Things I Don’t “Get”

There just isn’t enough blog space around to post about all the things I don’t “get”.  But I have thought of a few that are particulary unfathomable to me. 

As I was working out at the gym on the elliptical the other night, and checking out the other gym-goers around me, one of these mysteries hit me. 

Thing I don’t “get” #1:

Why do women who punish themselves daily by running, lifting and training for marathons, etc. come up to me and tell me that they could NEVER in a MILLION years live through the horror of natural, unmedicated childbirth? 

I mean, I don’t get it?!  When you have a baby, you have the best kind of reward, way better than the reward of winning any marathon, and not only that, you only have to do it once for a few hours, not day in and day out, hour after hour.  The irony of course is that these exceptionally fit women are the best ones for the job of natural childbirth because they have a lot of endurance, good health and a great mindset about pain.   

When I am working out, I am thinking something like,  “This totally sucks, give me childbirth anyday over this”.  So I guess they wouldn’t “get” me either.

Another mystery:

Thing I don’t “get” #2:

Why is it that in a house of six people (like mine) if even one person is absent from the house for awhile, especially during meals, does the house seems to stay infinitely cleaner or the meal seems infinitely easier to prepare? 

My husband and oldest son were gone over the weekend.  This still left me home with three children under seven.  However, somehow everything seemed to go so much more smoothly, meals were so easy and clean-up a breeze.  The majority of the family was still here, but somehow, the house was much cleaner and easier to manage for 72 hours. 

And finally, Thing I don’t “get” #3:

How do my fully grown chickens manage to fly up and over a 6 foot high fence the day after I have clipped their wings (almost completely off!)  Are they that much smarter than me?

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