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Friday, August 28, 2009
Not funny
Not funny
Warning: I DO NOT FEEL VERY FUNNY THIS WEEK
Sometimes you just don’t. Maybe you’ve lost your job. Maybe your last extension of unemployment has run out and you are still NOT getting any response to your several dozen applications. It could be that you or someone in your family is suffering and you just honestly don’t know what to do. There’s just no way to make “it all better”.
Whatever, you just don’t feel capable of making people smile, let out a chuckle, a laugh and certainly not a full out rolling on the floor roar.
That’s how I feel this week.
I won’t share all of it, but let’s just say I’ve had it with computer programs, the heat, the health industry and four of us using one bathroom. There’s more, but like I already mentioned, I can’t/won’t share it all.
And then there was last week. And the week before.
The worst part is that too many people feel the exact same way-we just don’t know what to do about the dips and valleys.
As I sit here in my office writing this-I smell the tar of my new shower being hot mopped. I should be ecstatic, but this moment I’m thinking “Ew, this stuff really stinks”. Not anywhere close to my usual demeanor, but that’s all I’ve got right now.
I really don’t like being downbeat. I prefer looking at things in an optimistic way. It’s healthier; more fun to laugh than sigh and it sure feels better.
But, I just don’t. I’d go take a good long power walk, but that huge needle the rheumatologist stuck in my hip a month ago has only done a bit to relieve the problem and I did quite a walk yesterday-so today, it’s sit on my backside day. Another thing I’m lamenting that I usually don’t. Plus, we’re in the middle of yet another heat wave, so I was greeted with temps well into the 90’s by 8:30 this morning.
So, this week I’ve decided to keep this short. Who wants to read something that doesn’t take them out of a funky mood, but pushes them right down into one?
Here's the link to my column in the Saddleback News:
http://www.ocregister.com/share/profiles/?slid=bf3d273e-aaca-d8a4-f59d-4f0c97d2eb69&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=bf3d273e-aaca-d8a4-f59d-4f0c97d2eb69&plckPostId=Blog%3abf3d273e-aaca-d8a4-f59d-4f0c97d2eb69Post%3a753e96b9-bb9d-45a0-98b8-7da3ec3f0450&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
Warning: I DO NOT FEEL VERY FUNNY THIS WEEK
Sometimes you just don’t. Maybe you’ve lost your job. Maybe your last extension of unemployment has run out and you are still NOT getting any response to your several dozen applications. It could be that you or someone in your family is suffering and you just honestly don’t know what to do. There’s just no way to make “it all better”.
Whatever, you just don’t feel capable of making people smile, let out a chuckle, a laugh and certainly not a full out rolling on the floor roar.
That’s how I feel this week.
I won’t share all of it, but let’s just say I’ve had it with computer programs, the heat, the health industry and four of us using one bathroom. There’s more, but like I already mentioned, I can’t/won’t share it all.
And then there was last week. And the week before.
The worst part is that too many people feel the exact same way-we just don’t know what to do about the dips and valleys.
As I sit here in my office writing this-I smell the tar of my new shower being hot mopped. I should be ecstatic, but this moment I’m thinking “Ew, this stuff really stinks”. Not anywhere close to my usual demeanor, but that’s all I’ve got right now.
I really don’t like being downbeat. I prefer looking at things in an optimistic way. It’s healthier; more fun to laugh than sigh and it sure feels better.
But, I just don’t. I’d go take a good long power walk, but that huge needle the rheumatologist stuck in my hip a month ago has only done a bit to relieve the problem and I did quite a walk yesterday-so today, it’s sit on my backside day. Another thing I’m lamenting that I usually don’t. Plus, we’re in the middle of yet another heat wave, so I was greeted with temps well into the 90’s by 8:30 this morning.
So, this week I’ve decided to keep this short. Who wants to read something that doesn’t take them out of a funky mood, but pushes them right down into one?
Here's the link to my column in the Saddleback News:
http://www.ocregister.com/share/profiles/?slid=bf3d273e-aaca-d8a4-f59d-4f0c97d2eb69&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=bf3d273e-aaca-d8a4-f59d-4f0c97d2eb69&plckPostId=Blog%3abf3d273e-aaca-d8a4-f59d-4f0c97d2eb69Post%3a753e96b9-bb9d-45a0-98b8-7da3ec3f0450&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
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Sorry to see you in the dumps. You're right; I do prefer to see you in a more upbeat mood with upbeat, humorous blogs as well. Any time one of my blogging buddies is going through a particularly rough period, I feel their pain in part. I guess that's part of the social networking aspect of blogging.
That was a good article about the care giving service for the elderly. It's something that we'll all have to learn about some day, just hopefully not someday too soon.
That was a good article about the care giving service for the elderly. It's something that we'll all have to learn about some day, just hopefully not someday too soon.
Thank you Dave-it was researched and written a couple of months ago. As you might have guessed,I try to have about 2-3 months worth of columns backlogged!
My husband's mom is becoming quite the case for such a service. Takes her 4 hours to shop and she's very difficult.
problem is-we've all been "chipping in" for just such a need, but even w/ this insurance policy, it may not cover the cost.
i think I'd be less in the dumps if it weren't so darn hot and the crew in the bathrooms would appreciate a little more a/c than the open windows....
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My husband's mom is becoming quite the case for such a service. Takes her 4 hours to shop and she's very difficult.
problem is-we've all been "chipping in" for just such a need, but even w/ this insurance policy, it may not cover the cost.
i think I'd be less in the dumps if it weren't so darn hot and the crew in the bathrooms would appreciate a little more a/c than the open windows....
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