How do you deal with this?

Well...here's a toughie.
A friend of mine witnessed her elderly next-door neighbor being murdered in his own front yard last week.
Without going into too much detail, it was frightening and devastating for her.
The guy who did it then killed himself. It was a domestic issue thing....family problems.
It has been very, very difficult for her but I think she is handling it pretty darn well, considering the circumstances.
Wow....scary.
It just goes to show that you NEVER know what is going to happen.
Wow. Let's all take a deep breath and try to get on with our lives.
You just don't know. It's just that simple.

Thank you for cutting my hair too short.

Okay.... I finally made it to get my hair cut yesterday only to find out that the woman who I really liked had moved to Augusta to manage her own place.
Grrrrrrr. Good for her, not so good for me.
I let another new woman cut my hair and she chopped it a whole lot shorter that I really wanted it and it's going to look terrible for a couple of weeks.
If it grows in and looks good, I won't be upset but right now I am not a happy camper, despite what my screen name says.
But after a bad haircut, the rest of the day went really well.
I drove out to our metro airport to talk to the TSA agents.
It has been about 12 years since I have flown anywhere and I just wanted to be sure of a few things....like whether or not my bag would be okay to carry on (it was the right size) and what things I could take with me like knives, batteries, flashlights, contact lens solution. And how do I get my seat assignment? When do I have to be at the airport? What papers do I need?
They were all very nice and helpful. They answered all my questions and I am feeling MUCH more confident about flying out to Vegas next week.
It was a long drive out there and I was very surprised at how much our little metro airport has changed but I'm glad I went.
After that, I stopped and bought a new messenger bag for myself. I needed a new purse anyway and this will do fine. It's a little bigger than I wanted for every day use but the price was right and I will be able to take it on the plane with me. I like it.
That was it. I stopped at the Goodwill store on the way back and had another run in with finding a large amount of $$$$ that someone had dropped.It's a long story and I won't go into the details here but let's just say the odds of this same thing happening twice to me are pretty astronomical and it did. Again/. Yesterday.
I bought a few things that I think will be useful, I had a good lunch and a helpful trip to the airport. The only bad thing that happened was I got my hair cut too short and that will grow in.

Playing Golf in the Rain...

Okay...yesterday was kinda weird.
It had rained all night long and I was pretty ambivalent about trying to play golf in the evening. But my new golf pal called and wanted to play. Reluctantly, I said okay, thinking that I really should show up for "Ladies" golf night. (No ladies ever actually show up for Ladies' golf.
Well, the wheels fell off and it got very strange.
We got out there (there were 3 of us)...me, my new golf pal, who is a real beginner, and one of the ladies who works at the club. She can actually hit a golf ball but her heart really isn't in it. She was playing in flip-flops and using an old set of clubs that she found in the back of the pro shop.
That was fine. And my new golf pal's hubby was supposed to show up after work. But he didn't exactly qualify for Ladies' night and I don't really think golf pal wanted him to play along with us.
So we got started.
The course was under water and it was miserable playing.
Golf Pal was whacking the ball ten feet at a time and Flip-flop lady was doing okay. Hubby showed up and asked if he could join us. I said it was fine with me but I don't think it was fine with his wife (golf pal).
Well, we got around four holes. The fairways had huge puddles, there were mosquitoes as big as eagles, and it was generally unpleasant and not much fun.
When we got to the end of the fourth hole, Golf Pal suddenly just took her clubs and left. I don't know why. She didn't say anything to us. She just left. I don't know if she had words with hubby or what but she took her clubs and left, heading for the clubhouse. Bye Golf Pal.
Then Golf Pal's hubby spied a little beagle dog who has been running loose on the golf course for several weeks now. He wanted to catch the little dog and take it home so he got distracted with that and eventually, he got his hands on the dog and the next thing I know, he is gone, carrying the dog up to his car so he could take it home.
Okay,,,,,,so I am left out there on a soaking wet miserable golf course with Flip-flop lady. No problem. So we played another little par 3 hole. Not so bad. We had 3 holes left. Well, after the little par 3 hole, Flip-flop lady looks at me and says, I gotta go to the bathroom so I'm going to quit now." And off she goes up the hill to the club house in her golf cart. Bye bye, Flip-flop lady.
There I was. I was left out there all by myself in the middle of a rain soaked golf course (just me and the mosquitoes).
I kinda looked around. "Hey! Where did everybody go????"
And I decided well screw it, I am out here, I am just gonna finish playing.
I played the rest of the holes and I came back up the hill to the club house.
Flip-flop lady was still there, locking up the pro shop.(she works there).
Golf pal was still there (I don't know why..just hanging out I guess).
And she said to me "Call me in the morning, we'll play tomorrow.."
(Uuuuuhhhhh. Huh?? What?? (I said "No I couldn't.")
And her hubby had gone home with his new dog.
It was VERY odd and very surreal.
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Hmmmmmmm.
Note to self:(Things I learned)
1)Ladies golf night is a fiasco out there.
2)There is no adult leadership.
3)Playing on a rain soaked golf course is NOT fun.
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Sick of the Swine Flu Already!!!

IF THERE WAS A MUCH SWINE FLU AS THERE IS MEDIA COVERAGE ABOUT IT, WE WOULD REALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

Table for 4?

Okay......here's my latest observation.

Getting your kids their own table in a restaurant.

Is this the newest yuppie thing?

If it is it drives me crazy (as do most things that yuppie soccer moms do).

I have noticed that if a yuppie couple come in with their two blond haired perfect children, instead of getting a table for 4 like you would expect, mom and dad sit at one table and THEY GET A SEPARATE TABLE for the kids. (and I'm talking 5 and 6 and 7 year olds). Little kids.

I have seen it over and over and over again (I eat out a lot).

And I've seen it in nice restaurants as well as fast food places.

What is up with this?

Any help here?

(Yuppies drive me crazy and self-centered uber-parenting soccer moms are the worst offenders.)

I wish I could sleep like my dog.

I love my little dog.
She is such a good girl.
She's totally laid back, nothing bothers her.
She loves all her squeaky toys (although Mr. Quacky is her favorite).
And she is so relaxed and stress-free it is just amazing.
I WISH I could sleep like that little dog.
She puts herself to bed and just...goes to sleep.
She sleeps like a rock.
She doesn't wake up in the middle of the night.
She doesn't toss and turn.
She isn't restless.
She doesn't snore.
She just sleeps.
(NO, Not like a baby because a baby wakes up every two hours and cries.)
She just sleeps.
Deep, relaxed, undisturbed sleep.
Man, I wish I could sleep like that dog.

At least now I can get some new nail clippers

Well......
After a few weeks of negotiations, hubby told me last night that if I wanted to go to Las Vegas for a week, I could. The deals are just too good to pass up.
I am soooo happy and I am ready to go anytime. I think it will be fun and I KNOW I need to get away from here for a while. I have been sick for two weeks, I'm bored and I need to get away.
I have to make my reservations, I just haven't figured out exactly what day I can leave. Unfortunately, hubby has a doctor's appointment on the 4th which is when I would like to go. Maybe I can get someone to drive me to the airport on that day. I don't know.
I am going to stay at Circus Circus and do the Cold Cereal Tour...eating Huevos Rancheros and playing Keno at the Pink Pony, walking over to Slots-o-Fun and playing the nickel slots at 7:00 in the morning. It will be fun and a week to just be by myself (as much as you can be by yourself in Vegas....) I am definitely looking forward to going.
And I MUST buy a new "Las Vegas" souvenir nail clipper (it's a long story.)
I have to get back to the Circus Circus web site and figure out when I can go.
Yay!