These are some “lessons learned” or musings I’ve experienced recently:
. . . What goes up must come down. And will go through a window, a person’s flesh, or whatever happens to be in its path. Okay, I already knew that. What I learned this week is that I can handle whatever comes down and the destruction it may cause. A shiny, new window now proudly stands where the shattered one once stood. No harm, no foul. At least no one was harmed by the flying object or frozen by the lack of glass for two days.
. . . It only takes me two weeks to get bored. I always thought I would get bored of the fill-in-the-blank (Atkins, Slim Fast, or Herbalife) –diet within two weeks because that particular fill-in-the-blank-diet was limited. I’m on Weight Watchers this time and am not limited by what I can eat, but still feel myself growing tired of the diet. Apparently, my normal patience level for dieting expires at two weeks. Going to push past that this time, though.
. . . Sometimes it’s good to take the long way home. I’m always rushing to get where I need to be. I’m cruising along on autopilot, while kicking a million and one other things around in my brain. And sometimes autopilot will cause you to miss your turn. But never fear, sometimes the scenic route gives way for silence and reflection.
. . . Consult your friends for their secrets or habits. My best friend has a habit of always keeping a spare hairdryer on hand. If I had followed suit, I wouldn’t have been late for work after dashing out to the drugstore, complete with soaking wet hair, to buy a new hairdryer. Such a simple thing. Such an inopportune death of a hairdryer.
. . . World’s worst pickup line. My friend and I agreed that “Do you come here often?” is the lamest pickup line of all. Lame. Lame. Lame. Especially when used at the gym. What is a girl to think? The first response is, “Why? Do I look like I should come here often?” Trust me on this. It’s never a good line, especially not when used at the gym.