Watch but Don't Judge

Do you ever sit in a moment and wonder why you are participating in that exact moment? This week I have been overly conscience of every moment, ever ticking second and every flurry of action others exert around me. I can't help but to let my mind wonder during meetings or watch people from across a table and analyze every little movement their muscles so slightly control. Little twitches, eye rolls, deep breathes, frowns, smiles, shift in weight, ticks and eye movements have somehow become my new personal reading material. So much so, I have become overly aware of my own body telling stories I don't want others to know. Yes I am overly expressive and yes most of the time I wear how I feel on my sleeve, but I usually put it out there because I fear others are doing the same to me. Why not put all of you out there? Why do so many people hide? I find it more intriguing at the things people are hiding and yes that might mean I am a little more sick and twisted than I want to admit. But it is true! True, true, true............how many things can you say are true in life? The little eye roll you do when someone says something you completely disagree with? The heavy breathes you exhale when you are biting your tongue? The smile you conceal because you don't want that person to know how you really feel? The shift in your weight when you suspect people are far removed from the current conversation and you know they are not invested? Well, I suggest you take a moment and look around the room. Body language speaks volumes and the more you learn someones nuances and talk with them the sooner you decipher the folded hands in lap, the leaning back in a chair and the gaze out a window is an elected pondering moment and not the suspected uninterest in conversation.

This comes with a WARNING, if you elect to participate in the "eyefull watch" be aware you may learn more then you care to, you may find out truths or even conjure up lies. Know today someone may tell one story and tomorrow the plot may change and you must always be willing to leave judgement at the door. Elect to watch out of curiosity and you will learn more about people, humanity and become more intuitive than you could ever expect to become. Carry on my friends and watch the world.................

Off the Beaten Track, Just Like Columbus!

Hot Damn, it's Columbus Day and that means.............NO WORK! Out of all the holidays throughout the year, Columbus Day has to be one of my favorites. You ask why, well, kid and hubbie have school and work and I have the house to myself and my own schedule to manage. What to do, what to do? I could go bear hunting, I could sleep all day, I could read Mad Magazine but I initially choose to wake up, get my daughter off to school and putz around the house until my fingers turned an awful shade of blue.

Vote: How many of you think I did any of that? I at least got my daughter off to school.

True are the days where nothing you plan happens and you roll with the minutes. My mom and I trekked off to Ti Pan Trading Co. Have you been there? Let me tell you something, that place is a man's nightmare. Everything to decorate your house is in that place. WARNING: If you take your husband, boyfriend, or whomever into this store, make sure you are ready to cook a really good dinner or are willing to give him some "dessert" because his eyes will glaze over after seeing the ample amounts of glitter, flowers, bows and wreaths. If you are not married and end up going into this store, PLEASE CALL ME, I want to tag along!

After my lovely decorating trek I briefly volunteered in my daughters class. Boy was that an eye opener. 3rd graders at the end of the day already need a bath. I love them, I love them a lot and I have to envy their energy to generate that much sweat. It made me wonder if I ever came home covered in sweat, number 2 pencil smudged all the way to my elbows, and blacktop goo under my eyes closely resembling a line backer ready to take on the opposing team. Holy cow, those little munchkins could have whipped the Colts butts while assigning character leads in their recently choreographed blacktop play "Monster High does Clare Cherry" (Need to know what Monster High and Clare Cherry School are? Goggle it). These kids were perfect in every way! Listening to them and hearing their little minds work a mile a minute gave me hope, even if they are having issues spelling. Their creativity, dedication, and nature were truly inspiring.

Now, we are going to try making homemade ice cream tonight for the first time and that idea was not on the Columbus Day agenda. Like Columbus, I got a little off track but the rewards have been great.