. Taking a nap instead of picking him up early, same day.
    3. Allowing him to climb in the spice cabinet and play with spices so I could make an egg without him climbing up my leg.  This wouldn’t have been so bad, except that he was shaking the Creole seasoning and I think he got some in his eye.
    4. Not being more sympathetic to Brett when he complained that he thought he was coming down with some illness, because few illnesses trump pregnancy.
    5. Running water to get it hot so I can wash my face.  I’ve been reading too many blogs about Earth Day.
    6. Ignoring my resolution to floss! every! day! other day! week!
    7. Not blogging.  And being a bad commenter.
    8. My sticky kitchen floor.
    9. Squeezing my eyes shut at 4:30am and thinking, “please go back to sleep, please go back to sleep” when I hear Alex make noise.
    10. Allowing a somewhat busted mobile to remain in the crib because if he doesn’t have it to comfort him, no way in hell is number 9 ever going to be reality.
    11. Wondering how I am going to remain gracious in the face of nighttime feedings in a few short months.
    12. Not brushing Alex’s teeth well enough.
    13. Hating the customer service reps at the insurance company with a white-hot all consuming passion.

    After each of these, I want to explain…or make some excuse about why, why, why!  But you don’t care.  You have your list too, and just like mine each one is followed by a “but…”

    I declare today the National Day I Won’t Feel Guilty About Anything. 

    Unless I do something really bad, that would make me a bad person even if I had a good reason.  Right?  Is that OK?  OK.

    Topics: lists! |

    3 Responses to “things i have felt guilty about recently”

    1. Anne Says:
      April 17th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

      I think making the list is a great way to publicly repent.

      Good idea, I may have to follow.

      Anne’s last blog post..Prepare for Take-Off

    2. alejna Says:
      April 17th, 2008 at 11:49 pm

      Hmmm. I have recently shared in many of those items. (1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 12…) And probably more.

      alejna’s last blog post..feeling the burn

    3. jen Says:
      April 18th, 2008 at 12:20 am

      oh sister…do i ever relate.

      jen’s last blog post..seven windows of my soul

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