Ditch Regret and Worry, Who Needs 'Em?

Don't SCREW UP Today by
WORRYING about the Future or by
REGRETTING the Past.

We all do it. But to what purpose? Instead of paying attention to what is happening NOW and enjoying the current moment, or working towards fixing whatever problems we are faced with TODAY, we tend to spin off into regretsville or futurama and FORGET that right now is what is most important. RIGHT NOW we have control over what is happening, for the most part, to us. We can take ACTION right now, so that we have nothing to worry about in the future, or at least a great deal less to worry about, and we won't have regrets about what we didn't do or should have done differently (or should have done at all) instead.

My German Adventure Begins!

As of today, I've offically been in Germany for one week! Who would've thought? It's definitely been interesting, too, so I thought I'd share. ;-) The plane trip over was just that a total trip, especially since I brought my eldest cat, Little Boy, with me in the cabin. Note to self: NEVER, under any circumstances, do that again!!!! It was actually a living nightmare, lol. The drive to the Columbia, SC, airport, yes, Columbia, SC, ...thanks Army for not allowing me to fly out of the Atlanta airport which is only 30 minutes from where I live...was an ever so enjoyable 3-hour experience thanks to my cat because he gets violently carsick. Dramamine only helps a little. =( Anyhoo, we get to the airport in one piece, technically, and get on the plane to Dulles. Luckily, the flight attendant allowed me to unzip Little Boy's carrier, which was a really cool backpack made for cats, so he was happy and slept the whole way. We got to Dulles and hung out in the latrine b/c he gets really upset when he has to be zipped in. So to keep him quiet, we stayed in the latrine til our flight.

A Muskrat Menace

So, it was 3:00am on Saturday night. I was sitting up late with my mom playing video games. Well, I was playing and she was buying stuff online as usual, I think. Out of the blue, mom decided that she wanted to feed the stray cats outside. My mom is a night owl, so don’t ask me why she gets wild hairs like these in the middle of the night. All I know is that by 3:00am, I’m half delirious from lack of sleep. Anyways, she got up to go out into the backyard and as she opened the back door, all of a sudden, she started screaming her head off saying, "It got in! It’s big, and it got in!" For all I knew it was an axe-murderer or something, so I jumped up and raced into the kitchen to see what she was yelling about. That’s when I saw it. It was black, as big as my cats, and it was running as fast as lightening into the dining room. I thought, "Holy crap! What in the world did mom just let into the house? Was it some kind of nuclear-sized rat or what?"

A Menacing Muskrat

 

When One Door Closes

You know the old saying: When one door closes, another opens, right? Well, my life is so just that right now. So many new career opportunities are developing for me, I’m meeting all kinds of new and interesting people, going to interesting places, learning news skills and lessons about myself. Yet, the past still manages to elbow its way in to rain on my parade...So many cliches are just perfect for my situation right now, lol.

Viva Las Vegas!

Ok I promised a friend I'd write a blog about the fact that I was a stripper in Las Vegas once. Yes, it's true, from 1999 to 2001, so I was 29-31, can you believe it? By this time, I had both my Bachelor's and my Master's degrees. So, you guys who go to strip clubs and the girls tell you stuff like that, it ain't *always* bullshit!!! Keep that in mind. Anyways, my whole family, besides my sis, thinks I was a server at a casino, just to keep the peace. How on-the-edge, you might think; how risque! How trashy! Whatever you think, now you'll get the low-down from someone  who's been there and who is actually a normal girl, just like anybody else! So here's the story: