Top Ten for a Tuesday

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Because a friend is having a time and she loves the Top Ten lists... Here's one for today. As always in no particular order...

1. Being happy right where you are is pretty cool. Even when you can think of other places you'd really rather be.

2. When your best friend moves farther away from you than you moved from her, you'll try not to think how long it might be before you see her again.

3. A son's broken leg + no sleep + a shopping trip to the Meijer pharmacy = a bottle of wine. And a wish that you could be there to enjoy it with her.

4. The love of your life coming to your old home town for the first time in years AFTER you've moved away will make you more pissed than disappointed.

5. Cooking with ADD may mean scraping almost burnt chicken and noodles off the bottom of a pan. Luckily, they're pretty good almost burnt and crispy.

6. You'll be happy that you're happy with what you have when your ex-girlfriend who broke up with you because she didn't want a girlfriend gets a girlfriend. Less than two months after breaking up with you. Otherwise, you might be tempted to be really pissed.

7. Leaving your bottle of rum at a friend's house isn't as bad as it seems. Sobriety can be kinda cool for a change.

8. Being homesick at Christmas will make you wish for things you never usually wish for.

9. When you haven't been turned inside out for a few weeks, you'll try to convince yourself (unsuccessfully) that it was overrated anyway.

10. Saying you need to get back to the gym isn't as effective as actually getting back to the gym. But it's a hell of a lot more fun.

That's it. Ten. Not exactly my best work, but it'll do.

Comments

  1. Anonymous29 January, 2010 22:32

    Im just now catching up on all of your blogs...shame on me, won't happen again. I love you for giving me your top 10 today....even though you wrote it over a month ago, it's just what I needed today. Love you.

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