These are my confessions

This week has been full of revelations for me. Yesterday, for whatever reason, I got the Usher song Confessions in my head, so I thought maybe I would share a few of my confessions on my blog. Don’t worry, none of my confessions are quite as juicy as Ushers.

1. I’m not a Bob Marley fan. I’m not actually into the reggae genre at all. It’s just not my thing.

2. Babies scare me. They didn’t used to. I baby sat all the time as a teenager and had no problem. Back then I didn’t realize how much damage I could do to the little ones. I didn’t even know what the term liability meant. And there seem to be much more gadgets for babies now days then there used to be. Truthfully, I feel like I don’t quite know what to do when I’m left alone with a baby. And I feel an extreme since of relief when Logan and I hang out with couples who don’t have children, and don’t seem to be trying to either.

3. I liked Tina Fey’s book Bossypants, but I didn’t LOVE it. I think the fact that it seemed so “eh” actually made me like Tina Fey more. Because truthfully, it’s hard to really like someone who seems ridiculously perfect. Tina Fey’s book was a funny, down-to-earth quick read that I liked, especially where she calls out the breast feeding Nazis. (You’ll have to read the book to see what I’m talking about. :))

4. I wish I had people over for tea more often. One of my cousin’s got me cutest tea pot for my wedding and I really haven’t used it much. Probably because it’s been 115 degrees, but still. When I lived in my apartment I used to have people over for tea. I don’t do that any more and I really wish I did.

5. I’m not much of an animal person. I love Gunther, but I probably wouldn’t choose to have another pet after he dies. Maybe I’ll change my mind. Puggles are really cute, but I just don’t feel suited for taking care of live things, whether it’s a plant, animal or human.

6. I could never be a nurse. I wrote about nurses for three years and think it’s a great profession, but I don’t think I have the empathy to do the job. When someone asked me for pain medications for a minor wound or injury, I would have to fight the urge to say, “Are you serious? Suck it up.”

7. I fear my lack of empathy makes me an overall awful human being, or at the very least a bad wife. Three sayings the Hoskin family lived by from childhood memories are: life’s not fair, suck it up, and tough it out. I sometimes expect other people to have these mantras for their personal lives. But when it comes to systematic injustices I have compassion down. I hope that balances me out enough to at least be someone people would like to have a beer with. I think it does.

8. I really like McDonald’s.