You Are Not Alone

     The day has barely started and I can already see where this is going. I didn't fall asleep until after 4:00 am and then I woke up at 7:15 all bright eyed and bushy tailed. Here it is 9:30 and now I'm ready for bed. This is going to be a long day. I had so many plans for this weekend. One short trip to the city yesterday and today I'm toast.

     As you can tell I'm not a city person. When I go to the city I would much rather park the car and take a bus to where I need to go. Thank the powers that be I have my own personal chauffeur. The hustle and bustle drives me crazy. The stupidity drives me around the bend.

     The doctor's parking lot isn't very big. It's in a strip mall. A row of parking in front of the office and a row on the street side. This young lady pulls in with her pick-up truck and a load of lumber in back. I watched has she backed her truck onto the street side. She has 12 feet of lumber in the back of an 8 foot truck bed. Yup, a 4 foot over hang and no red flags. Now the lumber is sticking out over the sidewalk. She gets out of her vehicle and walks away. I'm thinking to myself, "Really? What a stupid cow. Just how inconsiderate can people be?" Now the pedestrians have to walk around the wood and step off the sidewalk on to the road with six lanes of traffic baring down on them at 60 km per hour. There was plenty of parking in the back of the office where she would have had ample room but God forbid she should have to walk an extra few steps. There is no longer any common courtesy, let alone common sense left in the world.

     I just don't understand people anymore. I don't comprehend their thinking. They are so wrapped up in themselves and their cell phones, they've forgotten that they share this planet with a few billion other people. YOU ARE NOT ALONE PEOPLE. WAKE UP AND GET A LIFE! You are not the centre of the universe.

I don't want to become a crotchety old bitch but it's hard not to at times. There are moments when I want to verbally tear a strip off some people and there have been times that I have. I don't have my tongue in my pocket. Being young does not make you entitled to anything you want. Work for it. Being old doesn't mean you can be nasty and get away with it. You know better.

     I realize every generation before me thought the same way and still the world hasn't gone up in a puff a smoke. It's one of those moments when you realize you're getting ready to cross the line into senior citizenship. I still value the morals I've learned over the years and I live by them, that doesn't mean you can walk all over me or treat me like I'm invisible. I will let you know, loud and clear, exactly where you can shove it. The language will probably get quite colorful but you will get my point.

     People, wake up. There's a beautiful world out there. Pull your head out of your ass and look around and see the wonders around you. Before you know it, you'll be my age and wondering where your life went. You only get once chance at this game, make the best of it before it's gone.