Leave Your Assumptions At The Door.

Lately, I find that people more and more often make unfounded assumptions about me.  Let's clear things up, shall we?

Don't assume that, because I am overweight, I must be miserable or hate the way I look or be on a diet or be looking for a new workout routine.  Yes, I'm overweight.  But I still like the way I look.  I don't feel the need to avoid mirrors.  I'm not miserable.  I'm not on a diet.  If I were unhappy, believe me, I would do something to change.

Don't assume that, because I am single, I must be looking for a man or that I must be miserable or that I must be lonely.  Yes, I'm single.  I have been single since September 24, 2007.  However, I'm not looking for love or a relationship.  In fact, I do not consider myself to be available or "on the market."  I have turned down a few dates with nice guys because I'm just not interested in dating.  I'm not lonely; I'm surrounded by friends and family.  I'm certainly not miserable.  Currently, I have no problem imagining myself staying single permanently.

Internet Randomness Comes Together

I've seen this posted by several friends on Facebook.  Although I don't normally do any of the wacky "pass it on" things people post on Facebook, this one looked like fun!

These are the instructions given:

1 - Go to wikipedia and hit random. The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 - Go to quotationspage.com and hit random. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album. 3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”. Third picture no matter what ...it is, will be your album cover. 4 - Use photoshop or similar (picnik.com is a free online photo editor) to put it all together. 5 - Post it with this text in the "caption" and TAG the friends you want to join in.

So, I gathered the elements, and was pleasantly surprised at how they seemed to compliment one another so nicely.  Here is the result:

Poetry From Another Lifetime

Ok, so it's not really from another lifetime....but it was a different time in my life when I wrote this.

Holding Your Tears

That which comes from a fantasized embrace

Fire in my eyes and a tear down my face

With my eyes closed, only you in my sight

Still in my arms, not holding you tight

My eyes stay shut, waiting to find

All the while, indulging me blind

Someone comes to awaken...

Or could I be mistaken?

Opening my eyes, not to surrender my fantasy

I awake to a person with arms that surround me

Such time that has passed, my mind lacking flow

My eyes now aware that you aren't letting go

Your head over my shoulder, your heart begins crying

Rubbing your back to comfort, your years of love dying

Those years struggling just to keep my illusions

Now ready to release these confusions

Hush now, and have no fears

I have opened my hands to hold your tears

DO NOT Go To The Subway on Michigan Avenue!

The owner of this restaurant should be absolutely ashamed to be in business!

 

Kaleb and I were out running some errands today.  In the car between stops, he looked at me and said, "Eat, eat?"  It's his standard 'I'm hungry' phrase.  I glanced at the clock and realized that it was almost 1:00!  Time had gotten away from me, and now I had a hungry 2-year-old asking to eat.

It wasn't really convenient to have to go all the way home and prepare lunch, so I decided we'd stop someplace and eat.  Kaleb thinks it's really fun when he gets to go out to eat with Mommy, and today is his birthday.  I wasn't in the mood for greasy food like burgers and fries, though, so I picked Subway.  It was right on the way to our next stop, and wouldn't really be busy this time of day.

Wanna Check Your Odds?

Ever wondered what the odds might be that YOU could win the lottery?  Or be audited by the IRS?  Or die tragically?  Check this out!

Oh, The Things People Will Eat!

Countries all around the world have written laws disallowing certain foods.  In many of these cases, I have an extremely difficult time understanding why anyone would want to eat these things in the first place, much less why they would need specific laws forbidding them!  Look for yourself, and you'll see what I mean!