Life Lessons

It's amazing what one can learn in a weeks time. Especially considering that some lessons are not what you wanted to learn. 1. Yogurt, when spread thin, takes seconds to start wreaking of sour milk. Lesson complimentary of Allison Elizabeth who pulled her brothers yogurt container off the kitchen table while I was getting ready and managed to paint herself and the floor with it. It took a bath, 1/2 roll of paper towels, and 2 mopping sessions to rid the stench. 2. Everyone should work a voter registration booth at least once in their life. Our town is in jeopardy of loosing it's little hospital due to some of the county residents who are trying to de-annex themselves from our district so they won't have to pay taxes on our hospital. I got word that over 1/2 the county wasn't even registered to vote. Voting is the only way we'll save the hospital. Clearly a voter registration drive was needed so I coordinated it and rallied volunteers to help work a booth outside local business' and get people registered. After working shifts, I've realized some people are outright hateful about anyone suggesting they register, more or less vote. It's ironic they will boldly proclaim they don't vote or don't care, yet they won't look you in the eye or even bother to have a conversation. They run off muttering rude comments with their back turned to you. After spending years traveling with my grandparents to volunteer at the VA hospital, I take my civil liberties and rights as an American citizen with sincere respect and honor. I will never, ever disrespect the sacrifice that millions of men and women made. I vividly remember a particular visit to the VA hospital when my Opa was admitted as a patient and hearing another patient down the hall crying with such a primal anguish as he relived the war in his dreams. Humans aren't designed to fight like that but they did (do) so that we have the liberty our country was founded on. If you choose not to vote, fine. At least have the decency to serve your country in other ways, to volunteer doing something for our service people, or even simply respecting the voter registration worker and politely declining. 3. Short shorts and bikini's should have a buying age of "under 25 only" on the tag. A trip to Sams this week had me in awe (not the good kind) of a few mothers who needed a lesson on what not to wear. Personally, I don't think short shorts are appropriate at any age but if people insist on wearing them, definitely an age requirement. Possibly even a weight one, too. They need to put a "Don't take me seriously" shirt to pair with the shorts. That's right ladies, no one will take you seriously if you leave nothing to the imagination. 4. Passport applications clearly aren't designed for babies. Justin called me as he was working on the kids passports (summer vacation trip to Playa De Carmon or however you spell it!) and the question on hair color came up. He didn't know what to put for Allie. Bald wasn't an option. 5. In Texas, it can snow in April or reach 103 degrees. We experienced the latter. Clearly it's going to be a miserable spring and summer.