Lately, I keep hearing your voice in my head. You only say one thing – “30 seconds now, 30 minutes later!”
You sound so chipper and you make delayed gratification seem like the most delightful thing in the world. The version of you that lives in my head is always asking me to have a better attitude and to work harder. I don’t know if I like her or not.
BUT, in the past week or so I’ve come up with some new phrases for you. Let me know what you think:
“30 seconds now, enchilada flavored strawberries later”***
“30 seconds now, chunk of gravel in your eyeball later”
“30 seconds now, 10 dollars of the wrong shade of orange yarn later”
“30 seconds now, asking my co-worker in Xhosa if she’s been killing people instead of if she’s been sleeping”
"30 seconds now, phone dead later"
“30 seconds now, swallow an ant later”
I could go on. It’s been a week of “crap, I wish I’d just…(used two containers, walked to my office to get the right tool, taken the time to cut a piece of what I was using, read the “important exception” paragraph, put my charger in purse this morning, put the lid on my cooling jug of iced coffee)”
Yea. I’m pretty sure God is teaching me a little lesson about the consequences of haphazard living.
But when I master this one, you’d best watch out because I’ll be pretty darn close to being as awesome as you. I’ve even started making my bed and leaving no clothes on my floor. Having only 2 suitcases worth of stuff, I actually have a place for everything and everything in its place!
And I can’t wait for you to see it! I miss you and I love you. Thanks for, even now, helping me to grow up into a functional (at least passable) human.
Amy
***Could also be stated as “strawberry flavored enchiladas”. I’m really not sure which one was worse. They were both pretty terrible.
You sound so chipper and you make delayed gratification seem like the most delightful thing in the world. The version of you that lives in my head is always asking me to have a better attitude and to work harder. I don’t know if I like her or not.
BUT, in the past week or so I’ve come up with some new phrases for you. Let me know what you think:
“30 seconds now, enchilada flavored strawberries later”***
“30 seconds now, chunk of gravel in your eyeball later”
“30 seconds now, 10 dollars of the wrong shade of orange yarn later”
“30 seconds now, asking my co-worker in Xhosa if she’s been killing people instead of if she’s been sleeping”
"30 seconds now, phone dead later"
“30 seconds now, swallow an ant later”
I could go on. It’s been a week of “crap, I wish I’d just…(used two containers, walked to my office to get the right tool, taken the time to cut a piece of what I was using, read the “important exception” paragraph, put my charger in purse this morning, put the lid on my cooling jug of iced coffee)”
Yea. I’m pretty sure God is teaching me a little lesson about the consequences of haphazard living.
But when I master this one, you’d best watch out because I’ll be pretty darn close to being as awesome as you. I’ve even started making my bed and leaving no clothes on my floor. Having only 2 suitcases worth of stuff, I actually have a place for everything and everything in its place!
And I can’t wait for you to see it! I miss you and I love you. Thanks for, even now, helping me to grow up into a functional (at least passable) human.
Amy
***Could also be stated as “strawberry flavored enchiladas”. I’m really not sure which one was worse. They were both pretty terrible.