I can't believe it has been almost a year since I imparted some wisdom to my family and friends. I know many of you have given up on me while others are awaiting these words with baited breath!
I've come to realize that some people are just plain weird. Now, before someone says "duh" let me explain. I am usually quick to respond to this question with something silly BUT my face sometimes gives me away.
I can't understand how some people SERIOUSLY ask "were you born in the south?" I AM SERIOUS! THEY REALLY DO!! Any of you that know me and have spoken to me, can "hear" where I originated. I have several responses. My favorite go to is "what gave it away?" I need to have some more responses to this silly question that I can pull from. I have used the "born in south Alabama", "born in south Detroit", "born in South Dakota". Yesterday I asked the older gentleman, who clearly was NOT born in the south "what gave it away? My brown hair?" We shared a laughed and moved on. He was quite a jovial fella so I didn't much mind it but some are 100% serious. Not a pulling your leg kinda question from some. Usually it is men and I often wonder if they have ever traveled outside of the south to know there is a different sound. I have quite a drawl and the only way one could ever mistake me from being anywhere BUT the south is they have never traveled past the Mason Dixon. But, I am probably giving them more credit by assuming they know where the Mason Dixon is located.
Moving on....next weirdness that is my life. Do people forget how to drive if they have been in a drought situation? I understand that accidents are not called "mean tos". You don't tell someone you "meant to" hit them. You say "I am so sorry! It was an accident". Last Wednesday HAD to be a mean to day. SURELY, there aren't THAT many people that forgot what rain looked like much less forgot how to drive in it. I have to believe that somehow these people had not forgotten as much as they got so excited they could not contain their joy and hold back the foot tapping that goes with said joy. So now that we have the stock ponds full, the feeling of dampness in the air, let's stop praying for rain now.
I have been trying to think of something insightful or funny to blog about but all the insightful things would be a HIPPA violation to talk about and the funny things are quite embarrassing at times. I can't say there haven't been some giggles here and there lately but some really funny things have been abated for sometime now. I've either grown old and no longer find things very funny or I've grown old and nothing is happening. Maybe mother nature isn't sending funny things my way for fear I might pee my pants! Although, since working at the urology office that isn't as funny as it used to be. ;p
So, here I am, spent up in the wit department. I look around the room at the people I work with and know God has a sense of humor. I think he laughs every day. How could he not? I wonder if he pokes Jesus in the ribs and says "hahaha hey look! Look at the nose I put on that one!" Or "psst look at THOSE feet! I outdid myself there." Ok, so maybe not THAT but I do think he laughs. Show him your plans and then listen for a laugh. I have just decided to go with the flow. If it happens, it happens and if it doesn't, it doesn't. Now THAT is some philosophy there!
Speaking of philosophizing, I wonder, does anyone ever get done everything they want to get done? I always have these grand plans like... "I'm going to decorate the house in the cutest way "NEXT" year" but then it doesn't happen. Or maybe, "on my day off I am cleaning this house top to bottom". I don't even get a quarter way to the bottom. My biggest goal is to always have a fire lane through the house and some clean panties. Everything else is up for grabs. If you are one of those people that always has a clean house, laundry always caught up, the kids taken care of and the oil changed in the car, GET A LIFE! There are things going on in the world that you are missing. Moments going by that you will never get back. Time you can be spending with your parents, your children, or you spouse. There is a hospital that needs volunteers, an elderly person at the nursing home that needs you because they have no family or said family lives out of state, even a child at school that needs you to listen to them read. Your showplace will be there when those things no longer need your attention. Things are just things but experiences will never be forgotten either by you or the person in which you shared those experiences.
It is Christmas, remember this season isn't about THINGS. It is about spending time together. It is about loving the people around you even if you don't like them very much. It is about being happy to have another year with your family, your friends, your co workers. Next year you may be a friend or two short. Don't waste the opportunity to tell people you love them. Time is fleeting. That may be all some people have and yet but by the grace of God go I.
Merry Christmas if I don't see you or you don't hear more wonderful words between now and then.....off to go find some fun things to get into.
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