Me: *Doesn’t take a day for himself during the week because L. has school and their mother works during the week, and I don’t want to take a day off when they have to work.*
Also Me: *Doesn’t take a day for himself on the weekend because that’s the best time to spend time with L. and their mother.*
Me yesterday: Wait a minute . . .
When you’re ready to change your life (even if you don’t feel ready), you’ll find a way. If you’re not ready, you’ll find an excuse.
While I stand by what I said yesterday, it is absolutely a worse sign (as was pointed out to me) when the only way you can find out if a restaurant has been closed for health code violations is if it makes the national news.
It just can’t be a good sign when the headline is “Only one restaurant closed for health violations last week.”
I’m familiar with the concept of déjà vu, of course, but in my life I’ve more commonly felt what I’ve dubbed “déjà oops,” the feeling that I’ve done this before and I screwed it up the first time too . . .
The old question I’d ask myself: Can I do this?
The old answer I’d give myself: Of course I can!
The newer follow-up question: At a reasonable cost to myself?
The newer follow-up answer: Yes! Probably . . .
The newest follow-up question: While genuinely smiling about it?
The newest follow-up answer: Um . . .
Do you ever get the feeling that some people’s idea of “balancing the scales” is to pile weight on one side until the scale breaks?
I used to really love snow, but then there came the day I wondered if I was going to lose toes because I tried to walk seven blocks to work after a heavy snowfall. It turns out snowplows clear roads, not sidewalks, and after making it only three blocks in thirty minutes, I ducked into a nearby restaurant and called a cab to take me the remaining four blocks.
That was some of the best money I’d ever spent until the day I paid the moving costs to get out of snow territory.
Emotions are healthy, and there is absolutely such a thing as healthy anger, healthy sadness, and so on. I know of no hard and fast definitions of exactly what that means, but as with most things, the closer you get to the extremes, the more likely it is that you’re moving into unhealthy territory.
I don’t do it on purpose (except when I do), but what I say is on occasion best understood if you also understand what I’m not saying.
Candles & Curses 