Sunday in the Rain...
I know Chuck isn't officially out of town yet - but I figured I might ought to get a jump on the posting thing. Anybody who's read my blog knows it's kind of hit-and-miss at times; I sure don't want to let Chuck down - his are some big shoes to fill - and I DO MEAN BIG. hahaha...
We've been enjoying our second round of winter weather here in the Texas Panhandle - got some snow yesterday (not the 6+ inches predicted), and it came down so big and hard you could actually HEAR the snowflakes hitting the ground - I kid you not!! It was so thick and fast, I felt like I was living in a snow globe and it actually made me dizzy to try and look too far out on the horizon in it. Today, most of the precip has been in the form of rain, which mainly serves to make me want to lie in bed all day - UGH!!
People always seem surprised to hear we have snow out here - like they think we're in the desert southwest, kind of like Arizona or something (by the way, it does occasionally snow in the desert, too). I always get a grin out of that - I'm not sure why. Probably because growing up, I had cousins who lived in Greenwich, CT. They really thought we lived in the wild, wild West. I vividly remember their first visit out here - when they were probably 8 or 10 years old; they wanted to know where we parked our horses. ROFLMAO - yup - they were DEAD SERIOUS, bless them. Ironic that I drove a Mustang, I guess.
Sounds like maybe ol' Chuck's had his tail in the wringer lately. I've been doing a lot of blog reading and it seems like several folks in this cyber-group are having some problems on the old home front. For that I am sorry. Stuff like this usually travels in packs somehow or other - maybe it's just that when we know someone else is having trouble, it makes us more sensitive to our own? Who knows. Of course, since I am single (and I'm sure some of you would agree there's probably a good reason for that), I don't have to worry about having trouble with a significant other person - and it does afford me the luxury of stepping back and looking at things objectively - if maybe even a little enviously as well. Sometimes I think it would be nice to care about someone enough to be in a relationship with them (and vice versa) wherein fighting was part of the package. Maybe I just miss really good make-up sex? who knows??
On the other hand, my sister and I had a big knock-down drag-out today - so maybe it's just relative to the relationships we DO have. I'm still sitting here sulking and going over in my mind about how I AM always right and she IS always wrong (which she accused me of today - hey, I can't help it if it's the truth!). But then as Dr. Phil says, would you rather be right or happy?? hmmmmm - I'm gonna have to think about that one for a while. Right now, I'm ok with being right.
Of course, I'd be the first one to tell others having trouble to make the first step to reconcile because it's worth it - so I guess I should learn to take my own advice and quit being such a prideful witch. At the very least, if you apologize first - lay it all on the line - put your heart right out there - and it STILL doesn't work out, at least you don't always have to wonder "what if" you had, right? And eventually your heart will mend, and you'll know you tried. Plus, you'll always have the satisfaction of knowing you WERE right, and that the other party was just too damn stubborn/selfish/stupid (insert any word of your choice here) to come around. I'm just saying.... osm
We've been enjoying our second round of winter weather here in the Texas Panhandle - got some snow yesterday (not the 6+ inches predicted), and it came down so big and hard you could actually HEAR the snowflakes hitting the ground - I kid you not!! It was so thick and fast, I felt like I was living in a snow globe and it actually made me dizzy to try and look too far out on the horizon in it. Today, most of the precip has been in the form of rain, which mainly serves to make me want to lie in bed all day - UGH!!
People always seem surprised to hear we have snow out here - like they think we're in the desert southwest, kind of like Arizona or something (by the way, it does occasionally snow in the desert, too). I always get a grin out of that - I'm not sure why. Probably because growing up, I had cousins who lived in Greenwich, CT. They really thought we lived in the wild, wild West. I vividly remember their first visit out here - when they were probably 8 or 10 years old; they wanted to know where we parked our horses. ROFLMAO - yup - they were DEAD SERIOUS, bless them. Ironic that I drove a Mustang, I guess.
Sounds like maybe ol' Chuck's had his tail in the wringer lately. I've been doing a lot of blog reading and it seems like several folks in this cyber-group are having some problems on the old home front. For that I am sorry. Stuff like this usually travels in packs somehow or other - maybe it's just that when we know someone else is having trouble, it makes us more sensitive to our own? Who knows. Of course, since I am single (and I'm sure some of you would agree there's probably a good reason for that), I don't have to worry about having trouble with a significant other person - and it does afford me the luxury of stepping back and looking at things objectively - if maybe even a little enviously as well. Sometimes I think it would be nice to care about someone enough to be in a relationship with them (and vice versa) wherein fighting was part of the package. Maybe I just miss really good make-up sex? who knows??
On the other hand, my sister and I had a big knock-down drag-out today - so maybe it's just relative to the relationships we DO have. I'm still sitting here sulking and going over in my mind about how I AM always right and she IS always wrong (which she accused me of today - hey, I can't help it if it's the truth!). But then as Dr. Phil says, would you rather be right or happy?? hmmmmm - I'm gonna have to think about that one for a while. Right now, I'm ok with being right.
Of course, I'd be the first one to tell others having trouble to make the first step to reconcile because it's worth it - so I guess I should learn to take my own advice and quit being such a prideful witch. At the very least, if you apologize first - lay it all on the line - put your heart right out there - and it STILL doesn't work out, at least you don't always have to wonder "what if" you had, right? And eventually your heart will mend, and you'll know you tried. Plus, you'll always have the satisfaction of knowing you WERE right, and that the other party was just too damn stubborn/selfish/stupid (insert any word of your choice here) to come around. I'm just saying.... osm
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