I just thought it was funny… I don’t want one really… It was just that immature humor peaking it’s way through the very tired fog of my mind.
Anyone else going to have trouble dragging themselves out of bed today?
OH! And the thing that was missing from the 24th… THE PUNCTUATION! The whole post has no punctuation… I think you all were just being to kind to notice. 
Well… Why not?
I’m tired.
It is still raining here
It rained all night
It was nice to just lie in bed and listen to it pitter pattering
on the leaves of the tree outside our window
So yesterday’s wasn’t the best I could do
I may still be able to do even better
Why do rain and heavy emotional hormonal icky days always go together
Luckily I get to do glass work today
That always makes me happy
Ever feel like something is missing
The person mentioned in my last post has been kicked off of Xanga.
Xanga acted quickly. It makes me really happy to know that they are trying to make this a safe environment, in the ways that they can.
After the bumpy start this morning the kids and I had a great day.
Grandma took us all to lunch at a chinese restaurant
Then the kids and I drove around the five mile area that surrounds our house and took some pictures!
It was raining and we only went out for about a half an hour but it made me feel better.
How could I not like it.
I am a Volkswagen woman down to my toes.
This guy reminded me of a Luchador…
What do you think? See the resemblance?
And to finish out our drive.
This is the best I could do on a rainy dark day.
I feel much better now.
ANG
Someone has tarnished my happy place.
Has everyone heard of a Nigerian scam?
This morning I woke up and checked my Xanga like I almost always do. I was happy when I saw that I had two messages in my message box… You know that little thrill you get to see that one of your xanga friends has something special to say just to you or wants to inform you of something special going on… you know that thrill right? I open the first one, happiness, it was a nice message from a friend about my post… all is well and then I opened this…
When I see a person without children, my first response is NOT sympathy.
I know that there are some people out there who aren’t able to have children or haven’t found the person they want to have them with… there are alternatives. Hopefully they research them and eventually make the decision that is right for them because if you want the love of a monster, heavens knows there are enough of them out there who need it and everyone should be blessed with it IF THEY WANT IT…
I know that there are those the sheer insanity that over takes a persons brain and says ”PROCREATE” just hasn’t hit yet… There are those who have already raised their precious monsters and sent them off into the world to make their own way… and then there are OTHERS…
People who have made the decision to NOT have children. Whether it is a well thought out thing, a time has passed me quickly by thing or a I just never had time thing. What ever the reason they have decided not to have kids… I mean monsters in their lives…
I say bravo! If you don’t want the responsibility, bills, general hassles and bills that come with having monsters. I say bravo! Yay for your sleeping in as long as you want and eating when and where you want! Yay for the leaving the house when ever you want to and not having to bend yourself around someone elses’ schedule! Yay for traveling and only having to be concerned about entertaining yourself and for having a car that doesn’t get filled with other peoples junk! I say YAY! You made a great decision… I say bravo! Pity is definitely not what I feel.
I don’t think that the joy of parenthood is something everyone should experience in their lives… although it does help/ force a person to be less self-centered. If you want a parental experience you will find one.
Now on to my point. Yes, I know you thought I had made it already, but I haven’t… Here it is…
You have made the choice not to have children and I don’t think that is a bad thing, I don’t pity you or feel sorry for your lose of an experience BUT I also don’t want you judging me because I decided to have them…
In fact if anything a thank you for continuing the human race might be nice. A nod to the fact that I have provided future tax payers to help pay your social security (if it’s still around) When your bent and grey.
Alright… so maybe a thank you is carrying it to far, but sneers and rude comments about my healthy and active children aren’t necessary either.
Next time you are trapped in a line with a parent and their children… try smiling at the kid… You will be surprised at how much that little distraction can help. If your on a plane and the kid is making to much noise for you… don’t give the mother a dirty look, there isn’t a lot she can do about it except make more noise to tell her kid to be quiet… I’m not saying you have to play with the kid either but put your headphones on and practice a little out of body visualizing… sometime the flight will end and you will get to go home… the parents will have to live with it for years still.
Now it sounds like I am trying to elicit pity… I’m not. I love being a mother… waking up to chocolate covered child because I forgot to hide the brownies; standing in line while my child belts out a burp that shakes the ceiling to be followed by an immediate “excuse me!” and giant grin that shows he did it on purpose; hiding every writing utensil in the house because my kid thinks she is the next Freida Kahlo or Marlen Dumas and the walls need her attention.
I love seeing the world through their eyes and I wouldn’t change a second of it.
So don’t sneer, scoff, pity or judge me and I will do the same for you. Live and let live I say.
Oh and remember my kid, you know the one who burps in line, well he may be doing your colonoscope someday, or pushing your wheel chair, every one deserves a little leeway no matter how old they are.
I will now climb back up on my fence.
*************EDIT**************************************************************
No particular reason for my panties to be in a bunch… it’s just something I have been thinking about lately.
Oh… and I think we all sneer at bad parenting… I mean you don’t hit your kid because he burps in a line… everyone knows you wait until you get home to hit him!
(I AM SO KIDDING!!!! Lighten up! )
********************Additional Edit… *sigh*********************************************
The paragraph in bold script is not meant to be sarcastic… it is said with the utmost sincerity! I really do applaud people who know enough about themselves to make that decision and the list of “Yay for yous!” Are some of the things I miss and envy…
Just clarifying… Ang
I want to do this…
It was raining this morning. Hopefully the sun will come out so we can go to the beach…
If it doesn’t I suppose I could do one of the million and a half chores that I have to do around here but have been ignoring.
Like say laundry, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning the kids room, cleaning the sun porch, cleaning out the refrigerator… I’m really starting to hate that word cleaning…
Maybe I should just go get groceries and by the time I get back the sun will be out and the beach will be dry and I can live once again in my happy bubble of ignoring house work… Yes, that sounds good to me.
What are you putting off in your life today?
Just got back from the beach and it occurs to me that this may be one of the last times we get to go… The sand was cold and the water had a slight chill to it.
I notice more and more bits of color in the trees, peeking out,mocking me. Fall is shouting -HERE I COME!
I love fall, don’t get me wrong. It is one of my favorite seasons. I’m just not ready for it yet. By the time it is in full swing I will be, but not yet. You know, I like all of the seasons, all except Spring.
The only really good thing about spring is it means summer is coming, otherwise it is all brown snow banks and mud. Also… The smell of spring?! People walk around saying they can smell spring… Ugh. The smell of moldy, wet earth spores and rotting vegetation. That isn’t my idea of good. Depending on where you live there is also that freshly fertilized field smell, nothing like that!
How was that for a tangent? Where was I? Fall… I’m not ready for it.
For now I am going to try to suck every last thing I can out of summer. Tomorrow I am dragging the kids to the beach again and a drive for barn pictures will need to be taken soon.
I hope you all are getting everything you can out of these last days of summer. Summer goes into the second week of September so don’t close up shop on it too soon. I personally intend to wear my shorts and flip flops right up until the last day, even if it is sixty degrees out.
(Okay… so I don’t really hate spring either.. I just get tired of being so Polly Anna. I thought I should pick SOMETHING to complain about. Spring was just easiest to pick on… poor spring.)
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