and get out of my way. I’m in a bad mood, people. I have had several experiences lately that left me feeling helpless and hopeless about certain things.
For example: Valentine’s Day, like most holidays in the US, seems to be based on gluten- and peanut-containing confections. This means I can’t eat anything (being gluten-intolerant) and my daughter can’t eat anything (having a life-threatening peanut allergy). Usually these two situatons are OK, but on holidays people go out of their way to pile on these things.
In my daughter’s classroom (of which I’m the room parent), I send out endless messages reminding people not to bring in peanut-containing things. And you know what? People are like cats. I say “Please don’t bring in any peanut containing candy.” They hear “Please blah bring blah blah peanut blah candy.” And there’s a “No Peanut Zone” sign on the class door. What do I have to do to get through to people?
Carry on with your day. I will be back to my cheerful self next time I post.
*The kids in Girlfriend’s class all say “Valentime’s versus Valentine’s.”
Hi again – thansk for the kind comments on my knitted bag – it is looking better now it is felted but I am having doubts – will need to bite the bullet and get on with it this weekend. I envy you have a star magnolia – they are exquistie and my parents have one and it is so gorgeous it is mesmerising
‘struth – and these aren’t even unusual intolerances/allergies. I would have assumed that in pretty much every classroom there are kids that can’t eat things for these very reasons or for religious / ethical grounds. My daughter has a friend that has a list of things that could kill her, the first time she came for dinner I’d bought new saucepans etc just in case and then for tea we went shopping for what she liked together (she is old enough to know what she can and can’t), but grown-ups really should think…