I'm a quitter...

Today on the radio they had people call in and talk about things that they quit. Several women quit child birthing class; one quit tutoring kids after school (poor kids will never learn how to read!!); another applied for college, got accepted, and never went. So I started thinking about all the things I’ve quit in my lifetime…

High school: After junior year, I quit volleyball and softball. My official reasoning was that I wanted more time to party and didn’t want to have to worry about getting kicked off of a team if I got caught. (besides, it’s really hard to go to practice on a Friday night and be ready to go out by 6:30 or 7) My unofficial reason is that I sucked at volleyball and barely got to play, (even though I was a really good server, my coach didn’t believe me and thought all my good serves in practice were a fluke) and I developed a fear of the ball in softball. It was terrible, one day I did really good in a game, my coach told me that if I kept up the good play, I would be starting my senior year. The next day I couldn’t field a ground ball. Every time I missed, everyone had to run a lap. Finally, I gave up and started crying and told my coach that my stomach hurt and I got to go home. I finished the season, but there was no way I was playing my senior year.

College: After taking MGMT 200 & 201, I quit accounting. What?? you say? I thought that was your degree? Yes…because I went back after a couple of years and did the 6 classes required to get the accounting degree. But when I was in college, I thought the major was too hard and thought that I could get a good job with just a management major. NO ONE told me that with a management major, you can either go into sales or work at McDonalds. Subway if you are lucky. Not my cup o tea. Besides, I liked to party and didn’t want class or homework to get in the way.

Post-College: I quit my first job at Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Granted, this was a terrible job, and I did stay for one year of hell. But I quit after one year and 10 days. Without another job lined up. Still paying off debts from that time to this day.

Recently: The latest thing that I quit was agility with The Fonz. Now, to be fair, the damn dog did lick his foot to oblivion and several kinds of infections. Then, he had a cyst removed and his incision popped open, so that took about a month to heal. But we never went back like I planned. He’ll be 9 in September, and while I would love to go back, I am almost afraid of triggering terrible arthritis and having him be in unnecessary pain. That, and summer is here, and if I plan on cutting my own grass and getting the house ready to sell, Tuesday nights are out. Besides, I always have that fear of us sucking and not doing well. And everyone else laughing at me.

Others: I don’t know if this counts, but I own a karaoke machine. I tried to use it a couple of times, but I couldn’t hear myself, so what was the point in practicing to get better, if you can’t hear yourself? It is in a closet. I also own a pair of golf clubs. The deal was that Workaholic and I take dancing classes for our wedding, and I would learn how to golf. He works too much to golf more then three times a summer, and I don’t have much of a desire to shell out the money to learn how. They are hanging in the garage. I also have a relatively unused bike and pair of rollerblades and elliptical machine…are we seeing a pattern here?? I wonder if any of this has to do with my back pain and the terrible shape that I am in…

So what are things that you have quit? You can leave in comments section, and be totally anonymous....Come on people, make me feel better about my lifetime of quittiness...