Kristen Blog

Friday was a good day.  The sun was shining.  I was knocking out problems and finding my way around road blocks like a boss.  So, all in all, kicking you know good and well what.   All the nice people were out, waiting their turns, waving me ahead of them, smiling.   And I was like, "Everything's going my way!!!" 🎶 Its funny how all the nice people come out when I'm in a good mood, and all the idiots and (well, you know...) show up when I'm cranky.  What a coincidence!  On the cusp of a few really tough weeks, and my natural bent toward complete and utter dissatisfaction with life, it was NICE to have a good day.   Upon reflection, I had a few, wise revelations: 1) I was reading Lamentations in my daily OT time, and...man their world's about to stink, like Royal Stench-stink.  I couldn't help but compare, as I sat in my big comfortable bed, looking out over my luscious garden, and thinking of the army I could feed just out of my pantry, and ...

I took a small group of 1st graders around the zoo on Friday.  So, how was YOUR week?? I was actually really nervous about the whole deal, but I just kept promising myself it would all work out.  It ALWAYS does, in the end. Well...I didn't set myself up for a very good start, because I also promised myself I would go to bed extra early the night before.  And THAT didn't go well!!  Of course, since I awoke VERY tired and equally cranky, the traffic was ALSO full of morons to my left and idiots on my right.  (I'm sorry!!  I'm sorry.  Tell me you don't think like that when you are at the end of your rope, and if not...here's a quarter.)  You get the picture?  Not exactly how I was hoping to start out the trip. Fortunately, despite a whole lot of confusion (thanks, maps!) and crank, I made it on time (since the school was a little late).  And when they showed up, I found out I was going to have another 2 adults and 1 kid in my group. ...

Oh the joys of being human.   Please don't try to cut me off in the McDonald's dual drive-thru lanes (a secret pet peeve of mine), or do anything else even mildly suspicious of potentially trying to cheat me; because, if you do, you will see a less desirable me than I would typically choose to present. ...especially if I am at the end of my limits. So, this week's fun story...I TOTALLY lost it crazy-paranoid style on a total stranger.  No, seriously, I became entirely convinced that my car salesman was unethically withholding my car title from me...because he didn't properly answer my text in a "reasonable" amount of time.  And so, naturally, I LET HIM HAVE it...in a series of communications ranging from snarky to slightly berating.  So, that was awesome.   I have to admit, I was pretty humiliated when I realized that my anger and panic were, for the most part, ungrounded.  Fortunately for me, while my number one was absent and (nearly) unreachable, my seco...

...and for future reference, I can NOT (just ask my sister).   Well...to be honest, I am A LOT better at it now.  Chalk it up to the whole MA Counseling thing.  I can, now, keep secrets AND withhold judgment with the best of them.  For your sake, alone...what can I say? But...anyway.  My current big secret is the dog park.  (Yeah...it's a little embarrassingly pathetic now that I read it, too.  That's the mom life, though.  You tend to lose all forms of humility...and freedom.  Definitely, you lose all freedom.) But...all is not lost for #KristenShanna, because I now have the dog park.   Do you not remember my phobia of big dogs?  Officially desensitized since I met my new giant canine best friend, Loki.  (Of course, my favorite would be Loki...and if that doesn't strike you as typical, you don't know a lot about me.) Loki is a gentle giant, and he has pretty much nothing in common with my favorite, conflicted villain.  (H...