So, normally, I skip the resolutions thing. Much like Lent, I don't give anything up. I know the purpose and I get it, change, better myself, blah, blah, blah. One time I did give up drinking for Lent and I made it all the way until the Saturday before Easter. I drank that night, I think I justified to myself that it was basically Easter.... hmmmm....
Anyways, this year I am going to make a resolution or two. I am going to try a little patience. It is a virtue, right? Yesterday, going to the Cotton Bowl I was losing it. At one point, Brandon just looked at me and said "I wish you would just get out of the car." I do not blame him. It took 3 hours to go from our house to the game. YIKES. If we were not in the ghetto, I might have gotten out just so I could blow it off, but alas, I was scared of the ghetto and needed a protector...
He must be the world's most patient man. He has patience in aspects of his life that I do not. I know, you are thinking, it is his life, why would you not exhibit patience? Some things that happen within his life, I can not handle. This year, I am mainly going to focus on my own situations, but also his. If someone does something rude to him, I am not going to get crazy, I mean he doesn't care, why should I??? (I will still care, but I am just not going to lash out in a crazy fit)... I should have just closed my eyes and taken a 3 hour nap yesterday. But, instead, I bitched and moaned and complained about the traffic. Bad Mallie.
On Christmas Eve I had words with the usher at church. I have been fuming over it since. I have been forming a letter about it that I was going to type to the priest. I was so mad at this usher because he was rude and a jerk, but sometimes I act just like that. So act one of my New Year's Resolution is this..... Forget about the usher, let it go, smile at him next time, and try my hardest to be a kind soul with the patience of anyone but a mother in labor. God Bless Us All!
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Mallie---I totally understand. Ask Ruth about my righteous displays. I try to put myself in another's shoes....but if the other person is acting like a complete self-serving a-hole, then I can't handle it. My philosophy is that rude people just don't give a thought as to the collective chaos of their actions. During the summer, I wrote a blog about how my next-door neighbor blows the accumulated grass clippings, leaves, and other debris into our curb area all the time. He just needs a broom/dustpail. I caught him doing it again (he has never stopped) after dusk on New Year's Day....I turned on my porch lights and watched him scurry up his drive with said blower in hand. What's even worse, he blows 1/2 of his crap into his other neighbor's curb....they are retired and elderly. The world would be much better off without this dude!
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