Thoughtprints

I get bothered by a lot of things. In fact, I get downright angered by a lot of things! Most of the time I keep them to myself, but sometimes they get the best of me and I just have to holler a little. For instance (you must imagine me on my soapbox to get the full effect!):

This kind of thing makes me SICK! Sharon Stone was suing a plastic surgeon because he said he had given her a facelift?? Who the hell cares?! I'd wager a guess that 90% of the actresses in Hollywood have had work done, and it sure as hell doesn't affect them getting work!! Oh, but wait, she "prides herself on her natural beauty". Well isn't that special. I'm sure that if she has enough TALENT to get a part in a movie, the director won't give a flying whether she's had work done or not!! Geez! There are entire families living on the streets; people starving in our own country; something like 60% of our population living below the poverty level - and all she worries about is if everyone will believe she's had plastic surgery on her "naturally beautiful" face! Gimme a break! And get a clue!

And then there's this. Is this for real??? A "wrongful life" suit??? Yeah, okay, I can see where the doctor who purposely "misdiagnosed" a pregnant woman with rubella so that she wouldn't abort her fetus should maybe cough up some dough to help with the expenses she's endured, but to sue him for "allowing her to be born"? What?? Maybe malpractice, but "wrongful life"?? Damn. I don't even know what to say about that! It's just ..... wrong! On so many levels!

You know what else bothers me? Everybody else's trash! Why is it that I'm the ONLY one who can ever put anything away, or throw anything away? That really pisses me off! Is it really that hard to go to the trash can, open your hand and let the trash fall in?

I've also had my fill of people who profess to be friends but aren't. You know what I mean. The people who are your friends as long as you're there for THEM, but suddenly disappear when you're not? The ones who are takers, but never givers? And how 'bout the ones who just drop out of your life without a word, and won't even reciprocate when you reach out to them? What's THAT all about?? Oh well. Those kind of "friends" I can do without. Thank God I have a real friend (Hi Debbie!!) who has stuck with me through thick and thin, emailing and not emailing, talking and not talking. She knows me, and understands. Those kind of friends are few and far between!

Did I mention that I'm experiencing the unending joy of right now? Big shock, huh! Ohhhh my, I just love being a woman in her late 40s.

So Hubby calls me last night from Alliance, Nebraska, to tell me he lost his cell phone somewhere between here and Huntsman (wherever that is!) while getting on and off the train. Oh joy. As soon as Callie left for school this morning I was on the phone to our local Verizon store. I got their answering machine. (Did I mention I'm PMSing?? LOL) I tried back in a few minutes, reaching the salesman I usually deal with. Yay. I inusred Tony's phone because I KNEW this would happen, so the guy gives me the number to the insurance company. I have to call them, make a claim, and then they will send the new phone overnight. Cool, right? Yeah, right. I call the insurance company and get all that automated crap of course. So I push the proper numbers and blah blah blah, then get to this part where I must push 1 if I have a police report number. A police report number? For a lost phone??? So I hang up and call the guy at Verizon back. Again I get the answering machine! Hardly able to contain myself (did I mention I'm having PMS right now?), I sit down and wait a few minutes, then call back. Finally! I get him back on the phone. I tell him about the ridiculous insurance company and how they want a police report number, to which he replies, "oh yeah, they do usually want that." Gee, thanks for telling me that earlier!!!! So now I have to call the police department and get a stupid report number! Luckily, when I call I get a dispatcher who I know personally, so I don't have to be ultra friendly. LOL I explain to her what I need and how stupid I think it is, then she tells me she had to do the same thing when her son lost his phone, we both agree it's totally dumb, then she gives me my number. So then I called the insurance company back AGAIN, and FINALLY get the damn thing completed! I had such a huge feeling of relief that it left me exhausted. I'm going to go eat cookies.