Things I learned yesterday:

1. I will never ever be a lawn care professional. It seems that I am incapable of cutting a straight path with the mower. Also, I don't like being covered with sweat and grass clippings. Also also, my nice white sketchers now have a lovely green hue.

2. As unpleasant as all that was, it wasn't nearly as unpleasant as what my poor ragazz' is going through in Texas. He spent part of his day in an un-airconditioned trailer. Oh, there was supposed to be AC, but it wasn't working. His buddy posted a picture of the thermostat which read 97 degrees. Ack. When I talked to him last night he sounded so tired and completely wrung out. My heart was sad for him.

3. I found out that a person who purports to be a devout Christian, who is always running on and on about how they pray for everyone, lives the godly life, etc., has spent a considerable amount of time talking smack about me to others. Talking smack AND telling people to not get close to me, because I am a negative person.
What?
There are so many ways I want to respond to that. Then again, I don't quite know HOW to respond to that. Heh. Yeah, I have my negative moments.. but I don't think that I have an inordinate number of them. I don't think I have more than other people I know. I try my best to be positive, and to treat people with kindness.
And, ironically, this person really IS pretty negative. So maybe it's a projection thing.
Whatever it is, it caught me a little off guard.
My first instinct is to just kill this person with kindness. Just be overly OVERLY nice and relentless in my pollyanna positivity. This will serve the dual purpose of a) modeling what positive behavior is; and b) driving them a little nuts. Oh wait. That's negative. Oops.
I think a better response is to just keep living life the way I do. Because my life is awesome, and I'm pretty awesome too. Heh. The thing is, I know for a fact that the some of the others this person has talked with don't believe it.. and, in fact, they came to me and told me about it. So I guess that's a good thing. Then again, I kind of wish that I didn't know about it at all.

And finally..
4. HEY! It's Friday!