"Not Me!" Monday

Here we go again... a recap of all the things I did NOT do in the past week. I was SO good......


I did NOT feel embarrassed when my boy got his teeth cleaned, and the hygienist came out to the waiting room and said "I've GOT to tell you what he said!" And then proceeded (in front of everyone) to recount how, when she told him he really was starting to look like his dad, he turned and looked up at her and said, "So you mean to tell me that I'm ugly?" And I certainly did NOT feel a little better when she said that he DID say he wouldn't mind looking like his mom. Not me... I would only be embarrassed!


And, I did NOT wear knee-high hose and boots with a long skirt, rationalizing that no one would know that I wasn't wearing "real" hose. Not me, because whoa... that would make me waaaaay too much like MY mom!


I did not wear a heavy sweater to school one day last week, planning to make it back home in time to change into something cooler as the temperature rose. And I did not end up staying a couple of hours longer than I'd planned, making it too late to go change. And in the throes of a hot flash, I most certainly did NOT go to Walmart, buy a clearance t-shirt, and put it on in the van. No way would I do THAT!


When it turned out cold and rainy on Friday, I did not secrectly hope that "haunted hayride" we had reservations for would be cancelled. Nor did I secretly do a happy dance when it was. NOR did I not even mention said hayride over this whole past week, hoping my son would forget about it, and I'm definitely NOT holding my breath even now, hoping he doesn't ask when we're going!


Finally, I did NOT get so frustrated with my son yesterday morning when he woke up on the wrong side of the bed and was totally rotten that I told him we weren't going to church because there was NO way I could worship God after a morning like that. I would never lay a guilt trip like that on my son! And, I did NOT end up with a serious intestinal upset about 20 minutes later that really DID keep me from going to church (possibly bad food from the day before). Not me... no way God would hold me to my words! (yes, we had a loooong discussion about why we REALLY weren't going to church, and how church can help you get OUT of grumpy moods and how God loves us no matter how we act or feel.....).


And.. I am NOT feeling guilty even now that I didn't make it to church.... no way. Not me....





Y'all have a blessed week... if you need me, I'll be somewhere on my knees...... (and, there may or may not be a link for "Not Me" Monday this week; MckMama is due to have Baby Stellan on Tuesday, so she may be a little too busy to monitor it! Hang tight.....)