Nature Vs. "What was I Thinking"!?!

Sometimes I wonder why I do the things I do.

Especially things that go against my nature.

My nature being  INTROVERTED.

Some examples that come to mind:

1. Trying out for the high school field hockey team my junior year when a) I’d never even picked up a field hockey stick, and b) I didn’t have a clue how the game was played, and c) I didn’t know a single person at the school considering we had just moved there.   I don’t think I need to tell you how that one panned out.  On second thought, let’s chalk it up to a lack of common sense.

2. Becoming a Pampered Chef Hawker.  (I’m sure there’s a better term for it but my memory has voluntarily lapsed)  I HATE selling things and I HATE speaking in large (or small) groups.  Surprisingly my short stint was fairly successful and helped us overcome the Newlywed Poverty hump.

3. Working one summer teaching English to visiting Japanese students at the community college.  Especially since I knew NO Japanese.  We used a lot of pictures and hand gesturing.

4. Volunteering with a fellow mom to organize the year’s biggest fundraiser for Oakland Children’s Hospital’s  Cardiology Department.  Together we cold called businesses all over the East Bay looking for prize donations; created, printed, and mailed hundreds of invitations; kept track of RSVPs; organized games, refreshments, and volunteers for the event; and hoped and prayed that the event would be a success.  Looking back, it was REALLY hard, but a LOT of fun and the least I could do to show my appeciation for to the cardiologist, nurses, surgeons, and specialists who had worked with Jack over the years.

5. Agreeing to be a part of this skit that will never be mentioned hereafter, again.

OK, it’s your turn.  What did you do that went against your nature???

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Speaking of which, I agreed to teach art in Erik’s second grade class this year.

This afternoon we’ll be learning about Eric Carle (I love him)  and creating some fantastic collages like this one:

We’ll be talking about texture, contrast, proportion, and adjectives.  Today we’ll discover how Mr. Carl ilustrates his stories and then create some colorful painted paper.  Next week they’ll pick from a cup the name of an animal and from another cup, an adjective to describe that animal.  They’ll borrow, trade, and share their painted papers to create their animals.

I’ll post pictures of the kids’ collages when they’re finished.

Happy Weekending!