on the flip side

And the big news of the day is that . . .Sandy was a doozy, possibly the biggest hurricane to ever hit the US, over a dozen deaths, millions of people without power, likely billions of dollars of damage done.

3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)

Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeps guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Hurricane Sandy at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Oct. 29, 2012. Hyde lives by the Sentinel's Creed which in part says “Through the years of diligence and praise and the discomfort of the elements, I will walk my tour in humble reverence to the best of my ability”. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.) 


On a selfish note, I'm just happy I have power to be able to post this, not that anyone cares but I post this for my own benefit.  If anyone stumbles onto my little blog, they're welcome to peek into the recesses of my mind though I have no guarantee they will find it amusing or interesting but hey, I find it both ways & that's all that matters.  hee hee

Anyway, I am sorry for the people who lost their lives in this monster storm.  I am happy for the people who were out there helping others.  I am hopeful that the people who lost their things to the floods and whatnot will be able to get their lives back soon.  I hope all out there stay safe & remember to prepare. God speed!

Shoot me now!

So I had a trying week last week.  Not only was my own list of things to do quite extensive with more than the usual things that need to do, there was also on top of all that, things from the left universe came at me so that I had to drop my own stuff.  I could have handled that, as I’ve come to expect situations like that.  What got to me was the utter disrespect that I received for the sacrifices I made on behalf of my family. 

I gave a warning that there is a slight chance I may be a little late to a certain event.  The person took it as I was going to leave them.  I replied that I was not going to do any sort of things, that a previous engagement that I had made weeks before was scheduled right before and that if things ran late a little late it may take me longer to get to the second event.  I was asked to drop it.  I was appalled and told her that I could not do that.  What blew my top was that she took it as me abandoning them for the other person.  I firmly and with a bit of anger in my voice told her that I was not at all leaving them and repeated that I may be a few minutes late.  At that point, I simply walked away as I did not want to let the argument spiral downward.  I went back to my dinner of crappy leftovers and fumed at how I could have been with my family as they ate a decent dinner with the other set of grandparents and I was stuck attending to these people’s needs while they kept demanding more.  As you can image, I was quite fed up.  Though that was the worst of it, the rest of the week continued so that rest was a commodity not to be taken lightly until Friday I was done and stated it to the world that the weekend would be spent only play video games, watching movies and eating ice cream or chocolate. 

Of course, that didn't happen.  In fact, that Sat. I checked off 7 things off my list to do list.  It wasn't til that night that I realized that I’m addicted to being productive.  Those moments that people take to sit down and take a breather, I usually use to actually plan out the next step to my attack plan on my to-do list.  Sad, I know, but it makes me happy to get things done.  

I don't know how to relax.  Even during my supposed down time I'm getting things off my own personal list of things to do--watching that movie that I wanted to see, listening to music as I let my mind try to work through the current writer's block.  Actually, doing something for the simple sake of enjoyment is something that I no longer know how to do though there is one thing that falls under this category and that is archery.  It's the only activity that I have done, in which the entire world falls away and my mind is singularly focused on how far I can pull the bow back and release the arrow so that it hits the target.  

For the sake of the world and my own sanity, I do hope I can buy a bow and arrow soon.  

productive

It seems like every single time I even remember that I have a blog floating somewhere in the infinite information space of the Internet, I make up my mind to start posting on it again and then promptly forget all about it.  Honestly, I'm disappointed in myself every single time this happens so you would think I would make more of an effort to post something, even if it would just be a sentence or 2, but real life tends to push all such personal endeavors into the black hole of being busy.

So, here we are again, but this time I have an ace in my sleeve--I thank my husband many times over for the insight to convince me to buy an Ipad.  I hate the extravagant cost of the thing but for me, it has become infinitely worth it.  I use it everyday and all day from the calendar to keep up my scheduling, the reminders with its many beeps to help me remember to do all that I need to do when it is due, to the note taking abilities for all of the information that I need to take down and keep at the tip of my hand.  I have even come across uses for it that I would have never expected such as the free eBooks of the classics, to using it to keep track of people by checking in on Facebook, even keeping track of my calories for the day, translating different languages, checking up on the real estate market and references for science and literature facts.  It has most definitely become my second brain and thanks to this miracle electronic I get more things done in a day faster than a beaver can fell a tree.  In fact, I have even put in a biweekly reminder that I need to update my blog, so expect those updates.  

To sum it up, I'm baaaaaaack!!  hee hee.