I Hate Politics

This election has heightened emotions more than any in my memory. I try to avoid the whole subject because my own beliefs are private to me. I don't want anyone telling me what I should believe or do or who I should vote for. But even when I won't be drawn into the discussion, this year it seems everyone is trying to convince me they know more then I do. I beg to differ. I'm still an undecided voter, but I will not make my decision on what you tell me.

A long time friend phoned me last evening and started with the rumors she hears. STOP! I don't listen to rumors. I delete e-mails, most are lies anyway. I listened to the debates. Then I checked out as many facts as I could. I found one site to be very nonpartisan and easy to sort through. http://www.factcheck.org I sent this information around to some friends who keep sending me the rumors. But it didn't stop the junk I was getting.

Then the friend phoned and some angry words were exchanged. Well, not exchanged, it was on my part. I unloaded on her. Which is not like me.....usually.......I hope. (Though contrary to some, I have not mellowed in my old age. I am more likely to stick up for myself then I ever did as a youth. I no longer avoid confrontation at any cost.) I hate politics. This years election is making something very clear to me.

Some people are so convinced their own beliefs are accurate, that they are perfectly willing to discredit anything that does not conform to their own beliefs. I ask myself, how can a real truth be known with that mindset? Facts are not easy to find, but don't you have to be willing to examine both sides before you can even begin to make a decision as important as this one? How can anyone make decisions without being willing to sort out facts from political lies or exaggerations or half truths? Why are so many people so willing to only listen to what they want to believe? What does this say about the future of our country?

P.S. What makes "political lies" more acceptable then any other lie????? I HATE POLITICS!! (And Politicians) (And, I hate that it made me yell at my friend last night.)

From Bad to Worse

Sometimes we make decisions we are very unhappy with. I got my hair cut on Tuesday. For several years now I've worn it about half way between my shoulders and chin line. I can slightly roll it under, not too much , I don't want the pageboy look. Or I can flip the ends out. I liked it either way and it gave me options. And it's long enough to pull back and tuck behind my ears. What on earth got into me. I told Katie to cut it a little shorter this time. Just to see what it would be like. So now it's cut at the chin line.

Yesterday I had my shower and let it dry straight with just a bit of my roll under. OH NO. I looked like the Little Dutch Boy on the old paint cans.

So this morning I tried the flip out the ends style. OH NO, NO!!!! Now I look like President George Washington's portrait. I want my long hair back.

Confrazzled

How do you normal folks turn your minds off so you can get some sleep?? Is there some secret that was never programmed into my brain?

It's not just pain that keeps me awake all night. (And day.) My mind reminds me of an old taunt that was used when I was a kid.

Roses are red.
Grass is green.
Your mouth runs
like a sewing machine.

But, it's not my mouth that runs all the time. (Well maybe sometimes.) It's my mind that won't shut down. No matter how sleepy I get, my mind jumps from one crazy or genius thought to another. I don't know if I'm a genius without a clue or a crazy sap with too many clues and no idea where I'm going so I can't get there from somewhere. And I don't know where I'm going with this...so how will I know if I get anywhere?

What do you do with a mind that won't quit, doesn't know how to rest , but works fine (truly, actually I believe so) when it has a project to complete, but forgets to turn off when sleep is an absolute necessity?

And there you have a sneak peak into the befuddled sleepless mind of me. Am I suppose to apologize for bringing you along on my confrazzled trip?