Humility: Good Thing / Bad thing?

[Bathsheba]

I got caught in a thunderstorm today. I was doing the school run... pushing a pram and trying to hold an umbrella over us. I was conscious of all the people in cars, probably mostly parents, looking at me trudging along. I don't drive. I couldn't find the class list to get the phone number of a parent who had offered to drive my 5yo home on rainy days. I don't like to ask for lifts very often... in fact i have only asked once this year. I guess this is pride? It was very embarrassing walking in the storm today.... dodging the sprays of water from the passing cars. But I mused that maybe this was ok... maybe it was character building?

Ryn: I struggle with people who use double negatives: "I ain't no bogan" etc. I wonder why they would want to sound so dumb? But maybe they don't know that they actually called themselves a bogan? Maybe they didn't have the benefit of an education because their parents didn't have their act together enough to get them to school so they fell behind and decided it was too humiliating going back? Or is it the herd mentality that dictates they have to speak that way to "fit into" their group?

DH home early back later!

ETA: sorry missed your post Cai! I'll get back here soon! vodka sounds good!