The Standing.

     I'm kinda lazy. But I don't want everyone to figure that out, so instead I tell them I'm efficient. I don't think they believe me. There have been times when I watched entire movies, with commercials, just because I sat down on the non-remote-having couch. Apparently, my laziness will get even worse when I have children. While that may not make sense, stay with me here...
     My mother was always fond of saying, "You're young and on your first legs". I still don't know exactly what that means, other than, "go get it because I'm not getting up". My father didn't have to mow the lawn (often) from the time I was ten until I moved out. We all did our fair share of dishes and generally the share of work was fair, but there was one thing that drove me nuts. My parent's room was never filthy, but it wasn't what I'd call clean either. So, when they asked me to clean my room, I'd have a problem with that. How could they ask me to do something they couldn't do themselves? It wasn't fair and it assaulted my sense of justice, even at an early age.
     That's why I hope I'll be at least as moral and up standing as I want my children to be. I hope I'll expect them to keep their room as clean as I keep mine. I want to lead by example. But that may be a little tough. My life hasn't been one of perfection. When my kid comes to me and asks about drugs or alcohol or premarital sex, what am I gonna say; "Do as I say, not as I do"? That's not going to cut it. The honesty I exhibit, even in discussing my insane and ill advised youth, is just another example of exhibiting the morals I want my child to have. I'm stuck here, and I just hope I can send them to Catie when it comes to stuff like that. She grew up a saint.