Random Ramblings

When I lie awake at night, often post ideas swim around my head, most of which are pretty good. But when I wake up the next day (or at least when I have the time to sit down and write a post), those great ideas and half-written-in-my-head posts have disappeared. So I just thought I would throw a few things out there.

I went to a fashion show today, to support J's school. Considering my near lack of fashion, it is kind of funny, but it was actually a nice time, made better by my winning a small door prize. If nothing else, I was happy to see a pair of medium-length shorts on one of the eight-grade models. Anymore, it seems as if shorts come in two sizes—an inch or two just below the butt or well below the knees, which I guess are not really shorts. Hooray for a happy medium!
In case you were wondering, being out of work for three years is kind of like a lifetime. Unfortunately, those few freelance projects over the past few years as well as my share of subbing are just not the same as going into an office a few days a week. I had truly forgotten what it was like to sit in traffic, work a long day in an office, and deal with clients on a daily basis. Things are different out there in 2012, and we all know how much I love change...
Date night/afternoon/a couple of hours is important. I realize I did not say anything new here, but Brian and I are quite guilty of putting our child well above our marriage, which is not healthy for the marriage. We last went out for dinner, just the two of us, back in December. Yesterday, we spent most of the day together while J spent the day and night (and today as well) at Grammy's. It was nice to eat lunch out, go to Home Depot (which I love), watch a movie together, eat in, and just hang out. Even today, thanks to my forgetting my cell phone on my way to church, Brian met me after church with the phone, and we spent 10 minutes together at the coffee shop before I headed off to the fashion show/luncheon. We really needed that time together.
It took me only one day to get over the Pens early exit from the playoffs. I think I am getting pretty used to hockey being over in April, though I don't like it one bit. It does make me feel a little sad to think I have to wait over five months to see the Pens play again, but so is life. And as one of my former students said after the final game (loss), many of the players are still rich and I am still not. Indeed.
I have never pretended to know a lot about the health care overhaul, but I am supportive of at least some aspects of the Affordable Care Act. I know that someone has to pay for it, but there are probably a lot of people out there who do not get regular checkups because they don't have that extra money to spend (and, yes, some just choose to spend that money elsewhere). And no matter where you stand on the issue of birth control, the fact is that it is much cheaper than having and raising a baby.
I am glad the primary is over. I received a record number of calls in the past month or so, sometimes as many as six a day. People who were not even on my ballot called me. Sheesh.
Finally, as I have said here and in many other blogs, try to remember that one of the most important things you can do in life is treat others well (or at least not badly). You can be the biggest believer in God and the most regular church attendee, but if you treat others poorly, you might as well just stay home.

Now go out there and try to do the right thing. :-)

What a year 2021 has been (Day 7)

I have almost no words for what happened yesterday at the Capitol. Protesting is one thing (though I truly think it is and has been time to move on). But to storm the Capitol? A friend on Facebook said, quite simply, " Almost 20 years ago a group of people on an airplane sacrificed themselves to protect the Capitol. How far we have fallen!" Indeed. And, yes, it IS storming the Capitol. I have seen numerous videos of people knocking down barricades/fences, pushing police officers, and breaking windows and climbing through them. That is beyond protesting. And even if a protestor did not do those things, if they followed those seditionists past those barricades and into the building, they are just as guilty. I did not support the violent protests this summer that resulted in damages to businesses and public property (I was in full support of the actual protests). But I also acknowledged as a white person, I cannot truly put myself in the position of a black person who is angry a...

Why do they stand up there and say that when they are just lying?

That extra-long title is courtesy of my nine-year-old and was something she uttered during "Say Yes to the Dress" on Friday evening. I watch very little reality TV, but I make an exception for this show because I like to look at the dresses. And sometimes, the stories are heart-warming. Typically at the end of the show, a snippet of a wedding is aired. In this particular show, a woman who was confined to a wheelchair was exchanging vows with her fiance. After the two of them finished, J made her comment. I asked her what she meant as I must have been on the computer while the TV was on, and she explained that because so many people just get divorced, why do they even say "as long as we both shall live"? That is tough one, kid. I tried with what I thought was a sound explanation: Most of the people who get married truly believe they will be together the rest of their lives, but sometimes it just doesn't work out. But if you don't think that you will be ...

Disenfranchised Republican

When I went to vote this a.m., I handed my ID to the guy, since my last name can be tricky. He looked for several minutes in the box with the cards. Then he asked if I was in the right place (there is another area in this room, for people in a different neighborhood, I presume). And I told him that this is where I have always voted. He then reviewed the bound paper list, found my name, but could not figure out why it was there, yet not in the box with the cards. Then he realized what was going on and rather exclaimed, "Oh, you are a Republican!" One of the ladies sitting next to him said, "Oh, one of those." I said I assumed they had not seen too many of "my kind" that morning, and she said I was the third. Then, being the open person I am, I eagerly said I was coming to rock the vote and vote for Ron Paul. One of the women commented that she liked some of the things he had stood for, perhaps to try to make me feel as if I was not voting for a terrible per...

bluzdude said…

You know, I keep a tablet and pen on my nightstand for just that very reason. Unfortunately, most of the time, I am completely incapable of deciphering what I wrote.

April 29, 2012 at 6:51 PM

Facie said…

There were a few times I would scrawl some things down, but what you said is pretty much what happened. Plus I am usually so tired I cannot even muster the energy to open my eyes, let alone pick up a pen and start writing. If only osmosis (from my head to paper or the computer) would work...

April 30, 2012 at 7:38 PM

chris h. said…

What struck me the most is that you had a "date" to go to Home Depot (and that you still love to go). I lost that lovin' feelin' for Lowe's & HD after about a year in fixer-upperhood...used to be my favorite store, but going seemingly every weekend for years (and WAY too much time in the lumber, electrical, and nails & screws aisles) finally got to me.

May 2, 2012 at 9:50 PM

If I went to the HD like I went to the grocery store, I would feel the same way. But I typically go once a month, so it is still nice. If I could win a gift card anywhere, it would be to that place; the things I would do (or pay someone to do)
:-)

May 3, 2012 at 9:58 AM

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