I just came back from a Chinese restaurant I hadn't visited in a while. I had no complaints until I got to the fortune cookie. I broke it in half and popped a bite in my mouth. It was crispier than some fortune cookies, and I was thinking I liked it when I looked at my fortune.
Your problem just got worse. Think, what you have done.
Holy crap!!! I thought fortune cookies were supposed to be a philosophical riddle, positive at least, hokey or trite at the worst. And I thought the biggest thing I should worry about from the Chinese buffet is possibly contracting a food-borne illness.
I don't think I have done anything really terrible, but I also don't think I will be going back to this restaurant for a while!
July 5, 2010
July 1, 2010
Hand-holding Energy Zappers
I had a friend who had a theory about the transfer of energy between people. She believed that people are either energy givers or energy takers. Following an interaction with another person, each of you either feels energized or drained of energy. You can both feel the same way, but one person rarely feels both ways at the same time. In an interaction with another person, the results might be different (one person gives you energy, another person takes it). Further, in subsequent interactions with people, you may feel completely differently, depending on the nature of the interaction, individual mood, involvement of other people, etc.
I always think it is an interesting theory, when I have cause to think about it at all. Selfishly, I am not usually thinking about my effect on other people, but I do tend to notice when I feel particularly energized or drained after an interaction with another person. For example, this week I have spent more time than I should have holding the hands of people who should be old enough and mature enough to not need it. While the hand-holding was figurative, not literal, the feeling is real. I have felt physically, emotionally and psychologically drained all week.
The antidote to energy takers is obviously to avoid them in favor of energy givers. Unfortunately, I have not only been unable to get away from the energy takers before now, I have been able to find only a few energy givers. Amanda has been something of an energy giver, although from a distance. Pam was not the energy giver she usually is, but she was at least not a taker. Surprisingly enough, my best source of energy this week has been my kids. In B's case, I am not sure he has been a giver as much as he has not been a taker, especially after last week. But the twins have been my lifesavers this week. Whether this is just because they are getting more mature, or they are having a good week, or they could somehow sense that I was not up to anything else, I don't know. I just know that they have both been so sweet, and so funny, and so loving (without being clingy!) that I don't know what I would have done without them.
The good news is that the week is almost over. A holiday weekend is coming up and I am already feeling more positive energy than I have felt all week. I have decided to quit hand-holding in favor of hugging my kids and crossing my fingers that the feeling lasts.
I always think it is an interesting theory, when I have cause to think about it at all. Selfishly, I am not usually thinking about my effect on other people, but I do tend to notice when I feel particularly energized or drained after an interaction with another person. For example, this week I have spent more time than I should have holding the hands of people who should be old enough and mature enough to not need it. While the hand-holding was figurative, not literal, the feeling is real. I have felt physically, emotionally and psychologically drained all week.
The antidote to energy takers is obviously to avoid them in favor of energy givers. Unfortunately, I have not only been unable to get away from the energy takers before now, I have been able to find only a few energy givers. Amanda has been something of an energy giver, although from a distance. Pam was not the energy giver she usually is, but she was at least not a taker. Surprisingly enough, my best source of energy this week has been my kids. In B's case, I am not sure he has been a giver as much as he has not been a taker, especially after last week. But the twins have been my lifesavers this week. Whether this is just because they are getting more mature, or they are having a good week, or they could somehow sense that I was not up to anything else, I don't know. I just know that they have both been so sweet, and so funny, and so loving (without being clingy!) that I don't know what I would have done without them.
The good news is that the week is almost over. A holiday weekend is coming up and I am already feeling more positive energy than I have felt all week. I have decided to quit hand-holding in favor of hugging my kids and crossing my fingers that the feeling lasts.
June 28, 2010
You Might be From White County...
1. You think any waitress who expects more than a two dollar tip should get a job at Wal-Mart like everyone else.
2. Planning a vacation consists of making your hotel reservation before you get to Branson.
3. You didn't see the need to move the old trailer out before you moved the new one in beside it.
4. You've ever done your Christmas shopping at TSC.
5. You know what TSC stands for.
6. You'd rather float the Spring than the Buffalo because you can leave the beer cans as you go.
7. You think a trip to LR consists of Sam's Club, the mall, and eating on Restaurant Row. You never cross the river and you never eat at a restaurant that isn't part of a national chain.
8. You'll drive the 45 miles to NLR to eat an overcooked steak, but you refuse to pay more than $4.95 for a burger at home.
9. You believe the imitation Dooney from the flea market looks just like the real thing.
10. You don't understand why people made a big deal about your state rep's bill to allow guns in schools and churches.
11. You find it necessary to keep your junk cars inside an 8-foot chain link fence with a rottweiler, even though you live 5 miles down a dirt road named after your papaw.
12. When you go to the liquor store, your purchase includes enough to drink on the drive back across the county line.
2. Planning a vacation consists of making your hotel reservation before you get to Branson.
3. You didn't see the need to move the old trailer out before you moved the new one in beside it.
4. You've ever done your Christmas shopping at TSC.
5. You know what TSC stands for.
6. You'd rather float the Spring than the Buffalo because you can leave the beer cans as you go.
7. You think a trip to LR consists of Sam's Club, the mall, and eating on Restaurant Row. You never cross the river and you never eat at a restaurant that isn't part of a national chain.
8. You'll drive the 45 miles to NLR to eat an overcooked steak, but you refuse to pay more than $4.95 for a burger at home.
9. You believe the imitation Dooney from the flea market looks just like the real thing.
10. You don't understand why people made a big deal about your state rep's bill to allow guns in schools and churches.
11. You find it necessary to keep your junk cars inside an 8-foot chain link fence with a rottweiler, even though you live 5 miles down a dirt road named after your papaw.
12. When you go to the liquor store, your purchase includes enough to drink on the drive back across the county line.
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