![]() ![]() So I’m more demanding than my parents – my kids have to do laundry, wash dishes, clean their toilet and bathroom, vacuum and sweep, do the yardwork. They never asked me to do house chores except for mowing the lawn. My parents were incredibly non-demanding on the house side of things, as they only wanted me to study and get into good colleges. So I do it and share my efforts with my parents and the rest of the family. ![]() Also, she has passed on her Chinese tradition of making things like Lo Bak Gao (daikon cake) for New Year, and making Joong/Zongzi (essentially Chinese tamales in bamboo leaves) during the summer. I did grow to start gardening and canning things like my mom too. They will thank me for it when they get older. I’ve told my kids they have to play their instruments and take lessons until they go to college. What parental habits you’ve picked up that you never would’ve anticipated as a teenager? We frequently have to do very boring things like taxes and domain authentications, and routines help to keep us on track. I think it’s because as adults, we come to value routines. But oh, if someone touches the thermostat, all the wit and Shakespeare quoting goes out the window and Gordon transforms into a dragon. Also kitchen door doesn’t have the protection of the bug screen and therefore needs to stay closed unless I’m frying something in there.Īnd let me just point out that while I’m closing doors and grouching, my husband is treating me to witty commentary about all of this. Our area does have mild weather with occasional spikes of emergency weather, and I fully understand that dogs need to pee and it’s nice to have fresh air, but the door really doesn’t need to be open 24/7. I seem to be doing a lot of door closing lately. Missing IRS and Texas Workforce correspondence will. Yes, I know I left my craft folder on the mail table and it’s out of place, but me misplacing my craft folder won’t land us in jail and incur fines. Please don’t pile the mail on the dining room table.Are we made of money? Do we absolutely have to have scorpions inside? Why is the patio door open? I’ve closed the patio door three times today.Who left the bedroom door open? You know the cat will get on the bed and cover it with hair.Why are the lights on? Why are the lights on in the pantry? Is there someone living in there? Mostly I think them, because the constant barrage of muttering is not helpful to anyone, including me. Parental things I now think and sometimes say. Then don’t come crying to me.” When you call them on it, they say things like, “You’ll get when you’re older.” “If you don’t stop wasting so much water, the septic system will overflow and we’ll have a flood. They get obsessed with weird things like proper way to do laundry or hang clothes, and they get seriously irritated over minor things. When you are a teenager, your parents seem to have the most annoying habits. My sleep patterns get messed up lately, so maybe caffeine is the answer. Braining seems to be more difficult, especially when it’s something that’s not in my typical wheelhouse. SPF/DCIM authentication is an evil torture, created to make people go nuts, and I’m sticking to that story. ![]()
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