I am truly convinced that, after evicting Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, God realized that men (1) were easily led astray and (2) don't come up with a plan unless they are faced with catastrophe. It is no wonder that, after this mistake, He gave women the ability to plan and to anticipate. I am grateful for this. It is the reason we can put food on the table while I stay home with our kids.
Sometimes, though, said "ability" can become a curse. The need to have a plan. The feeling of failure as a wife, mother, and human being if I don't. The sheer panic of not knowing what to do. It's like the fish in the asthma commercial flopping around on the table.
Wednesday night, Husband was late leaving work. I am fairly accustomed to this having an IT background myself. The issue that is that I require adequate notification to process and plan. The dinner I'd planned required use of the grill. Since he tends to Hercules-tighten everything, I was unable to use the grill and had to bake the dinner in the house on a 90 degree day. He notified me 20 minutes before our normal dinner time that he was still at work (40 minutes later than usual).
He told me he sent a text message 20 minutes prior stating that he was stuck on an issue, which i did not realize, since i was making dinner.
Result: we argued through dinner and ate 50 minutes late. Oddly, the kids were pretty resilient. No meltdowns and everyone ate and went to bed on time.
Lesson learned: ALWAYS have a backup plan when depending on someone else, even if it's grilled cheese and frozen green beans.
-rk
Sometimes, though, said "ability" can become a curse. The need to have a plan. The feeling of failure as a wife, mother, and human being if I don't. The sheer panic of not knowing what to do. It's like the fish in the asthma commercial flopping around on the table.
Wednesday night, Husband was late leaving work. I am fairly accustomed to this having an IT background myself. The issue that is that I require adequate notification to process and plan. The dinner I'd planned required use of the grill. Since he tends to Hercules-tighten everything, I was unable to use the grill and had to bake the dinner in the house on a 90 degree day. He notified me 20 minutes before our normal dinner time that he was still at work (40 minutes later than usual).
He told me he sent a text message 20 minutes prior stating that he was stuck on an issue, which i did not realize, since i was making dinner.
Result: we argued through dinner and ate 50 minutes late. Oddly, the kids were pretty resilient. No meltdowns and everyone ate and went to bed on time.
Lesson learned: ALWAYS have a backup plan when depending on someone else, even if it's grilled cheese and frozen green beans.
-rk
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