WHY?

WHY DO I NEVER SEEM TO LEARN?

WHY DOES THE STORE HAVE 25 LANES BUT ONLY 3 OPEN?

WHY DO I ALWAYS CHOOSE THE SLOWEST CHECKOUT LANE?

WHY DO I NEVER REMEMBER WHERE I PARKED?

WHY DO I WAIT SO LATE IN THE DAY TO GO SHOPPING?

WHY does it take such a long time to get out of the house? When Spouse wants to go somewhere, he simply leaves - just opens the door and goes. WHY can't I do that. Could it be I have a zillion things I need to do before I leave?

- make sure the dog has gone potty and has been secured in her crate

- feed cats, scoop litter boxes, sweep up litter spashed out of the boxes

- throw another load of laundry into the washer

- look though newspaper inserts and clip coupons

- inventory the pantry and make a grocery list

- write a letter and get it ready to be mailed

- copy some recipes and stories to send to my mother

- decide what I'm going to fix for supper

- unload and re-load the dishwasher

. . . and those are just the things I did today before leaving the house . . .

WHY don't I plan better or choose another time of day to shop, or do the chores earlier? Spouse thinks I make things more complicated than they need to be, but he has never been responsible for running the household.

It's often when I'm ready to leave I think of all those things I need to do. I don't want to come home and have them waiting for me when I'm tired, have groceries to put away, and supper to cook. I get as much done ahead of time as I can. I guess maybe there is a method to my madness sometimes. It seems logical to me. WHY doesn't my spouse see things the way I see them?