for instance... i planned when to have children... the only months i thought were appropriate to give birth in were feb - may... i had my reasons... i found out later not a whole lot of people do this...
so when jason and i recently went to new york, i spent the better part of three days preparing my house in case the plane crashed and we died...
he thought this was a little morbid and did not help me...
my thinking on this is - who do you think is going to have to clean out your house if the plane crashes and you die... yes, momma and mother-in-law... creepy...
i have my will all set... and in a fire proof safe along with any important financial documents and of course my medallion and ribbon collection from elementary school... i'm pretty sure my children want to see that i placed 5th in ball throw in grade 3...
when i was younger, i would 'boobi-trap' my diary just to see if anyone was reading it and i was pretty confident my mother was reading it...
so now i have to have a big box with a label on it... 'do not look in or snoop through... or you will regret it'... now, i do feel like this might be too much temptation for my mother to not look... so this is just a 'test' box... inside this box is just one piece of paper saying 'i know i'm dead, but i'm really disappointed in your self-control'...
i think this will freak her freak enough to maybe not snoop through the actual box of stuff i have that says 'snoop if you really must... but i suggest not'...
i made sure all the laundry was done... closets cleaned... garbage taken... everything labeled that could possibly be labeled...
i even go as far as to leave letters to my three children of things i think they need to know - if someone else is 'raising' them...
my in-laws are their guardians and i feel like they are a good choice as i'm happy with how my husband turned out and they live 3 miles from our house... but there are a few differences that i need the kids to know...
like my take on who is the best team in the nfl and why... (although i'm sure they would have come to the logical conclusion that you should either cheer for the Packers or the Steelers)
in writing these letters i became so sad i could barely leave and go on my trip... for fear the plane crashed and i didn't get to raise them!!!
i also prepare myself and my luggage for possible plane crashing or customs search...
by preparing myself... i mean that no one wants to see grandma undies on a 'woods woman' ... even if it is a dead woman from a plane crash... oh no - i get out my special 'anniversary' underwear to travel in... slightly uncomfortable but i feel like the payoff of looking good dead is worth it...
my luggage (because i have been held at customs enough times now) is neatly organized and only my top quality 'fruit of the loom' make the cut for packing time!!!
conclusion... i feel like it's time for a conclusion...
i have decided on any upcoming trips with just jason and i that we will be travelling on different flights... the chances of two planes going down is unheard of right???
i haven't decided on different hotels in case of a hotel fire... i feel like i need to do a bit more research on the chances of dying in a hotel fire... but this is something i'm looking into...
possibly things like walking on the other side of the street to him... getting on a different subway train... taking two taxis...
hmmmm.... i might need to start working i'm realizing to pay for these 'risk management' fees!
but what if the stress of working outside the home gets to me and takes years off my life and i end up dying early because of that???
(ok... that was a long conclusion... and i feel like i didn't resolve any issues i was having... just going to have to stop typing... and start googling the risk factors of all activities i'm involved in... should be fun!!!)
