Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I was thinking this morning, I really don't learn my lesson very easily. How many times have I done something and said NEVER again, but yet find myself doing it A-GAIN (still saying never again!). Here is the list I can think of right now. Hmmm, maybe I should just never say never and save myself the embarrassment. :)

• After Mason's traumatic birth I said I would NEVER do it again. :) Um, problem, since there is a baby in there and it has to come out somehow.
• Never EVER buy another piece of workout equipment, I never use it. Just bought my second treadmill (total we have purchased and returned or sold 1 previous treadmill and 2 ellipticals, not to mention the Wii Fit, collection of workout videos, aerobics steps, and weight sets all collecting dust in corners of my house).
• I would not gain 65 lbs. the next time I got pregnant. I know better now. I have done it twice, and it will probably happen again no matter how hard I try to avoid it. (Hence the purchase of another treadmill, and the gathering of workout equipment from the far corners of my house)
• After the 1st half marathon I said NEVER again. I ran 2 more that year. Would like to do another one after the baby. THEN never again. :)
• Put more money into fixing a car than it's actually worth. Let's not talk about Matt's truck right now. Sore subject.
• Cut my hair while pregnant. I do it every time. I hate it every time. I am trying to talk myself out of it, but I REALLY want to do it, even knowing I will regret it.
• Preschool Pals. We did it last year, taking turns teaching, chaos, craziness, never EVER again. Doing it again this year. McKinley loves it. At least we learned enough to make improvements.
• Coaching Itty Bitty Ball at the rec center. It's a love/hate thing. I actually love it, but it just adds one more thing to my crazy erratic schedule, and every session I say I am done. But, alas, the next session rolls around and I can't imagine not doing it. Until it starts. I have done it for over a year now. And intend to continue. And continue to say NEVER again after each session is done and life returns to 'normal.'
• NEVER schedule Dr. appointments at 9 am in Provo. Yeah right. Why do I always think I will make it on time for SURE the next time when I can't leave my house before 10? I just scheduled my next Dr. appointment. It's at 9 am.
• Start another project before I finish the last one. I always say I will NEVER do that again. But, they are so tempting to start, and the final finishing details are so tedious and easy to procrastinate. Let's count the number of unfinished projects around my house. Actually, let's not. Let's just say there are many.

Well, if I don't leave now I will be late to pick Kinley up from Preschool, AGAIN, but there are plenty more items on my list of lessons never really learned. Gym memberships being one of them, but we will go there another day. Ah, how quickly we forget. :) At least it gives me something to blog about... and laugh about... afterwards.