Commitment-phobes
First of all, I don’t know if I already told this “story” in and earlier blog post, but I will tell it again if I already did. I always told Andy (when we first ever started talking about having kids) that I wanted my first baby to be a girl and born in the Fall. I don’t know why I wanted a Fall baby, I just did — maybe it was because I was born in the Fall??? Who knows.
When we found out I was pregnant, but before we knew how far along I was, I immediately tried to figure out the due date. Well, I figured I was probably 2-3 months pregnant, so that would mean a February/March baby. I even said to Andy “Oh well, it won’t be a Fall baby…” But, what do you know?? As luck would have it, I got exactly what I wanted! A perfect little baby girl born in the Fall.
On another note… I am getting sick and tired of two things:
1. People thinking they can get ahold of you at all times of the day, just because you have a cell phone: calling to change things last minute, cancelling things, always expecting you to pick up or get the message by a certain time, etc, etc, etc… Don’t get me wrong – I don’t mind if someone tries to call me about a last-minute thing, but do not expect me to pick up or expect me to get the message on time. Geez!
2. And, it seems like people can no longer commit to anything — and this seems to be related to cell phones. I want to make plans with someone and arrange something in advance and I usually get “Why don’t you call me on that day and we can work it out then or play-it-by-ear.” What happened to just making good old plans??? Or, you make plans to do something and then the person cancels last minute because “something came up.” It seems like “something comes up” more often with people who have cell phones than with people who don’t. Maybe it is the convenience of being able to make a quick call and get out of the obligation.
I am not saying that I am guilt-free of either of these activities, I have just reached my limit with them! I will, from now on, be much more conscious about my own actions.