WATCH OUT!!!

My good buddy over at the Audacity of Trust (http://ashleighmchenry.wordpress.com) has turned me on to this bit of news-worthy conversation.  The Spanish Olympic basketball team felt that making “Chinese” eyes for this Beijing Olympics photo was a friendly gesture….. Hmmm, how do you say racism in Spanish?  Seriously?  Who does stuff like this…. Very interesting, maybe they will come out in black face makeup when they play the US team.

I think it’s important that we protect the identity of this horse… his job may be used against him.

I saw this yesterday and HAD to post it….makes me giggle….hehehe

This man was in so many flicks I can’t even begin to list them all - we’ll miss you, motherfucker…

This is so close, it’s scary….

This was my reaction Monday….

Okay, so - I’m just getting home, opening the door, taking my key out of the lock, and my 12 year old demon attacks me with the largest hug I’ve received since she graduated kindergarten, and says VERY LOUDLY…. HI MOM!!!  Okay - that’s not normal.  Generally, she is a fairly retiscent child who doesn’t have much use for physical affection for her mother, no matter how cool she may be.  Okay, no red flags yet, but that was odd.

Then T - her best bud/sister is right in front of me - mind you, I’m not quite two steps into the house - there’s a leak in the upstairs bathroom and I need to handle it RIGHT NOW….  It’s really bad - note the gravity of the situation, and the seriousness of her face, even though you can’t see it, work with me.  My response - Okay, let me get in the door, take my shoes off and put my purse and lunch container away….. As I’m walking from the kitchen back to the stairs to go check out the “leak”….. I see….

TWO BOYS SITTING ON MY COUCH!!!  Are you SERIOUS???!!!????  Oh HELL NO!  Yep, this was my response….

I B-line for the living room - point toward the back door and command the boys to GET OUT NOW!  I turn around to two girls, aged 11 and 12, who are not the girls I saw when I walked in the door.  They’ve been replaced with open-mouthed, saucer-sized eyes, shock victims, expecting me to explode all over the living room.  They are not quite sure what is going to happen at this point because I had slammed the door so hard, I wondered if the window pane would have broken out - careless of me, but heck, I was pissed…..  The order to them was to GET UPSTAIRS, NOW!  That all I could say.  They had bold-faced lied to me, tried to distract me and re-route me in order to sneak homies 1 & 2 out the back door.  Are you kidding me?  They instantly disappeared and I followed them up the stairs, not sure of what I was going to do or say….  All I could say was “I will not tolerate lying” and slammed their door for emphasis. 

Back downstairs, I sat on the couch and was just completely unsure of my plan of attack.  Do I break out a belt?  Do I berate them for hours?  Do I use the half my education in psychology to attempt an understanding of what/why/where/how things had happened?  Better yet, let’s text demon #2’s dad and see what his response is…..  “the girls are in BIG trouble.  there were 2 boys here when I got home.”  This generated an immediate phone call…  ‘WHAT?’…..  At this point, I just had to laugh.  It wasn’t really that long ago that I was sneaking around trying to be grown, but what is the proper punishment in this situation????

We ended up talking to them, with a belt in hand to emphasize the severity of the situation.  I dropped the “I’m so disappointed” line which generated a few tears and we touched on violence that could occur, and definitely let them know they were grounded.  I’m not sure if this is the right way to handle this situation.  What do you think??? Please share.  I’ve been through some teeny-bopper stuff before, but it’s been a while, and this is my one and only baby….  Ugh.  They’ve cleaned my house top to bottom and today they’re working on his - we’ll see what other kinds of torturous hell we can incorporate into their grounding….. Anyone got a “how to” guide on this crap?  It’d be nice to read the Clif notes….

Okay, so as an update to my last, depressing commentary, I wanted to let all you loyal readers know that I am in a better place now.  I’ve addressed the issues that were causing me a physical and mental breakdown and I’ve begun to learn from them, hopefully grow from them, and look toward the future.  That is a scary proposition, but heck, nobody knows what tomorrow holds, so it’s important that we have faith.

Currently, I’m not in a mood to bury myself in my comforter and cry for days or drive my Jeep into a concrete wall, so all is well in my world.  I’ve actually been seen laughing and making a sarcastic comment or two of late, so I think I’m coming out of my funk.  The problem itself has not disappeared, and I doubt it ever will, but my coping mechanisms are regenerated and the conversational therapy I’ve enjoyed with friends and significant people in my life has been helping tremendously.

With that being said, I am going to return to our regular programming and find some stuff that makes me laugh and share it for your enjoyment.  Thanks for listening when I needed it - you never know who’s out there going through EXACTLY what you are going through.  Funny thing, life.