Wallowing usually wins that fight. At least for a while. Instead of complaining about my situation I know I should try and change it. Should do, but...
It takes me a few months or years or decades to get off my duff and do something but I get there eventually.
So thanks to the readers who tried to comfort me after my pity-party-post. I know I shouldn't reach out for sympathy like that but let's face it, there are times I'm just not so sunny. I suppose my blog often represents who I want to be. The sunnier moments where I'm enjoying life and reflecting and pausing. But there are a lot of gray days, too, which aren't always easy to get through. It helps to know I'm not the only one though. Thank you, blog community!
Perhaps I should take my cue from the French, who when they've had enough, just get out in the street and protest! That's what I call action, though I don't always approve of their methods or even the reasons they strike. This time it seems to be a doozy though. Case in point: I just went by the gas station only to find that there was no unleaded in the pump I was at. There was a fairly hefty line of cars for a Friday afternoon at 3. At the second station they had unleaded but again there was a longer wait than usual. I did have half a tank myself but I figure better be safe than sorry.
Why? Because some of the French refineries have been disrupted or stopped production.
Why? Because the French are mad as hell and aren't gonna take it anymore.
Ok, why are they mad again? Because the government had the gall to suggest increasing the retirement age. To age 62 according to this CNN report, but I've heard it could be higher. I like to tease my students and tell that in the US it's already much higher! And so this is the fourth time since school started that there has been a national strike day: trains, schools, etc. And now the refinery workers are participating. And the high schoolers are protesting, too, even though they're far from retirement age.
If I can't drive to work because of this thing (and therefore lose money), I think I'll go on strike myself! Wait, that doesn't make sense. Who cares, it's the French attitude.
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On day(s) like this, a cookie or a good comedy helps me to get through the day. If the sun is out, sunshine helps too.
Sometimes it just that one need to wallow. It's being human.
Now, where is that box of cookie?
Like Jenez says, it's part of being human. Then when we come out of the fog, we wonder why we were so blue. The bad went away, the good got better, and we take charge of the situation. If there's something you CAN do about it, rise up and make it happen. Kick that door of inhibitions down. And in the meantime, warm chocolate chip cookies DO soothe that troubled soul. Or mac and cheese. Or chicken-fried-chicken with white pepper gravy.
Tell the French they've got it good and to stop complaining!
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