If I were a celebrity and I were being interviewed right now.
Jen, what's aggravating you today?
Well, Internet, my kids are kind of driving me crazy at the moment. I mean, I realize that's nothing new, but today they were actually crying over spilled milk. It was a new level of whiny.
Hmmm. That IS irritating. What are you doing to cope?
Thanks for asking. I broke into this stash of candy in the cupboard--the one left over from the pinata? Oh, and besides pinata candy, it also has all these little fun-size baggies of M&Ms. My dear grandmother brought them over the other day for "the girls." But I'm one of "the girls," right?
Well, that sounds like a good start. Anything else?
Yes! I'm also listening to a CD I got at the library: "Far" by Regina Spektor. She reminds me of a girl version of Ben Folds. I like it.
Candy and chick-folk-piano. Sounds good. But now, let's turn to something serious. Is it true that today you got up and went to the gym and got on the treadmill and it was only after you'd been there for half an hour already that you realized you had your shirt on backwards?
Yes. And I considered slinking away to the locker room and switching it around, but then I figured, what the heck? It's early in the morning, we're all just here to get sweaty anyway--like I really look in the mirror before I go to the gym. This just proves how un-self-conscious I am. Plus, probably no one even noticed.
Except doesn't it have a really big logo on the front? And then just little small words on the back? So it was probably really, really, obviously backward?
Well, yes. So OK, probably everybody who saw me noticed. I still don't care.
That's a refreshing perspective, Jen. What's in store for you next?
I need to write this article about agri-tourism. And I need to fold one metric ton of laundry. BUT if I get those things done, AND if I can get the kids to leave me alone, I have two good books to read. I am almost done with "The Tangible Kingdom," which is written by this guy who is really into the "missional" church movement. It's given me a lot of food for thought about the nature of the Christian church today--what it is, what it could be, what it should be. Oh, and this blog post about the nature of the gospel made me think too. And once I get that last chapter read, then I get to start "The Adoration of Jenna Fox." My friend Diana says it's good, and it's a young adult novel and it sounds kind of science-y and kind of futuristic distopian, and in general just sounds like it's going to be a killer read.
Sounds like an exciting afternoon!
I know. What can I say? This is just the kind of life I lead.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us.
You're welcome, Internet.
Well, Internet, my kids are kind of driving me crazy at the moment. I mean, I realize that's nothing new, but today they were actually crying over spilled milk. It was a new level of whiny.
Hmmm. That IS irritating. What are you doing to cope?
Thanks for asking. I broke into this stash of candy in the cupboard--the one left over from the pinata? Oh, and besides pinata candy, it also has all these little fun-size baggies of M&Ms. My dear grandmother brought them over the other day for "the girls." But I'm one of "the girls," right?
Well, that sounds like a good start. Anything else?
Yes! I'm also listening to a CD I got at the library: "Far" by Regina Spektor. She reminds me of a girl version of Ben Folds. I like it.
Candy and chick-folk-piano. Sounds good. But now, let's turn to something serious. Is it true that today you got up and went to the gym and got on the treadmill and it was only after you'd been there for half an hour already that you realized you had your shirt on backwards?
Yes. And I considered slinking away to the locker room and switching it around, but then I figured, what the heck? It's early in the morning, we're all just here to get sweaty anyway--like I really look in the mirror before I go to the gym. This just proves how un-self-conscious I am. Plus, probably no one even noticed.
Except doesn't it have a really big logo on the front? And then just little small words on the back? So it was probably really, really, obviously backward?
Well, yes. So OK, probably everybody who saw me noticed. I still don't care.
That's a refreshing perspective, Jen. What's in store for you next?
I need to write this article about agri-tourism. And I need to fold one metric ton of laundry. BUT if I get those things done, AND if I can get the kids to leave me alone, I have two good books to read. I am almost done with "The Tangible Kingdom," which is written by this guy who is really into the "missional" church movement. It's given me a lot of food for thought about the nature of the Christian church today--what it is, what it could be, what it should be. Oh, and this blog post about the nature of the gospel made me think too. And once I get that last chapter read, then I get to start "The Adoration of Jenna Fox." My friend Diana says it's good, and it's a young adult novel and it sounds kind of science-y and kind of futuristic distopian, and in general just sounds like it's going to be a killer read.
Sounds like an exciting afternoon!
I know. What can I say? This is just the kind of life I lead.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us.
You're welcome, Internet.
7 comments:
I love this!
Jen you crack me up! I loved this post! :)
That's Awesome. Do it again!
This is so wonderful. I love your tone throughout. :)
agri-tourism...like what?
The area I live in is big on Agri-tourism (farms with things to do for the fam, for those who don't know, agri=agriculture (farm) + tourism (getting people there to spend money to help the farm survive). We have a lot of orchards and people come from all over the state to visit especially in the fall. I think our climate is similar.
We instated a "whining jar" for maddie a while back. She gets the concept of money, so everytime she whined, she had to put 5 cents into the jar. She almost completely stopped in 5 days. We did give her one warming before making her put the money in, but she HATED getting the money out of her piggy bank!!
@ Cheryl: The folks in my article about agri-tourism are small farmers and ranchers who want to open up their farms for tours, or people come stay in a little cabin on the farm and help feed the sheep instead of going to a bed and breakfast. It's a "get city folks to the country" kind of thing. Aimed at people who are into knowing where their food comes from and all that. And apparently there's money in it. The lady who does the cabin-on-the-farm thing now makes the majority of her money from the farm stay, not from the actual meat she produces with her animals.
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