Grumpy Old Woman...

.......that's me.  I can't decide if I'm being grumpy or if I'm just having a massive PMS attack but everything is driving me completely insane.  I don't even think it's me.....everyone who lives in my Town is just completely nuts. 

Take this weekend for instance.....a girl pushed in front of me at the bar.  Not the end of the world, I understand that however she blatantly pushed me out of the way and then proceeded to ignore me!!!??  WTF!!

Another incident on the same night.....some stupid 19 year old trod on my foot in ridiculously high heels whilst she was having her picture taken and didn't even turn around to see what had happened until I yelled in her ear that it really hurt.  I then ended up almost getting into a fight with her friend......seriously what is wrong with the youth of today.  There is just no need to be so arrogant and rude and I'm pretty sure that I wasn't like that as a Teenager.

Something else that really wound me up over the weekend and nearly ended up in a road rage incident.  I was driving in the car with Chick doing 33 miles an hour in a 30 zone, through a small country Village and the woman behind me was right up my backside.  Being the grumpy old woman that I am, I slowed down to 30mph and the stupid tart overtook me and swerved back in front of me completely endangering my daughter's life (ok a slight exaggeration.....but still!!!)  Again just unnecesscary behaviour that is driving me too distraction!!

I feel much better for having got all that off my chest!!  Is it me being insane or do all these people sound crazy???So what drives you to be a grumpy old woman (or man)???? 

Happy Valentines Day!!!

I thought that seeing as love is all around today I'd share one of my favourite verses about love:

Love is a temporary madness,

it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.

And when it subsides you have to make a decision.

You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together

that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.

Because this is what love is.

Love is not breathlessness,

it is not excitement,

it is not the promulgation of eternal passion.

That is just being "in love" which any fool can do.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away,

and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground,

and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches,

they find that they are one tree and not two.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Louis de Bernieres

Internet Dating? Count me Out!!!!!

So, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, I have been 'officially' single for about 10 years.  One of my best friends who I'm sure would love to remain nameless, has been actively seeking a gentleman partner for dates and such like.  She has tried Speed Dating, Internet Dating, Random Men, friends of friends, blind dates and do you know what suited her best?  Absolutely nothing!!!!  For the last 5 years I've used this as an excuse for the fact that there is no point me even trying!!!!

However, I figured that I would secretly join an internet dating site as my favourite American brother met his wife this way and she is full of the awesome....why would it not work for me???  (you can visit her awesome home schooling motherness over at http://www.overactiveovaries.wordpress.com/ but she makes me looks like such a terrible mother that you are not allowed to compare us!!!)  All I can say is that my bro must've had his Fairy Godmother shining on him the day he joined 'cos my matches have gone something like this:

Me:  What I'm looking for: Single Gal looking for genuine outgoing 30/40's man who likes to travel and find adventures!!! I would appreciate an educated man who can spell and that earns equal to/more than me!!!!

(Just to clarify......Yes my grammar may be crap but I can spell when most English men don't seem to be able to......when I'm looking at a future partner if he cannot be bothered to use spellcheck then why the hell would I even bother to e-mail them?  Seriously people how hard is it?????)

Matches: (e-mails) Hey there large lady, Me love you long time....you wanna have sex????

Erm....so yep that's not the kind of adventure that I had in mind and why I'm all done with internet dating and deleting my profile at the same time as typing this!!!!

Baby Steps and Love Hearts

I have lots of things swirling around in my brain today that I feel the need to write about but I'm not sure that I can find the words.  We could talk about how it's Valentines Day this week and I'm officially single for roughly the 10th year in a row but that would make me sound bitter and twisted and that sucks. 

We could talk about how much my promotion has sucked so far except I know that people from work read my blog and I guess it's not very professional to talk about how it's affecting me when I work in HR (I'll just e-mail you all separately!!) 

We could talk about the fact that I'm avoiding Chick's Teacher so she can't tell me yet again that Chick is back chatting.....I'm not a bad Mother (honest) I just get sick of telling Chick to toe the line over stupid stuff that doesn't really matter!!  So instead of all the stuff that sucks let's talk about baby steps!! (Not actual babies before any of you start panicking....my baby days are well and truly over!!)

Today I actually made it to the gym at lunchtime for the first time in about 3 months.  This may seem like a ridiculous thing to be excited about but a) I got a lunch break and b) I went to the gym!!!!!  That's right the Kilimanjaro training has commenced....thankfully I have 10 months to do the training 'cos I would never have made it up there today.  The first 5 minutes on the cross trainer I figured I was doing pretty well.....by minute 15....well let's just say I was looking rather flushed.  Then I thought that I'd climb uphill on the treadmill which again lasted about 15 minutes until I decided that my blisters (from running last week) were so bad I'd have to stop and do weights instead!!!  Baby steps are the way forward and at least I got off my ass!!

So, back to the Valentines Day thing.  I have no problem with being single on this particular day but it's rubbish that I miss out on presents.  These are some of the things I may treat myself to just to let me know how much I love myself and that I am worth it:

 

Gotta lurve me some Krispy Kreme

Shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More shoes!!! No, I don't have enough pairs but thanks for your concern ;-)

Mulberry Bayswater......ok yes I'm dreaming now!!!

So, yep I'm totally worth it and I am obviously capable of buying myself love related presents!! I'll keep you posted on how the training goes!!!

* I have not been paid by Krispy Kreme, Office or Mulberry for the above mentions however if any of them should feel like offering me freebies I will gladly write about them every day for a year!!!!!!