Sour notes

So tonight I say, " You've worked your......... fanny's off. It's now time to show it."

Ughh. May assistant clarifies, "Show your work, not your fannies"

Not any better.

It was a long night..........

Robbed

Well, I knew it happened. I just didn't think it'd happen here to me.

Yesterday we found out that my bike, my five year old kinda expensive bicycle had been stolen. Now, a night and police report later, we'll see what happens next.

What will cost more? replacing the bike OR filing the insurance claim and watching the renter insurance go up?? Hmmm.

Damn this war.

Misconstrued

Hey fellow bloggers,

Ever wonder who reads your words on these things? Do you ever wonder that someone reading them may totally misconstrue what you have said or make incorrect assumptions? I am guessing these are the times you choose words carefully, content vs context.

Just wondering.

I am Sam

A parent's love summed up in a movie. I have never cried so much.

Modified quote

"It's not what we do that defines us. It is how we get up after we have fallen that truly shows who we are" - from movie "Maid in Manhattan"

Behavior Modification

What do you think? It is said that if you want someone to act differently to or with you, you have to enact change on your end first. Well, have you ever felt that you try to act differently yet around someone you know, yet their persistent behavior facilitates you returning to the prior behavior?

My thought here - the beauty in moving away from somewhere you are known is that you have a clean slate. Have you ever felt that after you have been classified or pigeon-holed that you can't change the way people act around you?

Not a current problem, just a thought. A convoluted, ambiguous thought :-)

Themes

Last night, As I got ready for bed, I realized that I did not have my cell phone. this normally would be a status that would drive me to stress, as the phone is also my alarm, but as I didn't have any pressing appointment to wake up for, I just figured that I 'sort of' remember where it might be, it's not in any danger, and I'll get it at my convenience. Not only that but, some of the information it contains which I once thought was very important to me is not as viable as it once was and, as far as I know, it might no longer be accurate.As for the rest, I can reacquire it if I deem necessary.

In fact, not having the cell phone has been both slightly distressing but also liberating. I think I know where it is, so I can get it when I want it. The beauty is that it doesn't have a say when I decide that I do need it. All it can do is decide to no longer work.

I think that is a theme. Sometimes when you loose something it can be kind of liberating. You explore life without it and feel that you can do it, it's not as bad as you might have thought, and maybe, if you have to or want to, you can replace it with something better. Alas, if you've lived with something for a period of time, you become comfortable with the knowledge that it's there, comfortable with the benefits and inconveniences that it brings with it, and when it's gone, you feel the absence of it.

I guess that's the challenge. When is life better? With or without it?

Note: I still haven't retrieved the cell phone. But I have purchased several pairs of shoes :-)

State of affairs

It might be considered a sad state of affairs when the stove clock pings 10:40 and you think it might have been a bad idea to watch a movie and stay up an hour past your bedtime.

Maybe not sad, but definitely different.

This from the girl in CO who prides herself on being raised "east coast". I guess I'm just all about different states. ;-)

Enough said. I am dead. Time for bed.