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A Matter of Perspective

Greg and I went to NYC in the beginning of this week for a mini-vacation. We had a great time, did some fun stuff and ate some good food (review, Greg?). While we were away, our parents took turns with our kids.

I have a lot of strenghts. Not to toot my own horn, but I am a generally nice person, I have pretty good insight into people, and I have a great memory. However, I am not an organized person. I freely admit it. Would I love to be organized? Yes. Would I love to have a spotless house? Without a doubt, yes. Am I happier when my home is in order? Definitely. It just takes a little bit to get things in disarray for me, yet a whole lot of energy to make it orderly again.

I will preface this next paragraph by saying that even though the topic of this paragraph is my mother in law- it is not a mother in law bashing paragraph (FYI, Greg and I have a weird Stepford kind of relationship with both of our parents/in-laws- while everyone does things that occasionally get on people's nerves, we have an unnaturally great relationship with both of sets of parents and in laws). That having been said- my mother-in-law is the exact opposite of me with organization. She LOVES cleaning and she loves to organize things. What is even better is that she knows I am the way I am and doesn't hold it against me. How odd is that.

Anyway, when we came home from NY, my sister called me up and told me that my mother-in-law had taken her aside and said that she wanted my sister to talk to me about something. My mother in law thought it would be fun/useful to come in one day to organize my closets but didn't want to offend me by suggesting it. My sister (who is similar to me with the organization skills but is lucky enough to have cleaning help 3 times a week) didn't think I would be offended but promised to feel me out about the idea. When asked about this, my reaction was this: I have been wanting to suggest this for the past few years but I thought my mother-in-law would be offended that I was using her! Anyway, I called my mother-in-law up and we had a good laugh and discussed our plan of action to get me organized (for a short time at least).

It is funny how we all have our perspectives and opinions how other people will react to things. So much for my positive quality of good insight into people!

Posted by peninah at July 15, 2004 12:42 PM