I had to set my Mom straight this morning just as I had to set Adam (Phil) and Michael straight at Barwis.
Sean seems to think and has told me that I am, “Hugh maintenance.” I have constantly corrected him by saying that I am NOT “High maintenance”, I am just “High standards!” Now, I will admit that I am pretty particular about things but I don’t even wear make up!
Sean and I have had discussions about whether it is an MS thing or if that’s just how I am. I think that MS may intensify things but, I think that’s just the way I am. It’s extremely difficult when you have to depend on other people to do things that you used to be able to do by yourself and you no longer are able.
So it HAS to be correct! DUH?!
Phil was the first person to call me this when I said something about the arrangement of some kind of gym equipment or something. I can’t even remember what it was but I wanted something arranged in a particular way and before he started to rearrange it, he said, “Okay, Princess.” I laughed really loudly and then told him that I am NOT a princess! I was already in my 30s by then and I told him, “I am a Queen.” He laughed at that.
I don’t remember what me and Michael were talking about at Barwis but it was years later and he too said, “Okay Princess!” I’m not even sure if I laughed when he did that because I was in my mid 30s at that point but I had no qualms in letting him know that, “I am a Queen!”
So today, during our morning routine, I told my Mom that I wanted something done a certain way to which she replied, “Okay, Princess!” Even though I am now in my late 30s, I laughed because I thought of both Phil and Michael calling me a “Princess.” I KNOW that I am DEFINITELY a Queen now but it does make me take pause at the fact that three different people called me that at three different times in my life. But I guess that doesn’t matter because, I AM a Queen!… at least, that is what I tell myself!