Not me... Thursday!

My friend and fellow blogger Brit participates in the "Not Me Monday... being brutally honest and living to tell about it" blog carnival put on by a fellow mommy blogger MckMama. Basically, you tell some thing about yourself that you DEFINITELY did not do (aka... actually did do but are appalled about it) as a way of venting and realizing that no mom is perfect.

I've always thought their posts were cute and clever, but never felt like I had much to contribute... not because I am a perfect mom, but because I wasn't paying enough attention during my days to document the "Not Me's" when they happened.

Well today, for some weird reason, I felt I could contribute... but not because the things mentioned below are excerpts from my actual life experiences. These things would NEVER happen to ME!

• I would never drive off and leave my garage door up and the door to my house unlocked. Especially when I knew that my garage door was having problems getting all the way down because the sensors at the bottom had been bumped (most likely by a large double stroller). I would always sit in my driveway and watch to make sure my garage door gets all the way to the bottom before driving off. So it won't be me who comes home from a 3 hour errand/lunch trip to find that my garage door had been opened the whole time. However, if this did happen to me, I might wonder if someone had helped themselves to all of your possessions...
  
• I would never forget to close my freezer door when getting an ice pack out to keep my kid's milk cold. I am so good at remembering the details (getting each kid a clean milk cup, filled to the top, putting it in an insulated lunchbox with an ice pack to keep it cold since it would be a few hours until lunchtime out with a friend) AND remembering the big things (such as shutting the door to the freezer). I also would not have been running around doing this as fast as I could while my kids were strapped into their car seats in the car screaming for a snack. Our house is so orderly and my kids so well-behaved that this is a scene I cannot even imagine happening here. So... I would NEVER walk into my kitchen after a morning out to find my freezer door opened and all my frozen goods starting to thaw! I would also never forget other big things when remembering small details. For example, when packing for a cruise, I would never remember a small detail like packing a graduation card in my suitcase instead of mailing it so that I would save the price of a stamp and then FORGET to bring something major... like my passport. Like I said, I am so good at remembering the details and the major things so stuff like this would never happen to me!
• Now if the garage door/house unlocked/freezer scenario mentioned above were to happen to me, I would never walk into the house, see my freezer door open and think "someone has stolen all of my frozen food!!" That would just be a silly first thought to have when walking into an unlocked-for-3-hours house. I would have definitely checked for big electronics or furniture missing first - not my freezer food. Nope. Not me!

Do any of you have some "Not Me's"???