Clumsy Life

I'm perfectly aware that this post is more than a bit later, which is a shame as for a good long while I hadn't been more than a day or 2 late at the most.

Have you ever had everything going so well for you that you can hardly believe it? You've been trudging forward ever slowly towards that horizon that you can barely see in the far off distant when suddenly it feels like you're starting to walk faster and you can actually see what you're heading towards. You actually start to feel hopeful that you might finally get to where you want to be so badly, when suddenly the ground is pulled out from underneath you. You stumble; you trip and It hurts. The disappointment is like a knife right in your heart and it makes everything around you bitter tasting but you don't have time or the energy to feel it because you have to keep going. Too many people rely on you for you to stop and wallow so you swallow it all down and continue to take the next step and the next step after that.

Yup, that's how I feel right now. 

As I said, I will continue though. I have no choice. Hopefully, I'll have something more interesting to post next time. 

Anti-Social Media

Social Media is an obsession of the First World. News travels through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and whatever else app that someone has downloaded and is now passing among their friends.

Yes, I use social media. I'm primarily a Facebook user. I have a Twitter account but I rarely use it. I have never signed up for Instagram and though I was invited into Google Plus, I never bothered with that either. It's a bit too much for me to be constantly signed into such things. I don't particularly care what each person is doing minute to minute. You have a fairly interesting update in your life that you feel you need to share then I'm more than willing to lend a few minutes of my time or you have something that's funny and silly to share then let's chuckle together. I don't understand the need to constantly post 300 selfies a day or 300 updates a day about the food you just ate or how the pencil broke or how you just suck at life in general. It is a great way to keep in touch with people you don't see on a daily basis though and I'm all for that. 

I could go on about things but instead I'll share this link--http://www.itpatraining.com/Responsible_Social_Networking

Social media is a powerful tool. It's like drinking--a little bit is good, too much and it makes you look like a douche. Please use social media responsibly. 

Marriage is Marriage

So finally, America is dragged into the current world and people are allowed to marry who they want to marry, whether gay or straight. It's about bloody time is my attitude.

Of course, there are the naysayers and their views are narrow-minded and judgmental. Marriage is just one man and one woman and that by by allowing a man to marry another man and a woman to marry another woman, it is ruining the sanctity of marriage. Do you know what ruins the sanctity of marriage? People who get married when they are high and drunk only to divorce or annul it months, weeks, days, even hours later. The worst thing about this are child brides and child grooms. There are children who are married off to another child of similar underage or a much older person for the price of a cow or the price of one less mouth to feed in a large family living in a poor country. There are those who want to use the Bible argument. I'd like to point out that that same section of Leviticus states that women are unclean and should not be touched during their monthly womanly visitor. Are there any groups of people who truly follow this? The point is that you can't follow one section of a Bible passage and not follow the other. There are no indicators that tell us which lines are more important than other lines especially if a person is going to tote the Bible as the Word and only Word. 

I find it funny that for a country that prides itself on personal freedom people sure do love telling other people what they are not allowed to do. Personal freedom is just that it's on each person. It gives each person the right to basically live their life as they choose so long as they follow the laws of the land and do not harm others. It does not give the right to impose your own thoughts and beliefs onto another person no matter how the right or wrong they believe them to be. A person can choose to listen or not. That's it. Live and let live, that is the lesson. Marry and let marry, that is all. 

Where's the rum? I drank it.

Ever had a month when it seems like the hits just keep coming and every time you think you might get a breather it's just a horrible tease? In case the question hasn't already made it obvious, I'm having one of those months. This summer is having me being worn and more than a bit weary.

A bad storm blew through the area, which in turn blew a tree onto my hubby's car. Of course, it's damaged beyond repair so we were forced back into car payments with a new-ish car bought just yesterday. That storm had also knocked out power to our area for about 4 days, which was a major inconvenience. Right after the damage his car, I narrowly avoided a situation of hay bales falling out of another vehicle a few cars in front of me and not hitting any of the cars in front of me. On top of all of this, my MIL (mother-in-law) was put into the hospital just a few days ago and had surgery. Luckily, it went well and it shouldn't be long before she's back in her house. Including the stresses of trying to get pre-approval for house loan, I'm heading towards my limit. I already had a nice night of drowning my sorrows with a lovely mix of rum and iced tea.

So not to end this on a completely sour note, here's a great link to a lovely http://www.thedrunkenmoogle.com

Inside Out Reflections

I recently went to see the latest and greatest Pixar movie, Inside Out.  It was a great movie with a lot of great themes that I hope my daughter will really take to heart as she grows older. They are lessons that I try my best to behold. In fact, it's been pointed out that I am Joy, the person who tries her best to make the best of the situation and make everyone happy.

It's a very hard thing to keep doing all the time and sometimes I fail. A huge storm blew through the area. The wicked witch may have blown past on a tornado. It most definitely knocked down a tree into my parent's driveway smashing my husband's car and taking the power out for 3 days. I found it very difficult to stay Joy. I wish more than anything I had a magic wand that I could use to fix everything but I don't and I can't, especially when it seems like everything is doing their best to rain on my parade.

I keep trying my best to keep doing my best. I will stumble and I will fall and I might even fail but I will keep trying my best to make everyone happy.

This summer's going to hurt like a . . .

No, I wasn't going to use that word from that Maroon 5 song. It is summer though and it's hot and I do work in a warehouse so it does hurt sometimes. That's not the point of this post though.  This is just a quick catch up of some things going on. My child is out of school which means it's now harder to find time to work on my own things but such is the life of a parent. Other things are in the works that may or may not happen. I'm hoping for a small vacation but unsure if it will happen. That's about it really because until things do happen it's all speculation. In the mean time, here's that song:

Memorial Day weekend

Obviously, it's a few days past Memorial Day and I do apologize for posting this late but it's been a crazy weekend and a crazy week so far. I did need to share this though. Memorial Day is technically supposed to be such a solemn event with activities of putting new flags and/or wreaths onto the graves of veterans and such and yet, BBQs, trips to the beach and such are the main events of most people's Memorial Day weekends. At first glance, this seems like such a contradiction, as if most people's ideas of Memorial Day weekend plans are almost selfish.

In a way though, it's the perfect expression of Memorial Day weekend. Those soldiers put their lives on the line for camaraderie and patriotism so that others wouldn't have to, so that others could enjoy the freedom that they fought and died for. Also, what is it that military families do a lot when you live on a military base? They cookout and they invite friends and neighbors. There's a reason why it's said you're part of a military family.

That's it. I hope everyone had enjoyed their weekend. I know me and my family did and it was harder than usual starting the week but that's nothing compared to others.