Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore?

So now Reese Witherspoon and her husband are splitting up. I'm sorry. But that just puts me over the edge. It's one thing when Sara Evans leaves her husband and another thing when Brad Pitt leaves Jennifer for Angelina. Ok none of that is good but this..THIS? IT'S just wrong. I'm no expert. I realize celebrity breakups are more common than you can blink an eye at..but I thought Reese and Ryan were good. Yes I realize "good" was just my romantic vision of them and the articles and interviews are no true indication of how a relationship is going. Numerous celebrities are seen praising their spouse in an interview on Monday only to split from them on Wednesday. But this. Well it just makes me frown. Makes me think "Aww. Come on!" :( I'd be happier if Angelina would leave Brad and show him what it feels like..Seriously though. I think celebrities should not marry. What's the sense? Life for them is too full of travel, separate beds, other hot looking people to work with, other hot looking people to Dance With. (Frankly I think married people should stay OFF Dancing With The Stars unless they are dancing with their spouses. The track record isn't good folks.)
Anyway. My bubble is burst about cute little Reese and her cute little Ryan and their cute little children. A moment of silence please..........................................................................

Recovery

Ways to Pass the Time While Recovering from Surgery: Watch marathons of "The Dog Whisperer" on National Geographic Channel. Love this. Watch two episodes of Welcome Back Kotter..I used to watch when I was much younger. Still love every word that comes out of Barberino's mouth :)..Read old journals from highschool and college and be glad your life is not so filled with angst. Read as many job boards as you can because what if you found a job ten times better than what you've got?? Finish up the article you were assigned because heck, you have lots of time to do that now. Send it to the editor and offer to do another! Be excited for Grey's Anatomy because you love it AND you've not left your house in a week so you need some McDreamy storyline..but then you find out they are running repeat episodes due to the World Series. Bummer. Eat some ice cream instead. Check work email three times a day even though you are not at work and need to stop worrying about work. Reaquaint yourself with Luke and Laura who is coming out of a catatonic state and you knew them back when he date raped her on the dance floor as well as rushing home from highschool to see their wedding.Reaquaint yourself with Young and the Restless characters who not only never age but they start dating characters who were kids when you once watched. (Jack and Sharon..HELLO! That's nearly incestuous! Nick and Phyillis ACK! And Victoria with Brad!? How old are these people? All three couples completely different in age..just wrong.) Paint your fingernails a deep dark Midnight Rose color because its in for Fall..and even though you're stuck at home, you don't want to be outdone by Kelly Ripa each morning.

Wise Words

Wise Words to remember..(and replay in my head) "It's not about what you look like, or your job..or how successful you are. It's about having people in your life that you love---who love you."--Miranda Bailey/Grey's Anatomy.. This I need to remember as I get through this hard year jobwise..its what counts most of all..and at the end of the day..its all that matters..

The Little Things

Sometimes the little things that thrill us--even as adults. . can mean so much. I had a very bad work week. A lot going on to get a violent child in the right placement..and the stress is taking it's toll on me. But all week long I knew that Saturday would be a sunny crisp day..and that my family would go apple picking at the usual place. The place that also has the caramel popcorn balls. Like a child I could taste that caramel popcorn ball all week long. I thought about it in the car as we drove to the apple picking place. I thought about it as we picked the apples..apples which are good, crisp and delicious..but truth be told..it was all about the caramel popcorn ball for me today. It was later in the day than we normally go..close to 3:30pm..and I hadn't even begun to imagine that they'd run out of caramel popcorn balls. But when we stood on line and got to the counter..there were none left. NADA. None. Nope. Too bad. So sad..drive home without any caramel popcorn ball..just you and your healthy apples. UG. No one else really cared. However I, mentioned several times all the way home--just how rotten that was. Just how unsatisfying it was to go home without that caramel popcorn ball. Sheesh. So now I'm sitting here eating some won ton soup while I work on an article..wearing pajamas because it's the "de-stressing" thing that I'm doing this weekend..and hubby as promised to get me some good ice cream. One can eat ice cream on a Saturday night when they've stressed all week and lost weight without trying too hard due to work stress. But it's still..no caramel popcorn ball..I did enjoy the apple picking though. I always watch the city people who come to pick apples as if it is so far out of their realm of living..they feel they are "in the country" picking apples and yet they wear expensive shoes and pick apples with manicured nails..proud that they are being so basic for an hour. (growing up in the country makes me less that way..although I did wear good shoes and made sure i just didn't step in the crushed apples on the ground).. But the highlight was listening to a grown man say out loud "There are different KINDS of apples?"..and he was serious. Ohhh so serious. As if all apples are one generic kind..and how could you NOT know this and be living in the world? Seriously. I hope he didn't end up with the last popcorn ball or I'd be even more mortified.

Getting through

Still trying to make it through..its rough when you are teaching and one student is violent to others..and it takes forever for something to be done. I am not liking this year so far. So I look for the good in my life.. Things like: My husband sending the most beautiful flowers to my work for our anniversary..my family going shopping and spending time together..loving our dogs and closing the pool for the year..making our reservations for a week by the ocean in July..Writing for a magazine even though I have barely any time because writing is part of who I am.. Snuggling with my husband because whenever I ask he will lie down with me and just forget the world.