Day 42 - Buh-Bye

Mubarek just stepped down. YES!

Day 41 - The Shoe Thing

I think the Middle Eastern tradition of holding up one of their shoes in protest and disgust is really funny. I'm trying to imagine us doing that here in the United States. So odd.

Day 40 - There's Literal and Then There's Just Rude

I did a bunch of baking today for a tea at a local preschool. (I just love getting paid to bake!) You would think that the real story here would be how my oven exploded in the process of making banana-nut mini-muffins and how my ex-firefighter-current-contractor husband saved the day, but...it's NOT.

I had a bunch extra of those banana-nut mini-muffins - probably about four or five dozen, so I decided to take them into work and put them in the main workroom for my co-workers to enjoy. I put them into an aluminum tin I had with a lid and threw in a stick of butter (muffins are always better with butter) and put a little sign on the top saying, "Banana-nut muffins - help yourself!" About forty-five minutes after I get to work, Sarah (a co-worker/friend) comes up to me and says, "Did you bring those banana-nut muffins in?" And I replied, "Yup, did you get a couple of them?" She said, "Uh, NO. I didn't have a chance. Terry (This REALLY annoying co-worker that gives people fist-bumps on a regular basis) picked up the whole container and told me that she was going to take them to her next class."

WHAT?! THE?! F----?!?!?!

Lisa (front desk lady that was standing there with us) and I just stared at Sarah with our mouths hanging open. When I finally recovered a bit, I said, "Are you serious?" and Sarah said, "Yeah, when I looked at her kind of oddly about it she said, 'Well it says to help yourself'!!"

WHO DOES THAT??

Day 39 - Blinding Light

This morning, I was holding a light up to a page I was trying to read (I'm old and the eyes are going.) and by mistake I turned the light towards my face and was temporarily blinded by it. It suddenly struck me how odd it is that the same exact thing you need to see better can also blind you.

Isn't that weird? The irony of it? I guess it's the same idea behind the "Too much of a good thing" adage. Things that taste oh-so-good are oh-so-bad for you if you eat too much of them. Love is such a powerfully wonderful force but obsession or loving someone that isn't good for you can destroy you. Exercise can change your health for the better but too much exercise can literally kill you (think eating disorder).

I honestly don't know where I'm going with this train of thought but it's had me thinking all day about only accepting what we need in amounts that are good for us in our lives and knowing when to stop. When to pull back. When to walk away. I hate that I'm 45 and just learning some of this now. That's what getting stuck in 1984 will do to ya, I guess.

I really do think I'm getting better at it though. I know now when to walk away from an unhealthy friendship and not feel regretful about it or like a failure. I know when I need to make some changes about my job situation. I know how to set better limits as a parent and in my marriage -what's acceptable to me and what's not - and remain unapologetic about it. (NEVER apologize for insisting on what is right.)

It feels good, and liberating, to have things be so much clearer to me now. I'm finally growing (up) I think.

Day 38 - Pet Peeve #3

People who pull out in front of you, cutting you off, who then drive REEEAALLLY slowly. It especially annoys me when someone does this when THERE IS NO ONE BEHIND ME. I mean seriously, you couldn't wait another three seconds until I passed by you and pulled out then?? And why, if you're such a "careful" driver (today someone who would not go faster than 25 in a 45 zone) are you pulling out into oncoming traffic, cutting someone off and thus creating an unsafe situation?? It so pisses me off.

Day 37 - From Bad Actor To Murderer?

I'm watching The Towering Inferno right now (I know, I watch too much TV.) which I've never seen before and up pops OJ Simpson. Freaked me out a little bit. He's a really bad actor. And most likely a really terrible person. What happens to people? How does one end up being a wife-beater - or worse? I could go into all of that right now - theorizing, analyzing, speculating - but I don't think he's worth it. I'm just going to fold laundry and enjoy the 70's flashback. Those clothes and hairstyles are bitchin'!

(I'm also getting the feeling that this movie might be pretty upsetting to watch post-9/11.)

Day 36 - Renee Zellweger Kicks Ass

I'm watching Case 39 right now and it's scaring the bajeebers out of me.

Day 35 - Uhhmm...Yeah....

Me. Yoga.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Day 34 - Yoga

I start yoga in the morning. I'm hoping it helps with my hip. I'm old. My hip hurts. All the time.

All. the. time.

We have no insurance so my prayer is that I get some relief. Limping around is getting really embarrassing.

I bought the mat, have the cute yoga clothes, got driving directions and it's a go. Eek!

Day 33 - Egypt

What the heck is up with Egypt? And what do they have against Anderson Cooper? Sheesh.

I am all for liberty and freedom and certainly for a citizen's rights to fight for those things, but turning on the American press is a big mistake. HUGE. The tide of support will go against them if they don't remain focused on their original goal - democracy.

Careful everyone. Innocent people will continue to get hurt - or worse - which is really no different that what is being protested about Murbaraks rule over the Egyptian people in the first place. Calm and reason are critical here.

Day 32 - Random

I need a vacation. Bad. I think about it all day, everyday.

I don't think that Vince Vaughn would be so cute if he weren't so tall.

"I think that maybe I should let go of all of the anger." "Then what would you do with all of your free time?" Great line from SATC!

I don't understand the Kardashians - AT ALL.

I love Starbucks Double Chocolately-Chip Fraps.

I miss an old friend.

I won't lie...I wish I were rich.

Fatso is absolutely irresistible.