What is Valentine Day

 

Well I know that a week from tomorrow is Valentines Day.  Every year when this time comes around I find myself asking the same question.   Why am I alone?  Lol I know everyone will have an answer for that question.  

Some say I am way to picky when it comes to dating.  Well maybe that is so but who besides me knows if I am being to picky.  Is it right to just settle for whoever so we are not alone?  I say no we need to be selective in who we choose to date.  It may sound mean or stuck up but it is the truth.  I have a certain list in my mind that I check off when I meet someone.  Granted I don't expect them to fulfill all the list but there is a breaking point for all of us.  Now you might be saying your an idiot about now.  Well so be it but I know what makes me happy and what I find attractive.

That is another thing.  Attraction!  I have been asked numerous times if I am attractive.  My answer will always be yes.  Now that is not to say I have the perfect body or perfect personality.  But if you are asking me if I am attractive a yes will always be the answer.  Based on my personal definition I am attractive.  What people forget is that beauty/handsome/attractive are subjective.  Meaning my definition of those concepts will be different from yours.  So if you ask me if I am attractive and I say yes and you look at me and say hell no you are not.  Well that is your definition and mine is different.  So what I am attracted to is my personal preference and only I can change that for me.  

Okay so what is the bottom line on this whole blog today.  I am alone because the perfect person for me has not crossed my path.  I know that at some point someone will cross my path and I will be happy beyond imagination.  When and where that will well that is another thing.  I have been told stop looking and it will happen.  I have been told throw yourself out there and you will snag the right person.  I have been told that the right person will find.  I have been told go looking. So what is the answer?  Who knows it is different for each person I believe on how they meet their soul-mate.  For me it will be the way I do it.

Okay I started off this blog by talking about Valentines Day.  By now you probably think I am anti Valentines day.  Far from it.  If you have that special someone in your life this Valentines I am happy for you.  Just remember on that day that not all of us have been that lucky yet and cut us a break.

It's My Job

I will have to say that today was the kind of day to end a week with and begin a weekend.  I had someone call me today to see about a job.  It was cool to get the call and to have someone come after me for their job opening.  I am not sure if it will workout but it is a good feeling to know that someone out there likes my work.

I do love my work by the way for those who would ask if I hate my job.  I enjoy what I do and it makes me feel good about myself when I do a good job.  I know that if you have a job that you should enjoy what you do since you spend a lot of time there.  I have met people who hate their job and hate going to work.  I wonder why they keep going to the job?  There is a great song by Jimmy Buffett called "Its my job."  You should listen to it.  I found it on one of his CDs I own.  Basically every job is important and it is the attitude we take to that job that makes us happy and fulfilled. 

When to throw in the towel

I had a rather interesting experience today. I serve on several boards for non profits and community boards.  I give a lot of time and energy to these boards.  Well today I was asked to attend a meeting with the chair of one of those boards and a former board chair.  They wanted to talk to me about personalities on the board.  They began by saying that it was not intended to be a personal attack but they wanted to talk about some comments from a survey monkey that the board filled out.

Okay I am one for hearing feedback to improve myself.  However, when the feedback comes with no real support for what is being said, how valid is the feedback?  I was not showed the results of the survey and I was left with the impression that the goal was to corner each person or just certain persons on the board.  Now I do this as a volunteer and I give my time to the organization because I believe in the organization. I also believe my time is valuable yet when I left this meeting I felt like it was about people not wanting to share their feelings openly.  Now I know maybe some feel they can't do that with me but have they tried or asked to speak to me privately about it.  No it had not been done.

So not at this point I have two options.  I could say enough is a enough and walk away.  I know that is not always the best thing.  I kind of feel like doing that.  The other option is to stick it out keep working on the projects I am doing for the organization and giving my time and waiting for others to maybe change their positions or quit.  I have had some bad experiences in the past and what happened today resurrected some of those feelings.  We learn from our past and the past on those feelings and experiences were not pretty.

 

What to do with the door open?

National Parks

I sat down to watch TV tonight and found a show on the National Parks.  It was cool to see who they came into existence.  I have been to a lot of them and would love to go to more.  I still remember when I went to Yellowstone for the first time.  I went with my grandparents when I was like 13 and went with them and my cousin.  I remember how exciting it was to see the bears and that other animals that would come up to the car.

I know that for some these places are not used enough for their natural resources.  Do we really want to destroy such beautiful places?  How many places in the world have we already destroyed?  I saw on the news tonight that there is a section off the western coast that is filled with trash that is twice the size of the state of Texas.  We are destroying so much of the world and for what?

When will we respect our world and change out actions to make it a better place rather than destroy and use up what we have.

Jury Duty

Well today I had an interesting experience. I had received a jury summons earlier this month. Today I went in for the jury pool. There were about 40 of us. They needed to panel 4 jury s today. Most of the time was spent sitting around chatting with each other. It is amazing how strangers can joke around with each other when thrown together in different situations. I ended up sitting between a lady with a bad back and a man who worked in ER of the hospital.

It was interesting to watch as the judicial system function. There were several who had been called before and knew the system. It is interesting how so many there had served before. Makes me wonder how their system worked that the same people were called.

Well I am going to be on a jury later this month and I was told it would be done in one day. So I will have to see what happens. I will make sure to post afterwords my experience.

Starting things

Well I set up this blog site and I will begin to blog. Will see who responds so what I have to say. I will have to write more tomorrow.