As I go through these months on the World Race…I think about the stories I’m going to tell my kids some day, but most importantly (as I have discussed with a few of my friends here) I have a running list of things I’m going to tell my kids when they start complaining. It is a running joke that I have with some people around here that when I do have kids the old… I had to walk uphill both ways to get to school story is going to change to…mommy lived out of a backpack for a year. So for your humor I have compiled a list of things to rebuke complaints made by my children someday…ENJOY.
Oh you want new clothes for school this year?
Mommy wore the same clothes for an entire year and only bought stuff from second hand stores
Oh you don’t want to wait this long in line to get food?
Mommy waited 3 hours at the border in Africa to get to a new country
So you say it’s hard to eat the food mommy cooks?
Mommy ate things she never thought she’d eat…even though it came back up later she ate other people’s food.
You think you don’t have enough room in your bedroom?
Mommy lived out of a backpack for a year, slept in a tent, and shared a room with 4 other people all the time.
Oh 250 channels on TV aren’t’ enough for you?
Mommy watched the same 5 movies over and over again for a year for entertainment.
You want new shoes to match all your outfits?
Mommy worked to salvage her flip flops with duct tape and super glue for a year.
Aww you have to sit next to somebody you don’t like in class?
Mommy traveled with people she didn’t get along with for a whole year.
Oh your dad used all the hot water in the shower?
Mommy didn’t have hot water for the majority of the year and took bucket showers.
You’re upset because the electricity is off for an hour?
Mommy was lucky to live somewhere with electricity at all and a headlamp was how mommy got ready in the mornings.
You need new jeans because yours are getting old?
Mommy sewed her jeans in places you wouldn’t think of, over 20 times to salvage her jeans for a year just so she could have something respectable to wear.
Oh I bought the wrong kind of toilet paper?
Mommy hoarded napkins from restaurants and jacked toilet paper from everywhere she went just in case the next place she went didn’t have toilet paper.
You need to get your hair cut and styled?
Mommy was lucky to have the opportunity to wash her hair and mommy’s teammates got lice… mommy had the same hairdo for a year.
And finally my favorite thus far on the race…
Oh you have a tummy ache?
Mommy thought she was going to die in a fake country at a World War 2 hospital where nobody spoke English.
I hope you enjoyed the humor I have tried to put in to what my life has become on the World Race. Seeing as how it is only month 5…I know I will have more to come someday… I’ll keep you all posted.
