I’ve been asked to serve as Treasurer for our state association. It’s time for me to make a decision but I still don’t know what I want to do. There is a part of me that would like to do it – I believe strongly in stepping in when there is a need and I like being involved. The other part of me is hesitant for a multitude of reasons...and if I sign on then I’m committed for a year. I just don’t know…sometimes I have the hardest time making decisions! But that’s not the only thing I have difficulty with, here are some other things I find challenging:
1. Putting clothes away. I can throw them in the washer, transfer them to the dryer, and even sort them out but I can’t seem to actually put them away in the drawers. The positive side to that is when the clothes actually do get put away I always feel a real sense of accomplishment and pride.
2. Anything athletic. I’ve tried different sports and I suck at all of them. When I first met my husband he was convinced that wasn’t true; his philosophy was that it was all just a matter of practice. I played for a short time on a church coed softball team and I didn’t want him to come to any of the games – we hadn’t been dating that long and I wasn’t quite ready for him to see me embarrass myself. One night he came to a game. I was mortified. After watching me play, he was certain that all I needed was practice. I quickly disproved his theory. So I accept my role and put my big mouth to use by cheering in the stands – it’s the closest I’m ever going to get to being in the game.
3. Not flushing my toilet paper. I’m probably not alone on this one either. My in-laws don’t flush toilet paper; they put it in the wastebasket. And it doesn’t matter what kind of business has been done – it’s not suppose to go down the toilet. And I just can’t do it. I try to be respectful of the way they do things but I just can’t. So every time I go to the bathroom during a visit I feel like I’m committing treason…and I always have to check to make sure everything is gone after I flush so there is no evidence.
4. Taking over. I don’t ever mean to, I just have a lot of enthusiasm – I just jump in and do it. I try to be conscious about it when I’m working with someone but still, sometimes I worry that I’m stepping over the other person. And even though I will continually ask, I’m not always certain the person would tell me even if they thought I was.
5. Folding my tongue. You know how some people can like bend their tongue in half? It’s supposed to be a sign of higher intelligence or something like that…never been able to do it, ever. And I have tried! The same with tying a cherry stem with my tongue, which was the ultimate impressive thing to do in high school because it gave all the boys something dirty to think about. Reason #1457 I couldn't get a date in high school.
6. Holding my tongue. If you know me at all then you understand that one completely.
7. Balance. I have a tendency to be an extremist – I’m all the way in or all the way out and either way I go full force. It can be tough because I can get consumed. And it makes it difficult too because there have been times when I should have walked away or moved on but I was too tied and wasn’t ready to let go or give up. A positive to the extremist mentality is that once I love you I will love you forever. Even though I would probably never admit it.
8. Math. I know just enough to get by and anything beyond that I’m not even really sure I care to know; I just don’t have an interest.
Hummm, maybe I should consider that last one when making my decision – math is probably an important skill for a Treasurer to have…
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