Monday, August 14, 2006

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Monday Update

Well, my stupid glasses broke yesterday. I shouldn't be surprised, the things are over five years old. The frames are so thin, I can't even glue them together temporarily. *sigh* Oh, well.

I've been unemployed a whole month. I think the lack of work is making me edgy. All I could do was pace today. I couldn't concentrate worth crap. I have tons of stuff I could be doing, but I just can't seem to focus. Not cool.

I need to get back to sorting stuff and throwing stuff out. Our stupid landlord raised the lot rent again. Once I do find work and get my bills back on track, priority number one is going to be getting out of here. Our house sits right next to a main power line. I know that the energy affects me strangely. That's probably also a reason I'm so restless.

I can't believe how quickly my health deteriorated this last month. It's amazing how much excercise I got going back and forth to the printer. I gained over 10 pounds in the last month, despite the fact that I've been eating less. My metabolism must be in conservation mode. I went biking with Marcus yesterday and I sucked so bad. I'm basically carrying around two people everywhere I go. I'm going to take better care of myself. It took a week for the swelling in my legs to go down after the blogathon. I'm not young anymore, but I'm not that old, either.

I'm kicking myself for my stubborness and not applying for unemployment sooner. I'd be getting checks already if I had overcome my pride sooner...or faced reality sooner. I kept telling myself that I didn't need to apply, I'd have a job before the checks would kick in. Yeah.

OK, gonna go see if I can relax enough to get a few hours sleep.
Mon
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Aug
2006

For My Crackpot Friends

I just got this email from a dear friend and it made me misty. I had to share.
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, but the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."

The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?" "That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them."

"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.

So, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
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Blogging Chicks

Saturday, August 12, 2006

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Jay Got Hitched

Dr. Phil's son, hunky Jay McGraw (swoon), got married today to one of the Dahm triplets (Erica). They met when they were doing Renovate My Family together. Awwww. Damn, he's a cutie. If I was younger, I wouldn't throw him out of bed for eating cookies. Anyway, seriously, I hope they have a happy life and stay married. Not enough celebrities are happy.

Friday, August 11, 2006

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Back to School

While surfing around some Thursday Thirteen sites, I noticed a big theme this week is Back-to-School. My most favorite back to school commercial is for Staples, featuring Alice Cooper: