Thursday Thirteen - 13 random questions lingering in my brain

It's been a painful week. Our dog was attacked by another dog while I had her out for a walk. I've experienced many public displays of hysteria with my children. And our little family enjoyed the craziness of a live Max and Ruby stage show in a nearby town.

In my travels this week, here's 13 random questions I've had floating through my brain.

1. Why is it that no matter how many kids you already have, people always ask whether you're going to have more?

2. Why do grandparents always take their grand kids out for fast food lunches? One of my clearest memories of my grandparents is our outings to McDonalds....back when the now medium drink was a large and a whole family could eat for under $10.

3. Why, when on uphill hikes, the mother will always carry the baby in the backpack instead of the father?

4. Why do kids hate having their hair washed?

5. How can kids (and dogs for that matter) run around all day and not seem tired, especially when by 3pm I'm usually ready for a nap? I'm always amazed that my kids are still running around screaming at 5pm when I pick them up from daycare on Fridays.

6. At what age to women suddenly decide they have to have short haircuts? You know the haircut I mean...short, grey, permed.

7. Why do children seem to find the most unreasonable thing to meltdown over...like how many french fries you're taking from them to share, or not letting them put ice in their own cup.

8. Why does dog hair only gather in certain parts of the house - like behind couches or under dinner tables? And why is it always in places where the afternoon sun likes to shine, just drawing attention to it?

9. Why are kids always raring to go at 6am whereas parents would love to sleep in until 10am? OK, maybe it's just me.

10. Why, if your dog bit another dog, would you give a false name? I'm bitter and hostile.

11. Why can I always fall asleep in the afternoon for a nap (even with the loudest outside noise), but at night the slightest sound drives me batty?

12. Why is it so difficult to stop eating chocolate and drinking caffeinated beverages? Ok - I know these items contained addictive qualities....it's more rhetorical.

13. What would my life be like if I hadn't gotten on a bus to Noosa Australia, 11 years ago? This is a "Sliding Doors" question....you know, how one instant in time could change your entire life. I'm sure glad I got on that bus.

Any crazy questions floating around in your brain?