Oh Bridget…eaten by wild dogs might not be the worst of it
Jun 30
Once again, this quote from Bridget Jones Diary haunts me:
It’s a universally known fact that the minute something in your life begins to go right, something else falls spectacularly apart.
Why is that always the case? Why does this quote sound better in my head if I say it with an English accent?
Does anyone else experience this phenom? It is as though should everything be right all at once, your head might explode or the earth fall from its’ place in the cosmos. I am sick of the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” crap. I just want something to go right, all at once!
Today, just today, I want the sky to be blue and every relationship to be healthy and full and I want to feel skinny and smart and I want to eat tacos, good authentic Mexico tacos. I want to listen to Matt Kearney and drive a convertable to the beach. I want to feel madly loved and in love. I want to laugh and be called “beautiful” and I want to see Eclipse. Iwant my stretch marks and saggy parts to go away, far away. I want to buy a perfect new lip gloss and I want to laugh with a friend until I cry. I want my baby to sleep all night and I want to be told that I am good at something, maybe even the best. I want my vote to count and I want to have faith in the “system” again. I want to cut up credit cards and make debt go away. I want to eat dairy products again without it making my breastfeeding 8 month scream like a wild turkey. I want to have a glass of champagne with all of the Fortune 500 female CEO’s and ask them how the hell they did it. Especially if they have children.
That is what I want today. I want to be full of life, not dragged down by it. For once.
I apologize for how lame this all sounds. As I re-read I see that it looks as though I’ve been drinking during the day (again). Geez. Well folks, if you came here to read an adult version of a 3 year old temper tantrum then mission accomplished. If any one else feels this way, today or ever, leave a comment and tell me what you want today. What is your list comprised of? Let’s have an internet bitch fest in honor of nothing in particular other than it is Wednesay and sometimes life sucks.
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You must think I’ve been obsessed with ready your blog lately! Well I enjoy it, so there!
You do a pretty good job of fooling us out here that your life is pretty darn near perfect!
My list: WORD on credit cards and debt. I am so mad at my missing thyroid and the fact that it makes it 100,000,000 times harder to lose weight than “normal” people. Sick and tired of living in a neighborhood that I joke about but it’s really gross and at times unbearable but i feel stuck bc of … again… $$$. Can’t I just have a normal, easy life, with lots of friends and hobbies and the pretty house and yard to go with my awesome dog? And can he please stop barking so much because other than that he is great.
Gross, I am grossing myself out! The sun is shining at least! I’m gonna take a stroll out to Union Square now!
Jen – enjoy Union Square, take in the crazy people and be thankful that you aren’t the guy sitting on the corner with a dog who has a cat on his head, who in turn, has a rat on his head. True story. Thanks for reading, at least I have one loyal follower
I had that kind of day. It felt like the things that went well yesterday stopped going well and then the things that were going well today got the memo and started sucking too. For one thing, I am so vulnerable about my professional life since starting freelancing — the slightest sense of rejection is taking me down. I need to buck up. Anyway, hopefully your day got better….
My saggy parts are going away…far away south!
Well Dr., all I can say is I concur.
It all comes down to the recognition of our inner longing for Heaven. Now I think I’ll go pour myself a non-alcoholic glass of wine and toast, “Oh Bridget, we’re not there…yet. To peeking at blue skies through the storm cloud breaks.”
Dear Bridgette,
Oh how I dream of having a good bitch fest with lots of cussing and waving my fists in the air. I am a split personality on the Woe Is Me topic. I want and wish and complain for more or less or a little or a lot or none but then instantly feel guilty inside for “not seeing the brighter side” or “there is A LOT of people worse off than you” (insert my mothers voice). My woe today is being a woman who was raised by a mother who wanted little girls with manners. Miss Manners constant internal struggle is to rationalize and forgive with grace i.e. The High Road. The 180 side of me is what I refer to as my “Jeremy Video by Pear Jam”. You know those moments when your so pissed off you cant even see straight? In your mind and you imagine yourself throwing at drink (insert assholes name), kicking him in the balls and telling him to F OFF! I think most people think of these things after the fact but mine is always under the surface and I’m talking myself into being “nice”. Do unto others, respect your elders, be a good example, stay neutral. I say No! to that today. So watch out people, I choose Vodka, Chaka Kahn and Jeremy Video! Miss manners is taking Holiday today!….but maybe just in my mind.
I love my sisters. I had a Jeremy moment yesterday. Oy.
Good stuff Mrs. Busy. You are a wise grasshopper – I think it does have to do about with the inner longing for something so much bigger than what we have before us. XOXO
I just have to say… yes to all of that. Me, too.
Steph