Toxic

I've decided that life is too short to deal with toxic people.  I have one "friend" who has proven herself over and over to be in that category.  She is exhausting, neurotic and a user.  It took me a couple of years to realize how much of a user she was, but frankly I got tired of being used.  I was her best friend when she needed a favor, but God forbid I should ever need anything from her.  She called me tonight and left a message while I was out.  I can only imagine what favor she needs now.  I am not calling her back, nor will I be doing her any favors.  I am done!

I've run across some other toxic people lately - grown women who act like 12 year olds.   It's utterly ridiculous.  I haven't encountered so much drama since junior high! 

So to all of you who may have those "toxic" people in your lives, I share this from an article by Danielle Barone:

Be comforted in the fact that you are not alone. Every person walking the earth knows at least one toxic person in their life. 

Realize that until you stop allowing a toxic person to hurt you and your life, they will continue to do so.

Toxic people are extremely negative, nasty, miserable, whiny, jealous, inconsiderate, financially irresponsible, selfish, and abusive. They can be criminally minded, mentally ill, or just plain evil...
The best thing you can do when dealing with a toxic person is to walk away and not allow them to hurt you anymore. If you cannot walk away, then mentally walk away. You can do that by being kind to yourself. Allow yourself to disengage, disassociate, and detach. Detachment is a process of not caring.

1 Year and 10 Months Ago, I Lost My Brand New Cell Phone

But Today I got my new cell phone!  I got my new cell phone!  Join Mario, Luigi and me for a happy dance! 

Oh...and thanks to my friend, Jennifer, for lending me her old one.  It sucks now but it saved me for the last 2 years! 

Unbelievable

I am the room mom for Danger Boy's class.  Our Valentine party is today, and thanks to the Texas "no sweets in school" policy we have to eat healthy.  I assigned items to be brought -veggies, dip, pretzels, cheese, etc.  Most of the parents came through but the parent who was supposed to send carrots didn't send them at all and the parent who was supposed to send celery sent the whole stalk in not chopped up.  The teacher rolled her eyes and handed it to me and said, "the mom didn't feel like chopping this up."  OK, whatever.  I brought it home with me.

On the way home I stopped at Wal-mart and picked up carrots and the fruit I had planned to bring as my contribution.  Got home and started preparing things.  Got all my grapes and strawberries taken care of and put in the fridge.  I take the celery out and start to unwrap it and O-M-G it is MOLDY!  It has grey fuzz growing all over the top.  I cannot believe a parent dug into the back of their fridge and took out this disgusting specimen and sent it to school.

I would be mortified if something I sent was that disgusting!!

Edit:  I just got back from the party. I felt so bad for that poor little boy. The whole time we were having snacks he kept saying, "I'm gonna have some of my celery (which was actually MY celery)." "Did you eat some of the celery I brought?" Then when we were finished I was sending things home with the students who brought them and he said, "I want to take my celery home." The teacher said, "Well that celery belonged to Mrs. Fxxx. We are going to send yours home with you." So I didn't write a note saying "excuse me you sent moldy celery", I just gave it to him. I didn't want to make a big deal of it since he was so proud.

Tired of Being Confined to My House

Last week we had ice or snow almost every day.  The kids were out of school and there was no way I was driving around with all the idiots on the ice.  I got out twice last week - both times to go into the office.
The weekend came and I went grocery shopping.  That's it.  Sunday night, The Pleaser came home from his dads with a raging fever.  He's been running fever and hacking his head off ever since.  The doctor thought it was bronchitis and gave him an antibiotic but it's day 5 of 5 on the Zithromax and he is still running fever.  So I'm guessing this is some sort of evil virus or the flu.  He has missed 5 days of school already and I know he won't be going back tomorrow.

I've been stuck in this house with him all week after being stuck here all week because of ice last week.  I feel terrible for him and wish I could make him feel better but I would like to get out and see the sunshine every once in a while too.  I've been out to drop Danger Boy off and pick him up each day and I went to CVS for more drugs today and hit The Pleaser's school to pick up some of his schoolwork but I don't think that counts.

I miss Target.  Heck, I even miss work!

New Year's Resolution

I'm sure you can guess...lose the rest of my weight.  I did really well until the end of October.  Then the stress of the holidays, my parents' business woes and Danger Boy's school issues really put my exercise regimen on hold.  I only gained 4 lbs (up to 222 now) but I need to get back in the game now.

My deals board is doing a Biggest Loser Challenge, so that should be a good motivation.  At least it will make me accountable since we have to weigh in every Wednesday.  I'm on the Green Team. 

GO GREEN TEAM!

Wish me luck!!