Obligatory comment about today's earthquake: HOLY CRAP! AN EARTHQUAKE!!
Chilean miners are rescued, but now some must deal with the fallout from having their wives and mistresses meet each other at Camp Esperanza.
One thing in school that actually prepared me for adult life is when the teacher would punish the entire class for something one or two people did. How like life! If you need an example, just think about airport security.
My brother and his wife broke down and decide to take one of my wayward kitties home with them. YAY!!
It is illegal to wear headphones while driving, but it is perfectly OK to blast your stereo, as long as you don't break the local noise ordinances.
We kill criminals to teach people that killing is wrong. Huh????
Hospital food has decidedly improved over the last twenty years, and some have even removed the evil lime-green jell-o from the menu. That is progress in health care!!
Trekkies or Trekkers? If you're in public dressed as a Klingon, and it's NOT Halloween, how important is semantics, really?
Speaking of Halloween, why can't grown-ups go trick-or-treating? I have more money and time to invest in better costumes now!
When my dog has to barf, why does he ALWAYS run from from the tiled areas of the house to the one place where there is carpet before he hurls???
I have really been craving mini-corndogs and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I can safely say I have NEVER craved tofu, broccoli, celery or fat-free anything!
Just a few little pieces of sunshine for anyone whose day has really sucked!! Special love to my friend, Dar. Crazyterp Loves You!!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
The Extraordinary Gift of Kindness
Someone told me once that a remedy for depression is to step outside my own worries and help someone else with theirs. This weekend, I got to test that theory, and I would say it definitely has merit.
A friend recently came home from the hospital, but while she was in, she needed help getting her house cleaned and organized when she got home. Since she has been ill for almost a year, the job was a bit daunting. Still, we got it done. When I brought her home last night, she was overjoyed and overwhelmed to find her living space clean and everything set up so that she could access what she needed easily.
While she was overwhelmed that a few of her friends were willing to give up their weekends to help her, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of frustration because such an act is considered extraordinary in our society. Isn't helping a person in need, friend or not, a basic act of kindness that civilized society should consider the norm? And more personally, what if I were in a situation where I needed that kind of help...wait...I HAVE been in that position, and very recently!
This weekend I got a gift, too - I got to see God at work through the hearts and hands of a group of friends. A simple gift of kindness.
In loving memory of Muffin (1987 -2010)
A friend recently came home from the hospital, but while she was in, she needed help getting her house cleaned and organized when she got home. Since she has been ill for almost a year, the job was a bit daunting. Still, we got it done. When I brought her home last night, she was overjoyed and overwhelmed to find her living space clean and everything set up so that she could access what she needed easily.
While she was overwhelmed that a few of her friends were willing to give up their weekends to help her, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of frustration because such an act is considered extraordinary in our society. Isn't helping a person in need, friend or not, a basic act of kindness that civilized society should consider the norm? And more personally, what if I were in a situation where I needed that kind of help...wait...I HAVE been in that position, and very recently!
This weekend I got a gift, too - I got to see God at work through the hearts and hands of a group of friends. A simple gift of kindness.
In loving memory of Muffin (1987 -2010)
Thursday, October 7, 2010
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!
Yeah, I haven't blogged in over a month. I suck. I'm sorry, at least to the half dozen of you who are bored enough to read my little ramblings.
Quick update...trying to move, still depressed and now I am facing a question I haven't considered in twenty years: What do I want to be when I grow up?
I have spent twenty years as a sign language interpeter. It's all I know how to do. My Visual Services counselor believes that I have some magical set of hidden "soft skills" that can be manipulated into a new reason for living. I wish she'd fill me in. However, since I don't have faith in myself, I hold on to her faith in me, and I dutifully bring her the necessary paperwork so she can open up a case for me. Then there will be aptitude and interest assessments, and if there's one thing I have always been good at, it's taking tests. Too bad there isn't a job just for people who can do that. Then a vocational plan, and if the planets align just right, I might be able to get a second career...doing I don't know what exactly.
But first, I should probably get off my butt and give her the paper work. The next right step.
Quick update...trying to move, still depressed and now I am facing a question I haven't considered in twenty years: What do I want to be when I grow up?
I have spent twenty years as a sign language interpeter. It's all I know how to do. My Visual Services counselor believes that I have some magical set of hidden "soft skills" that can be manipulated into a new reason for living. I wish she'd fill me in. However, since I don't have faith in myself, I hold on to her faith in me, and I dutifully bring her the necessary paperwork so she can open up a case for me. Then there will be aptitude and interest assessments, and if there's one thing I have always been good at, it's taking tests. Too bad there isn't a job just for people who can do that. Then a vocational plan, and if the planets align just right, I might be able to get a second career...doing I don't know what exactly.
But first, I should probably get off my butt and give her the paper work. The next right step.
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