That was a bad move.
I've just about checked off most of those things from my list:
- Never like Chinese food. (checking this off the list isn't such a bad thing...in fact, it's a rather good thing)
- Never have an emergency operation in a foreign country. (This was my worst fear. I still wouldn't recommend it.)
- Never learn to golf.
- Never learn to like golf.
- Never like Harry Potter.
- Never like country music. (This one comes and goes...)
- Never go to Weber State. (No offense to all of my Weber buddies out there. It's a good school and it ended up being a good experience, but just not one that I wanted at the time.)
- Never date someone long-distance. (Don't regret checking this one off the list one bit! But still, I don't recommend it.)
- Never have a winter wedding. (This one turned out remarkably well, actually.)
- Never chop off my hair after getting married. (Don't recommend that, either.)
- Never turn 30. (Okay, I'm not yet...but it's coming awfully fast!)
- Never like seafood.
It's something that I have detested for years.
And yet, I find myself ascribing to my own pet peeve--on a regular basis, I might add.
And it is this:
Using the pronoun "we" in places where there is zero plurality involved.
When "we" [Aaron] get "our" [his] grades.
When "we" [Aaron] graduate from Notre Dame.
When "we" [Aaron] get a job.
When "we" [Andi] are pregnant. (Not an announcement)
When "we" this...
When "we" that...
Help!!
What am I coming to?!
Before long I'm going to be saying "Mondee," "Tuesdee," "Wednesdee," and I'm going to be sure to let everyone know that my child is 38 1/2 months old!!
I'm too young to be doing this.
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On a less dramatic I'm-having-a-third-of-my-life-crisis note:
I didn't really feel like going to the store to buy something suitable for dinner tonight. So, I decided it was a breakfast-for-dinner kind of night.
I wanted eggs.
And waffles.
But, then I remembered I had a whole 29 oz. can of pumpkin in my cupboard and I figured I'd never get around to my ambitious dessert making anyway, so why not pumpkin waffles??
And so I did.
From this recipe right here.
Amazing.
We highly recommend it!
4 comments:
I guess you've become one flesh. That's a good thing!
Believe me, after four years of graduate school and four kids later, I definitely feel like Mark's doctorate will be an accomplishment for both of us and I'm sure Mark feels the burden of pregnancy with all the complaining I do! Don't worry so much about the "we" thing...it is a very good thing!
And really, no one should ever have to like seafood.
What are you coming to? Andi Andi.... I just can't wait until your blog posts are oozing with mommy excitement. When you are writing about zuzu pets and potty training we'll talk about what you are coming to! :)
On a side note. Why would you 'never read Harry Potter'? And yet I don't see Twilight on the list?
Here is one of my never's happening in a few weeks. "I will never ever ever have a cat" and yet.... Santa's on his way ;)
To my wisened friends,
You are all exactly right. This post is more of a sarcastic reflection on the things that we end up doing the older we get and the more we...ahem...mature.
But. Kristen, you're right, no one should ever have to like seafood...no matter how many Omega 3 fatty acids it has. And Jocelyn, Twilight did not get an honorable mention because I still have not crossed it off of my "will never like" list. Harry...well, that was more of an early rebellion against a national pandemic. I've since seen the light and repented of my ways. (Although I still haven't read the books...) :)
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