Musings
Sometimes I wonder if …
- the smokers at work who smoke by the door, despite the signs saying No Smoking, can feel the venom of hate dripping from my body as I walk by?
- I will ever be able to wear proper heels again?
- that woman who parked halfway into a handicap spot and never straightened out noticed the dirty looks of onlookers … and also whether she inconvenienced someone who really needed that handicapped spot?
- the real estate market will rebound enough for us to sell our condo at a profit? Before we’re 50?
- my generation will eventually need knee and hip replacements from all the pounding we do to our bodies?
- that driver going way too slow in the middle lane of the highway noticed the line of cars behind him and all the cars passing him on his left and right … and also if he ever considered moving over to the slow lane?
- we will ever buy a piano, so I can begin playing again?
- that person whom I held the door open for heard me say You’re Welcome, because I certainly didn’t hear her say Thank You?
- I will ever have the desire to run another marathon?
- we will have to make a decision to stay in a condo in order to stay in the city or sell out and move to the suburbs in order to buy a house?
- the community at large will ever fully embrace online dating, blogging and other social networking fads or whether those of us who use them will always be given cock-eyed looks?
What are the things you wonder about? And do you have any answers to my musings?
April 21st, 2010 at 8:06 am
I think blogging is more accepted than it used to be, but there are definitely still people who just don’t get it. Maybe it’s better that way — the Judgey McJudgersons can stay in their caves and thus don’t get to experience the awesomeness that is the blogger community. :)
I wonder if the drivers who sit at the stoplight by my apartment blaring their music ever think about the people around who might not want to hear it.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:18 am
As for buying a house for us. We started looking in Evanston and moved farther and farther out. Not only was expense a factor, our expectations for space for our money were not met until we got far enough away. Look where we are now! And the taxes here… astronomical. And culture/good restaurants? Very little!
I’m sure you know, but you can supposedly find cheaper used pianos. Sometimes schools sell theirs or you can find them through word of mouth. Maybe even Craig’s list?
I never expect “Thank-Yous” for anything. Then when I do get them, it is a treat. Sad but true.
Smoking… gag all around. Too bad many of the people who smoked in Key West (and there were a lot of them) were really nice and it was hard to feel too venimous towards them. Then again, they were not smoking in restricted areas.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:23 am
I can completely relate to the door opening instance, and it’s really funny that I let things like that affect me. But, when I open the door for someone, I expect a “Thank You” AT LEAST. I’m a “Thanks so much, have a great day!” kind of person. Which, I know, coming from Jersey is hard to believe.
If you opened my door, I’d say thanks, then buy you a coffee. Or a Luna Bar. Whatever it is you wanted. ;)
April 21st, 2010 at 8:30 am
I’ve never been able to properly walk in heels. Le sigh. And people who drive slow in the middle or passing lanes drive me crazy.
I’m wondering if I’ll find a new job soon. And where the future will take me. Its both scary and exciting.
I’m also wondering why I thought it would be a good idea to stay up until 3 last night.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:37 am
I’ll let you know about the knee replacement one tomorrow ;)
I often wonder if men in the workplace really how challenging it can be when you’re the ONLY girl in the office 99% of the time, not to mention how annoying it is that they take magazines from the breakroom INTO the bathroom and then put them *back* in the breakroom.
Also, did God (or whomever) really intend for us to work 5 days a week?
Lastly, why must my professors in my online classes this semester be such toolbags? Seriously, they teach us nothing yet expect us to know everything.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:45 am
As a smoker (albeit occasional,about 5 cigarettes per week), I wonder if you know how I intentionally try to blow smoke on you if I see you roll your eyes at me for smoking. ;-)
But I wonder if my friends and co-workers actually think I want to hear every detail about their kid’s lives.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:49 am
I wonder if the smokers outside of our building (who smoke just outside the door, too) can tell that I hold my breath when I walk past them. GRrrrr…..
April 21st, 2010 at 9:01 am
Smokers, bad parkers, slow drivers…they notice they just don’t care. I think people are coming around about online dating and blogs. I just think it’s slow, but I don’t notice quite as much surprise around those topics any more…
April 21st, 2010 at 9:05 am
I hope we don’t need to ever get hip and knee replacement surgery.
Both my parents are smokers and I hate smoking so you can pretty much put together how I react to cigarette/pipe/cigar/younameit smoke. But at least smokers are not smoking inside the building.
I don’t think all people will embrace blogging/social networking, but there are more now who are than say five years ago.
April 21st, 2010 at 9:09 am
I also wonder about the real estate market. I feel like I am going to own my condo for eternity…
I wonder when my next great date will be. Gosh it’s been a long time since I’ve been on a great date.
I wonder if I will ever get access to all the systems that I need access to at work. Ok, I know I will eventually -- it’s just taking way longer than I expected!
April 21st, 2010 at 9:29 am
I hate smokers that sit near entry-ways! It’s so frustrating as a non-smoker to have to hold my breath in order to walk by them. Most places have a “no smoking zone” 10-15 feet away from an entrance….I just wish that the policy would be better enforced b/c most people still stand right in front of the door.
Maybe all of us non-smokers should loudly cough as we walk by the smokers and maybe they will feel a bit guilty and move next time?
April 21st, 2010 at 9:45 am
I feel like online dating is becoming more and more widely accepted. I mean we met on Craigslist of all places and the only reaction I ever get when I tell people that is, “That’s AWESOME!” Maybe they’re saying derogatory things about us behind our backs, though.
April 21st, 2010 at 9:53 am
another option for a piano is an electric piano like this one. NOT a keyboard -- they have touch like a real piano, and have weighted keys and damper pedals and everything. GREAT alternative when you don’t want to get a full piano (and/or move a lot like i do!!)
April 21st, 2010 at 10:03 am
I didn’t know you played the piano! That’s great. I hope you can find a way to get one and bring that back into your life.
I think the world will be forced to catch up to us social networking types. Soon there will be no alternatives to keeping your head in the proverbial sand.
I never get it- how smokers continue to smoke given the litany of information on how bad it is for them. And I, myself, am a former smoker! It’s just a disgusting habit with the end result of death.
April 21st, 2010 at 10:31 am
Okay. So I still smoke. But never in a place that would offend anyone. Seriously. I hate it when smokers aren’t considerate. I know I’m killing myself, but I’m not taking anyone else along with me. That’s just rude.
April 21st, 2010 at 10:45 am
i HOPE that you get the desire to do another marathon and i HOPE that it’s one we can do together!
i don’t know that everyone will catch up on online dating, etc. i think we’ll always get some funky looks. their loss, i say!
i didn’t know you played the piano either!
April 21st, 2010 at 11:21 am
i wonder many of these things myself. and i can’t tell you how many times i’ve said “you’re welcome” in a snotty tone because no one said thank you for holding the door…or other things of that nature.
April 21st, 2010 at 11:54 am
Some people are just never going to “get” blogging I think. Last week someone I know found out about my blog and they were like “oh, you have a blog…why?”. I just took a deep breath and smiled.
April 21st, 2010 at 11:59 am
Whenever I have to walk through a wall of smokers in order to get into work, I flail my hand around and make that “p-u face” or yanno, cough obnoxiously. Haha, I am sure they just looove me but seriously, they need to get the hell into the dregs of the parking lot and not give me second hand cancer, thanks!
April 21st, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Sometimes I wonder if the community at large will ever put other people before themselves. And if I will ever be clean again after what happened to me last night. Story to come tomorrow :)
April 21st, 2010 at 1:58 pm
In answer to some of your musings…
Not all smokers are oblivious…sometimes you just have to ask them nicely to move. (I admit I’m slightly biased…my husband is a smoker)
Real estate will rebound…according to my brother who follows that stuff there are positive signs of slow movement.
The lady may not have said thank you but you may have made her day a little brighter…either that or she is just oblivious and self-assuming that the world revolves around her.
I think our community has started to embrace social networking trends…but the older generations (most not all) are a bit skeptical. I met my husband online and we don’t get too many weird looks about that. I do still get weird looks about blogging. And no one thinks twice about me on Facebook. These are becoming more mainstream.
I wonder about…
Does the driver that is driving, messing with the radio, eating, etc realize how much of a hazard they are? Could they do one thing at a time?
Does the person loudly talking on their cell phone in the movie theater, restaurant, etc realize the rest of us don’t want to hear?
April 21st, 2010 at 2:21 pm
I think it will be a while before people will stop thinking spending your time blogging is weird. But I do feel liek the world has very much embraced online dating. The way I hear people talk about it, the stigma is virtually gone. But maybe I just interact with open minded people?
April 21st, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Between the parkers, the smokers and the drivers, I would have the same musings. It’s all a form of being selfish. No concern for others around you.
April 21st, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Are you guys starting to talk about moving? I hope you don’t go too far from the cute neighborhood where we met!
I think technology -- blogging, online dating, etc -- is so deeply ingrained in the culture of the next generation, that at some point all of them will be doing/using this stuff. Maybe we fall into the somewhat-early-adopter category when it comes to that stuff.
April 21st, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Oh my goodness, if you want to wear heels again you MUST check this site out: http://www.heeluxe.com
This is a good friend of mine in Santa Barbara and he’s been working on these for a good 2 years. He got the idea for them when he noticed his girlfriend would come home in agony every time she would go out in her heels. He’s a physical therapist and has extensive knowledge of the foot and ankle.
They’re now available for purchase.
April 21st, 2010 at 7:43 pm
I do not conceal my smoker contempt. It drives me NUTS!
April 21st, 2010 at 8:27 pm
I wonder if society will ever realize that it is the students that are failing not the teachers. I work harder than ever and the students work less than ever.
April 22nd, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Today I’m wondering why last night I decided it would be a good idea to eat like HALF A JAR of nacho cheese with chips for dinner…and I’m wondering if I can pull a weight loss at next week’s weigh-in at this rate. :-P
Oh, and I think the real estate market will TOTALLY bounce back for ya. Not that I have a clue about any of that stuff…
April 24th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Don’t you just love the loose interpretation of the 15 feet from entrances that smokers have? Bastards.
BTW, I plan to be at least half cybernetic by the time I retire. Hips, knees, and ankles will be the starting point.