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And now, I cry

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Today, in no particular order:

  • Tried to get the kids ready, only to realize their laundry never dried. Machine turned off somehow. Wet clothes are no problem. It’s raining outside anyway, right?
  • Went to leave for school, and realized my husband never made their lunches (“his” chore.)
  • Got everyone in the car and buckled, and before I get in myself realize that a tree has fallen behind the car.  Move everyone to the impossible to get in and out of expediently truck and pray carline goes well.
  • Proceed to a meeting after dropoff where the party was 15 minutes late.  Without a phone call.
  • Get a note from a teacher that I have to drop everything and come in about homework tomorrow.  The meeting will end about 45 minutes before pickup.  Creating a nice deadzone of work that won’t get done.  The meeting wouldn’t be necessary if the parties involved did what they told me they were going to do.  Which they have not for 5 days straight.
  • Go to pick up my children in the difficult to get in and out of truck, and proceed to get chewed out by carline volunteer for not pulling up all the way.  Well…  My kids took a long time.  I didn’t just stop here on purpose, everyone in front of me just left!  What am I supposed to do?  I DID pull up the way I was supposed to.  I’m the one who prints the rules in the newsletter, and I followed them.  Dammit.
  • Get home to find out from Joseph that he had another meltdown at school.
  • While Joseph is telling me about his meltdown realize that the three shelves above him are covered in ants.  The food I just bought and can’t afford to replace (they’re escaping from all the rain, I think.)
  • Poe takes pity on me and takes over homework oversight.  I attack ants (which means I have to climb on the kitchen table since said shelves go to the ceiling.)  Then reclean the whole area since I just sprayed chemicals where I put our food.
  • Go to the grocery store and replace the food praying that I’ll find more money somewhere.
  • Come home and get the mail and realize the check that would pay for said food is late.

I still have to get through the dinner/bedtime witching hour.  It’s only 4:45pm.

Hold me.

Abhorrent in my Opinion

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I watch a particular channel. And on that channel there is a commercial that is run an awfully lot. While I think it is in bad taste for this network to run this advertisement (and I planning on writing them about it) – This is about the product, not the network.

Ashley Madison dot com. I’m not giving them link love. The Ashley Madison Agency, est. 2001. Tagline? Life is Short. Have an affair.&#0153

The commercial offends me. I suppose it shouldn’t, but it does. A couple sleeping in bed. The woman is snuggled up to man, snoring her full head off. You don’t see too much of her, but can tell she’s on the heftier side. The man awakens and sees the liquor by the side of the bed and sneaks a look at the woman. He creeps out of bed, grabs his clothes and starts headed downstairs. We see that he’s no catch either. The voiceover intones something like, “Anyone can handle having a bad one night stand. But not when it’s for the rest of your life.” And then we see the wedding picture of the couple. Screen goes to black and you see the web address. “When divorce is not an option.”

I was so offended that I looked up the website.

It’s a “discrete” dating service. To have an affair.

I’m NOT naive. There are hookup sites all over the internet. However, they don’t seem to “promote” affairs. They’re more of a whomever can do whatever (or whomever) they want, and here’s a way to connect. This site on the other hand is promoting itself as the solution to marital discord. The FAQ is both interesting and appalling all at once. I don’t want to copy the content here, because I don’t know the law lines on copy stealing vs. the right to criticize.

My husband and I have been married 11 years. Long, hard years. I’ve born two children. I’m bigger than I used to be. I’m older, and life has worn me down. That’s all true. I’m too busy to fuss over myself too much. You know what, though? The same is true of my husband. Neither one of us is running into the arms of another person. And if there are such problems in the marriage that another person feels the need to have an affair? Then those problems need to be addressed – not “safe discrete options” given to them.

My husband encouraged me to write this. I asked for his impression.

It’s insinuating that marriage is just an extension of a one night stand and everybody makes mistakes – it’s bullshit. It basically makes me feel like every marriage is in the same boat of a couple getting married in Vegas while drunk after knowing each other for two hours.

I don’t have anything else to say on the subject, I suppose. The site exists. Obviously people are making use out of it or else it wouldn’t have been in business for the last 8 years. They’re making a profit. The network (which I will be dealing with separately) are making a profit. There’s nothing illegal (I don’t think) about it, since nobody pays attention to the fidelity laws still in existence.

But it says a lot about today’s society that a company like that is so mainstream that it is shown on TV during prime watching hours. Like it was an ad for canned soup. It’s NOT taboo. And that’s a sad, sad shame.

Please help me understand

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So, President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is something that I do not understand. I really and truly don’t.

The deadline for nominations were a mere two weeks after his presidency started.

To date, while he’s had lots of meetings, nothing has been accomplished. I’m not saying it won’t be – but it hasn’t happened yet.

An imperfect analogy: It’s like a freshman going into high school… The incoming freshman has signed up for all the right AP classes, all the right curriculars, has had numerous meetings about his plans with parents, teachers and counselors. And then halfway through his freshman year, he’s named Valedictorian. It just doesn’t work.

Apparently Hope and Change without bearing the fruits can get you an international Peace Prize. What’s interesting to me is that the actual wording of the announcement uses those buzzwords. This opens up the award to all of us “common man!” They’re passing out awards just for thinking and potentially acting on great things! In addition, I’m afraid that this might diminish the contributions of those who went before him and actually accomplished what they won for.

I do not understand the obsession with this man.

Health Care Bill on the Internet?

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Dear U.S. Government,

I would like to provide my services to you to post the proposed health care bill on the internet.

I’ve thought about it, and I am, indeed, prepared in my home office for such an undertaking. I would need about 3 days and a babysitter. And maybe lots of coffee. You would also have to supply the bandwidth, as I’m sorry – my blog can’t take that kind of traffic. Please let me know if you’d like a contract. You’ll find my hourly rate to be very reasonable.

No?

You were just afraid to tell me that I’m too stupid to read it? And you might want to sneak some stuff in there? And you don’t even really want the members voting on it to see it, much less the little peabrained cattle like me?

Oh, I see. It’s ok, I understand. I’ll compensate you with my own voting record.

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