Friday, July 18, 2008

Luckily I didn't land somewhere else in life!!

Yesterday at work we had two hours to quickly clean like 20 apartments, so we were all hurrying along. And anyways two of us were rushing around and all stressed out because we still had eight or so apartments to clean and this youth group was supposed to be moving in but they couldn't because we weren't done. So like two of us were rushing around trying to get things done and then I looked over to see two of the girls making beds rather slowly and they were just talking like it was a normal slow day. And anyways I couldn't believe it because I was making beds alone and making them as fast as they were making their's together. And then I was going and redoing stuff for people because they were doing really bad at their cleaning experties. And anyways I suddenly realized after work that honestly of the 12 on my crew there are about four of us that actually are able to work and not have someone follow behind us and pick up after us. So I was trying to figure out how in the world I can be doing this much better at this job then someone who is say married, or someone who is like 50? But suddenly I realized that the reason why I can do things on my own and not have someone following behind is because of my parents. Because sure when I was young I thought it was really annoying that I had to always do dishes and weed the garden, and lots of other things that aren't fun while other kids were always out playing. But now I can see that because of my parents making me weed the garden when I was ten I now know how to work and have good work ethics. While these other co-workers may have had their parents tell them to do something, but didn't really enforce it that much...so now they don't know how to do it on their own. So I'm really glad that I didn't have parents who just let me do whatever I wanted and they didn't let me go swimming at the lake everyday during the summers. But they always made me and my siblings do yard work and house work, because it's pretty clear now that it was worth the fight. (on my parents account)

2 comments:

Eric and Caralee said...

amen to that!

Ruth said...

Jeanne,
I loved when you did your fun kick when we went on a walk with Jessio. Thanks for being a great roomate.