"I'm older and I've got more insurance."
The topic is a wonderful line from Kathy Bates' character in "Fried Green Tomatoes." Some young trollop beats her into a parking space at the grocery store. She leans out the window and says smarmily to Kathy Bates something like, "Face it, we're younger and faster." Kathy smiles sweetly, backs up her car, and rams the parked car with the young women in it, denting it hugely. "I'm older and I've got more insurance," is her wonderful winning reply.
Like her character, I think I may have flipped my lid for the time being. I got up to go get another damn glass of water to fulfill this stupid new year's resolution that's drowning me! In my mind, I began composing a weekly update on how I'm doing with my aspirations for the new year. I bored myself so utterly, I nearly fell over into a snooze in the hallway. A thought occurred to me: I want to live up to these aspirations I've outlined for this brave new year. I outlined them for good, positive reasons, after all. I want to chronicle my progress with them to encourage me to live up to them. I can't chronicle the boring tale of drinking water every day, or all the bad things I didn't say in favor of good things, etc. I figure that if I feel I have to discuss them, why not make the subtle details of my life more worthy of report? To that end, I've decided to start adding a little sparkle and creativity to simple things like drinking water and taking vitamins. (Maybe I'll buy some Flintstones chewables?)
The water cooler is right beneath the office supply shelves. I picked out a big, fat Marks-A-Lot red marker and started drawing big red hearts all over my paper cup full of water. (Note to Self: Next time, draw on cup first.) I wrote TRACE RULES in great big red letters. Call it a little reward of self-affirmation every time I fulfill my obligation to greatness by keeping up with my goals!
Yeah, that's about when it occurred to me I'd lost it. I felt like shouting, "TUWANDA!" in the middle of my office. I figured it's only 11:27, though. That's "rushing the growler" a bit to start shouting before lunch on a Monday. There must be some rules of appropriate office conduct at play, after all. I'll wait until after lunch at least!
Traceroo
Like her character, I think I may have flipped my lid for the time being. I got up to go get another damn glass of water to fulfill this stupid new year's resolution that's drowning me! In my mind, I began composing a weekly update on how I'm doing with my aspirations for the new year. I bored myself so utterly, I nearly fell over into a snooze in the hallway. A thought occurred to me: I want to live up to these aspirations I've outlined for this brave new year. I outlined them for good, positive reasons, after all. I want to chronicle my progress with them to encourage me to live up to them. I can't chronicle the boring tale of drinking water every day, or all the bad things I didn't say in favor of good things, etc. I figure that if I feel I have to discuss them, why not make the subtle details of my life more worthy of report? To that end, I've decided to start adding a little sparkle and creativity to simple things like drinking water and taking vitamins. (Maybe I'll buy some Flintstones chewables?)
The water cooler is right beneath the office supply shelves. I picked out a big, fat Marks-A-Lot red marker and started drawing big red hearts all over my paper cup full of water. (Note to Self: Next time, draw on cup first.) I wrote TRACE RULES in great big red letters. Call it a little reward of self-affirmation every time I fulfill my obligation to greatness by keeping up with my goals!
Yeah, that's about when it occurred to me I'd lost it. I felt like shouting, "TUWANDA!" in the middle of my office. I figured it's only 11:27, though. That's "rushing the growler" a bit to start shouting before lunch on a Monday. There must be some rules of appropriate office conduct at play, after all. I'll wait until after lunch at least!
Traceroo