T.T.A.T.H.L.S.O.O.M.*

*Things That Annoy The Holy Living Shit Out Of Me
Today was recycling day.  Again the guy did not take the empty kitty litter container. 
By damn, one day he will.  Even if I have to go out there in my robe and slippers and MAKE him take it.  And me in my robe and slippers is NOT [...]

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For Love or Money

I’m in a pickle. 
I keep thinking about the job I quit over a year ago, wondering if I should have stayed with it.  This, I believe, is called regret.  Or maybe it’s a case of grass-is-greener. 
Because, don’t you know, the working atmosphere at that job wasn’t too very great.  In fact, it was a relief [...]

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Giving up.

Today, for those of you either blissfully unaware or willfully ignoring it, is Ash Wednesday.  Go to church, ashes on your forehead, etc. and so on.  It is the beginning of the Lenten season. 
Not all Christian faith traditions participate in Lent in the same way.  You may not know much about it, and so I [...]

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A little behind.

So today is Fat Tuesday.  How apropos. 
I have been increasingly in a bad mood since before the holidays, and my depression has been as bad as it’s ever been.  I trace this back to the fact that I have fallen off the workout wagon. 
Back before Thanksgiving, I finally made myself go to the doctor with [...]

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It’s all still high school, really.

My burgeoning interest in this great social experiment known as Facebook has shown to me that none of us are ever too far from high school. 
At least, I’m not. 
I graduated from an enormous high school.  Even though I live in Podunk Central, our high school is one of the largest in the state, mainly because [...]

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Please hold.

I think Fridays are days for dipping into the “things that annoy the holy living shit out of me” files. 
Today’s case:  call waiting. 
Back some 25 years ago, my parents got call waiting on their phone, which at the time was a great idea considering they had a teenager in the house.  (Me.)  Since they weren’t [...]

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I think I’m coming down with a 24-hour tumor; I hear they’re going around.

Can y’all stand one more post about me feeling like crap? 
Gah.  I feel like crap. 
Here’s the thing:  apparently I snore.  This in a way really doesn’t surprise me a whole lot, as I come from a long line of champion snorers.  My grandmother sounded like she was holding one handle of a lumberjack hand saw [...]

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Shortness of breath.

As of late, this is my nightly routine: 
Take Spawn to whatever extracurricular & drop off.  Drive directly to Rite-Aid.  Walk directly to the cough & cold aisle.  Spend 10 minutes staring at the various boxes, trying to match up symptoms.  Buy something in the hopes that this will make me feel human again. 
Rinse, repeat. 
I got [...]

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The ones we love the most are the ones who make us the craziest.

Friday is my mother’s 70th birthday. 
Although she is on record saying that she prefers to just be told “happy birthday” rather than get gifts, I know better than to be empty handed on her day.  One does not ignore one’s mother’s birthday, if one is smart. 
Except, she is quite possibly the hardest person on earth [...]

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Thinking

It’s probably a good thing I don’t walk around with a thought bubble above my head.  People would see me for the curmudgeon I really am. 
 
– Mox

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