3/30-9/30

Chris and I have gone from running 3 out of 30 minutes to 9 out of 30 minutes.

 

There's nothing witty or incredibly thoughtful about this statement.

 

But I'm trying to keep the blog bar low.

 

Some days are just going to be simple statements of success.

You've Got Mail!

The first time Chris and I went to look at wedding invitations we had our biggest argument to date.

The second time, we went into the store, looked through eight binders of invites, narrowed it down to one, illegally took a picture of it with Chris' cell phone and were out of the store in thirty minutes.

Thank God for pharmaceuticals.

I mean really, I ask you, when was the last time you looked at a wedding invite and said to yourself "Oh, what a nice thermo-typography-embossed, bold-faced, Italian style eight point font they selected! Nice choice."

Or..."Wow, if it weren't for that ribbon laced through the top, this invite would really suck."

No one cares!

Least of all us.

I think the amount of time you spend choosing the invite should be directly proportionate to the amount of time the invitee will spend looking at it.

Assuming you're like us and you put the invite on your fridge and it stays there 2 months, we're looking at a total viewing time of about thirty minutes.

In fact, that's the new wedding planning rule.

Time of research and investigation on all wedding choices will be directly equivalent to the amount of time the object or vendor will be looked at or used.

But if that were the case I should have spent 5 minutes choosing the bridesmaids bouquets and 5 years choosing the electric griddle.

The Weight of Waiting

Have you ever thought about the price you pay every day just to wait for things?

Everyday we must take on a lot of stressful weight.

For the purpose of this exercise 1 min of waiting is equal to 1 lb. of mental stress.

Let's calculate how much mental stress I accumulated today.

Four red lights on the way to work = 4 min. of waiting = 4 lbs. of mental stress

Waiting on late authors to arrive at school for their book presentation = 15 min. = 15 lbs. stress

Teacher late to take kids to recess = 6 min. = 12 lbs. mental stress (antsy kids count for double the stress)

Microwave bag of popcorn = 4 min. = 0 lbs. mental stress (popcorn is good)

Five red lights on the way to the Doctor's office = 5 minutes of waiting = 5lbs. of annoyance

Sitting in the doctor's office = 120 MINUTES OF WAITING = 120 lbs. of pissed off annoyed fed-up stress

Drive-through at CVS pharmacy = 12 min. wait = 12 more lbs. of unneeded hassle stress

Chicken order at Gazeebo Burger = 6 min. = 6 lbs. of stress (that's $1 a pound)

So, let's see...that's 175 extra pounds of superfluous stress in just one day.

That's a lot of weight from waiting.

Imagine what happens in a week.

I feel weak.

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