the lives of adults
it seems that the older i get, the more complicated things can become.
a good friend of mine is going through a horrible break up right now. i'm beginning to realize that as relationships become more serious and adulthood tightens its grip on our lives, breaking up becomes an entirely different ball game. we are no longer able to get pissed at or annoyed with our significant others and abruptly cut them out of our lives. with every romantic endeavor, the stakes become higher and the wounds of lost love cut so much deeper. everything is just so COMPLICATED. and to that i want to say: idontlikeitiwanttobetinyagain.
however, in another realm of grown-upness, things are much less scary and/or daunting. work is loooooooooovely. today i was the only one in my training class allowed to take phone calls all by my lonesome (i.e. i did not have a peer trainer listening to my calls OR checking over my reports before i sent them to the field, i.e. i did my job for reals.) in the outside world, this probably does not sound like such an accomplishment. but, in my little head, i'm quite proud of what it says about me and either my skills, knowledge charisma OR my ability to fool people into thinking i have skills, knowledge and charisma. either way, i think it to be a sign of greatness. ...oh, and i spoke to my first clinically insane person today on the phones. she was craaaaazy, and i do mean that in the technical sense. it's funny how you can sense the mental illness immediately. of course, it did help ohsoverymuch that she told me she was in shoal creek hospital. but anyway, i do feel that i got her a bit of help, so that's always nice.
finally, i feel i must honor my latest pick for parents of the year. i got a call about a father that was pulled over for a traffic stop. after veering across lanes of oncoming traffic and landing in a ditch, he looked at his 10 year old daughter and said "i'm not going back to jail, i'm running" and proceeded to abandon her in the car. OF COURSE, drug dogs alerted to the car (but didn't find anything) and dad has a history of drug problems. turns out that the little girl, 10 years old mind you, has already been in trouble with the law and the family has only been in the area for less than a month.
but wait, remember how i said parentS of the year? so mom comes to pick up the little girl from the police station and looks like a meth addict. after about 45 minutes inside at 11PM, she says that they should probably go because her FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD is ASLEEP IN THE CAR. with the car running.....
a good friend of mine is going through a horrible break up right now. i'm beginning to realize that as relationships become more serious and adulthood tightens its grip on our lives, breaking up becomes an entirely different ball game. we are no longer able to get pissed at or annoyed with our significant others and abruptly cut them out of our lives. with every romantic endeavor, the stakes become higher and the wounds of lost love cut so much deeper. everything is just so COMPLICATED. and to that i want to say: idontlikeitiwanttobetinyagain.
however, in another realm of grown-upness, things are much less scary and/or daunting. work is loooooooooovely. today i was the only one in my training class allowed to take phone calls all by my lonesome (i.e. i did not have a peer trainer listening to my calls OR checking over my reports before i sent them to the field, i.e. i did my job for reals.) in the outside world, this probably does not sound like such an accomplishment. but, in my little head, i'm quite proud of what it says about me and either my skills, knowledge charisma OR my ability to fool people into thinking i have skills, knowledge and charisma. either way, i think it to be a sign of greatness. ...oh, and i spoke to my first clinically insane person today on the phones. she was craaaaazy, and i do mean that in the technical sense. it's funny how you can sense the mental illness immediately. of course, it did help ohsoverymuch that she told me she was in shoal creek hospital. but anyway, i do feel that i got her a bit of help, so that's always nice.
finally, i feel i must honor my latest pick for parents of the year. i got a call about a father that was pulled over for a traffic stop. after veering across lanes of oncoming traffic and landing in a ditch, he looked at his 10 year old daughter and said "i'm not going back to jail, i'm running" and proceeded to abandon her in the car. OF COURSE, drug dogs alerted to the car (but didn't find anything) and dad has a history of drug problems. turns out that the little girl, 10 years old mind you, has already been in trouble with the law and the family has only been in the area for less than a month.
but wait, remember how i said parentS of the year? so mom comes to pick up the little girl from the police station and looks like a meth addict. after about 45 minutes inside at 11PM, she says that they should probably go because her FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD is ASLEEP IN THE CAR. with the car running.....
1 Comments:
1. yes we are getting old. i love what you wrote. i agree completely. and yes things like getting an oil change and/or generally figuring out life-shit is easier now :)
2. those parents should be hit in the head with a Sensible Bat.
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Diane, at 3:03 PM
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