I’m working in Word at the moment (7:00 am), a better place for me, probably, than the Internet. Victoria has let me use her laptop in the dining room so I can start on word processes earlier in the day. She doesn’t sleep late, really; we’re just operating on different internal clocks.
Anyway, while Victoria was out last night I helpfully unplugged the phone in her room (which used to be my office, and before that it was her room). I meant to keep the phone from awakening her this morning (couldn’t find an off switch for the ringer), but I realize I dismantled the loop of wiring from modem to wall. So our wireless is off, but I know once it’s on again I can post this missive beneath a photo of Holland that I received from one of our fellow Europe travelers and sent to Victoria’s computer.
Before they went out last night a friend of Victoria’s came over and was cutting my son’s hair in a cool, Bear Grylls type style, when at one point she said, “Uh, oops.” Her razor thingy had been left on a setting she didn’t expect, and the result was a sort of scoop – well, a hole – in the front. She was mortified, you could tell, and my son remained quite calm and gracious. It’ll grow back quick, we all said, and you know it will. But he’ll receive a few double-takes in the meantime.
On my mind this morning are goof-ups, large and small.
Last week I told someone I’d send them an essay “tomorrow”, and I’ve yet to do it. I forget to comment on other bloggers’ posts, even when I think they’re amazing.
An anthology publisher keeps moving back her deadline for reading my work (and anyone else’s who submitted by the original date she’d set), because of nebulous (at least to me) changes in plans for next year. I can send my piece somewhere else, but I’m curious to learn what she thinks. So for now I wait.
Even though I turned off last evening’s debate ere it began so I could finish dishes, I’m guessing the politicians vying for the captain’s spot in our government weren’t saying “oh, missed that” regarding anything. And although their jobs involve problems far greater than can be solved by waiting for hair to grow back or words to be delivered and read, I wish sometimes they’d admit the possibility of oopses.
So, yeah. Think I’ll head to the grocery store now before I forget.
Oh the oopses! Yes, I have done many of those on Soren’s hair, and of course, just in mothering in general.
I do wish politicians didn’t try to look so polished all the time. I would be impressed with a candidate who said, “here are my weak points, and I need staff with strengths in this area to better serve the nation”
Perhaps Americans as a whole need to let go of our search for a knight in shinning armor, or a superman, and get more comfortable with real people.
I know. I’m aware the politicians would get buried by the press for admitting weaknesses (at least they probably fear this is so). Once in a while, though…a real person would be something.
I wish it’d be more like tv where we’d go, “wow, they’re definitely in charge, okay–now lets change the channel”
Nice post, Deanna. I enjoyed reading it. I’ve been very negligent about getting around the blogging world. I’m sure it’s nice to have Victoria back home.
I agree – I wish our society as a whole would be more accepting of human frailties and not see them as devaluing the whole person; can’t forgiveness ever mean being really forgiven?
Deep thoughts aside, I have one small correction – the photo is of a windmill in Germany! LOL – that was the day you didn’t come with us, when we tried to get to the Roman Baths museum. But this whole area used to belong to the Netherlands, so it’s “close enough”.
Jodi, they’ll probably develop that technology in a few years, but I guess it’s better for us to have to deal with reality in its slowww process.
Patti, always good to hear from you; yes, having Victoria here is a treat.
Anna, I love your question. :o) Thanks for the correction; the pic’s title did say Holland, but I like that it was in Germany, since we saw so many spiffy generators like those on the left as we drove around. It’s cool to have side by side the old and new versions of wind power.