I May Need That Someday
Ah, blessed May! With the end of April goes the end of my month on service and a return to relative normalcy and my blog!
Our usual weekend frenzy was punctuated by a visit to the ER for Benjamin and Bob. Poor Benji had been fighting hay fever all week and was particularly fussy all day Saturday such that by the end of a dinner party that night, Bob was sufficiently concerned to whisk him to the ER for his wheezing. You know us, our kids have to be practically coding before we'll get them professional help.
Earlier that day, we tried breaking out Connor's old nebulizer machine to use on Benjamin. I was so proud that I knew exactly where it was packed away in the closet, along with the albuterol solution, for use should it ever be needed. Now, four years later, it was clearly needed. And it worked -- well sort of, for about an hour at a time before Benji would get fussy and wheezy all over again. Lucky for him, the ER had the good stuff and he responded readily. As it turned out, the ancient albuterol I had saved with the nebulizer was probably long-expired and degraded.
I just cannot get myself to throw anything away, since almost everything could be potentially useful at some point in the future. My rationale is that there's nothing I dislike more than being without something that I need. Whether it's ribbon, or a plastic spoon, or those paper towel cardboard rolls, I stash it away for safe keeping. I can't tell you how many random requests I have gotten from Connor's teachers for those cardboard rolls. Really!
Admittedly, it's hard to justify keeping 3-year-old expired jars of baby food from Connor's infancy for Benjamin's use. Although it pained me, I did throw them out after much consideration.
So perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from dear Benjamin's suffering. Somethings are just not worth keeping. But then again, I may need that...
Our usual weekend frenzy was punctuated by a visit to the ER for Benjamin and Bob. Poor Benji had been fighting hay fever all week and was particularly fussy all day Saturday such that by the end of a dinner party that night, Bob was sufficiently concerned to whisk him to the ER for his wheezing. You know us, our kids have to be practically coding before we'll get them professional help.
Earlier that day, we tried breaking out Connor's old nebulizer machine to use on Benjamin. I was so proud that I knew exactly where it was packed away in the closet, along with the albuterol solution, for use should it ever be needed. Now, four years later, it was clearly needed. And it worked -- well sort of, for about an hour at a time before Benji would get fussy and wheezy all over again. Lucky for him, the ER had the good stuff and he responded readily. As it turned out, the ancient albuterol I had saved with the nebulizer was probably long-expired and degraded.
I just cannot get myself to throw anything away, since almost everything could be potentially useful at some point in the future. My rationale is that there's nothing I dislike more than being without something that I need. Whether it's ribbon, or a plastic spoon, or those paper towel cardboard rolls, I stash it away for safe keeping. I can't tell you how many random requests I have gotten from Connor's teachers for those cardboard rolls. Really!
Admittedly, it's hard to justify keeping 3-year-old expired jars of baby food from Connor's infancy for Benjamin's use. Although it pained me, I did throw them out after much consideration.
So perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from dear Benjamin's suffering. Somethings are just not worth keeping. But then again, I may need that...
posted by Ting at 9:17 PM
1 Comments:
I saved dozens and dozens of egg cartons for a playschool teacher that we only knew for 8 weeks. But it did make me feel better that they were recycled! It only took me 9 months to finally drop them off to her. I used to save all the paper towel rolls, etc. too for toys for Tobey until the playroom was overrun with them. Now it's just boxes from dry goods that Tobey can use for his play grocery store. There've been countless things that I've saved (and I'm not really a pack rat!) and I HAVE used them for later. Makes it all the harder to throw away "good" reusable stuff!
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