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March 7, 2002
Question: Would you say that
Question: Would you say that passion or ambition will carry you further in life?
Answer: Good Question. My first inclination is to say that passion will carry you further in life. Reason? I think passion fuels your ambition. On further reflection though, I think passion can run out much more quickly than ambition can. So, I defer to you guys... I think it takes a combination of both.
Posted by shanti at 7:15 PM | Comments (2)
Drooling Over School
WOW today I submitted my very first application for The Son to get into a private school. Sure, it was only the Waldorf school but it still felt very wierd to know that someday *soon* he could be going somewhere 5 days a week without me. Freaky! Even more freaky that I might have to interview to get him in somewhere!
After that I drove to the school I'd been hearing about. I'm in lust. WOW...what a place. I'm waiting to find out how much the tuition is and hoping we could maybe afford it if I keep working.
The Husband is slightly freaking out about education now... he is confused because I talk about so many things but I feel like I have to explore all our options and discuss them. He also is a big fan of public schooling *sigh*.
Posted by shanti at 6:13 PM
Pay the Plumber?
So do we pay the plumber $100 or not? You see, our faucet stopping producing water...slowly over time... until today it just wouldn't spit out any water. The Husband finally called a plumber. The first plumber he called had a $25 visitation fee only they never showed. The second plumber he called had a big ad in the yellow pages that said they gave FREE estimates.
So the plumber comes in, says "I bet it is you faucet," unscrews the top, says "Yep, there's all that calcium causing it," washes it out, sticks it back on and says "That'll be $100." The Husband says "Woah, wait, where is my free estimate. Had you said "Look here's calcium, to fix it I'll clean it out and charge you $100," I'd have said No." The plumber gets pissed off and leaves. The company calls us back and The Husband argues his point. They end up saying whatever and hanging up but The Husband feels bad... should he have paid the $100?
Posted by shanti at 6:11 PM