In addition to all the other trades of which I am Jack in my stint as a Stay-At-Home-Mom (cook, maid, chauffeur), I added a few more today.
1. Accountant, albeit a bad one apparently. As I was making my daily survey of our checking account balance, I discovered that I had bounced a check. For the first time in my life, I might add. Not even when I was a poorer-than-dirt student did I bounce a check! Now, I've forgotten to pay bills, but that's another story.
2. Locksmith. I had the downstairs carpet cleaned today so I banished the girls to their bedrooms (to clean them, of course) upstairs, along with the dogs. Evidently their toys do not provide enough entertainment because Ollie thought it would be fun to lock the dogs in Grover's room. Ollie did not lock herself in there with them. Since the dogs lack opposable thumbs, asking them to let themselves out was not an option. In my day, you could pick one of those flimsy interior locks with a bobby pin but apparently lock technology has improved. I finally found a tiny screwdriver (for fixing eyeglasses) and got it open. And gave Ollie a smack on the butt to remind her that we don't lock doors (except for Daddy when he's in the bathroom).
3. Activist. This one took me by surprise. I really never would have considered myself an activist - I mean activism takes work and I don't have that kind of time. Or so I thought. Taking a moment to click a link and send a pre-written letter to the Secretary of State on the situation in
Darfur seems to count. I know this because the letter they had so thoughtfully written for me started "As an activist, a concerned American, and a supporter of the Save Darfur Coalition, I write to urge you to help...". Wow. Who knew?
