Bathroom = Den of Solitude

Have you ever wondered why some people take reading material to the bathroom with them? I have discovered since having a teenager move in with me that the bathroom is usually the one place I can go and be alone. My bathroom is the place where I can safely read my text books, cry or scream in the shower or just have a few moments to collect my discombobulated thoughts. The crazy thing is, I often have my best thoughts in there ( such as this blog for instance). My bathroom is my sanctuary, my sanity saver. It's good no matter where the military sends us, I will always have at least one in my home to run to and call my own. I enjoy my den of solitude and hope you will all find one of your own.

The Importance of Real Friends

Lately I have been reflecting on the importance of friends. For the whole five of you that read my blog, I know you can understand where I am coming from. We have all had those people in our lives that suck and drain the energy and the will to live straight out of you. These are the 'toxics'. Now I am not saying that your friends will always be easy on you and there will be no draining encounters, but most friends can appreciate the give and take of a relationship. There are those that believe that the opposite party in the friendship should be accountable for all forms of communication while they sit back and crap on you for your lack of effort, time and energy for being the lackey. There are those that don't care whether you initiate the contact or not, but their only conversational topic is themselves and anything that is troubling you is non existent and no reason for them to bother themselves if it doesn't somehow affect them. These are the 'one siders'. There are those truly special gems that we come across that can continue to be your friends once you have moved, can always be counted on and can give as much to the relationships they take from it. These are the friends that get you through the tough times, never ask for more information than you are willing to give and are always available to stand up for you, behind you or beside you when needed. They will commiserate with you, console you and put you in check if you over step your bounds. These are the ones that it is important to keep close to you for they will be there for you long into the future, overlook your flaws and annoying habits and accept you as you are.

I need a muse

Week 5 in my Juvenile Justice class.
2 assignments to go
need a little ....

INSPIRATION to get to them and do them..

because I am already on BREAK WEEK BABY

Ode to my Spotbot

My lovely litte Spotbot. You have been a true friend to me.
Having two fur babies has left some soiled carpets and you were there to help clean them up.
You left cropcircle like designs on my carpet for all to see
But alas, the workload was too much
You stopped beeping
Your light went dim
you refuse to work anymore
Our two years have come to an end when you left me with a mess that you would not clean up
Could not clean up
Im plug you in and .......
Nothing
I bid you farewell, my dear friend
Enjoy your eternal slumber
We got a Little Green now.............

Toilet Paper: A Users Guide

Now I know that my girls reading this are going to Amen, but I have to say it anyways....

Men- We know that you do't like doing spontaneous "chores", but when you use the last squares of the TP in the bathroom, CHANGE IT. Don't leave it for your wife, mother, sister or some other raandom female passing through to take care of it. I know you feel that you don't use 'all that much' and that since the greatest percentage of squares used is by a female, that doesn't mean that you should just walk away leaving nothing for the next person.

This also means do not use just enough to leave two squares for the next person, because guaranteed, that last one is glued to the role. This entire process is not that hard people.......

Bottom line- change the role when it nears empty, leave more than none and you might just get lucky afterwards !!!!!

The Self Importance Syndrome

Daily, I encounter people who puff up their own self importance for the display and benefit of others. It happens while I am in my car, at work, on the phone, at the grocery store and the list goes on. In our society, we have become a nation absorbed in keeping up with the Jones's. This means in an attempt to do this we often place our ego and self worth on a pedestal next to our treasures to make us look better or bigger or more "All that and a bag o chips"
I have encountered situations in my life where personal issue's are brought forth before others in an attempt to garner attention. I know we are all guilty of this, because quite frankly, when faced with adversity, we tend to close ranks and lament to anyone who will listen in hopes of help and attention. However, when said lamenting creates more drama than is needed in a situation, this is when people need to cool their jets. They have been caught up in the drama...dun dun dunhhhhh
Case in point, my stepson B thrives on a drama filled environment. He has the ability to go from 0-60 in no time flat over silly things. B: Where are you going? Me: to the bathroom B: When are you coming back me : um... when I'm done...... and usually I open the bathroom door and he is standing outside of it.... did I mention he is 13 and should be able to let me travel to the bathroom alone? His response to why he is outside the door... because I was gone for too long....

or if the phone rings and during the conversation he over hears Oh my gosh or some other derivative.. he panics and races down the stairs.... What's wrong? Nothing requiring the effort you are putting forth that is for sure.

Anyways... the original point I was trying to make here is that we all need to be needed, publicly raised on a platform and cajoled because we have come to a point in life where we believe this to be a necessity.....

After all, I was just the center of your universe for the last 5 minutes.... now doesn't that make me special?

I feel a blog comming on....

So as most of you know already, I have the most random ( and usually sarcastic) thoughts come into my head, and one thought does no necessarily correlate with any other, but this is why you are inside my head. I can be driving down the road, or wake up from a deep ( medication induced) sleep and have some of the weirdest thoughts. This coming week I hope to finally get some of them down here so that the world may know how wacky I really am. Some topics I hope to address: God/Jesus and religion, Drama and Melodramatics, Ode to my Spotbot to name a few. Stay tuned because when you hear the theme music, you know I feel ablig comming on