
It's the only picture I could find besides a book I didn't want to promote.
Wikipedia defines Righteous Indignation as follows: Righteous indignation is typically a reactive emotion of anger over perceived mistreatment, insult, or malice.
Last night, I swear Rod Serling was writing the screenplay of my life. I mean, let’s be honest here. My life has had more than it’s fair share of the bizzaro. (please hover over that link so you can see what I’m talking about if you’re not going to click it and go read it.)
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So, last night.
I was supposed to go to The Lake after dropping the girls off with their dad for the week. Ok, I *did* go to The Lake after dropping the girls off for the week.
And when I got there, I stepped out of my car and smack dab in the middle of Bizzaro World.
I’m not going to throw anyone under the bus here. There is a whole lot of stuff going on that I don’t even know. (Like basically everything). In a sentence, due to everything going on, I was told I had to leave. Whether it was or was not my fault hasn’t been determined to my satisfaction. Ok. It’s not my FAULT, but the drama centered around me, and I don’t know why or how, or what started it, or what the hell is going on. I just know, that everything I thought I knew going into the weekend came into question last night.
Ok.
This morning, I get up (after driving home at midnight last night) and I’m pissed. Not at anyone specifically, just at the situation in general. And at not having any clear cut answers. Which is the very definition of irony coming from me. So, I send a few text messages, trying to figure out what is going on, where things stand, blah blah blah.
And basically getting my panties in a wad.
Righteously indignant.
I set about writing a blog post screaming at the top of my lungs (ok, posting in a very loud voice) how effing fabulous I am, and how I am awesome with eleventy billion sides of awesome sauce (inflated ego much? I know, I can barely walk into my own house.) I was all like, Look dude, I got plans, I got dreams, I got a life I want to live, and I ain’t got time to wait around for you to get your shit together and notice how fucking fabulous I am. (ok, maybe it was a smidge nicer than that, but clearly not much. Once I get all wadded panties and shit, I go way over the top. Yes, really. Have you met me?)
And just as I’m about to hit publish, and just after I sent him a text that said “Your reservation in my life expires at midnight, either confirm it or lose me forever.”
He texts.
And I feel like a total asshat.
So, I saved the blog post to my drafts folder. I scrambled like eggs to look like less of an ass via text message. In other words, his simple text took me down a few necessary notches.
Sure I’m fucking Fabulous, and all kinds of awesome, but you know what? I’m not the end all be all of someone else’s life. Everyone else is busy living their life, dealing with their drama, their issues, their problems. It’s not all about me. While I’m on my soapbox preaching “I’ve got dreams! I’ve got plans! I’ve got a life and I don’t have time for you to figure out if you want to be in it!” he’s living his life, dealing with his drama, navigating the potholes in the road of his own damn fucking journey.
I had to sit down and think about that long and hard… not all about me. Since fucking when?
I took a step back and looked at this whole thing and thought “Who the fuck do I think I am?” and if I had gotten that text message from him? I’d have said ci vediamo più tardi (Italian for see ya later) or even baciare il mio culo (kiss my ass).
Let’s be honest, I suck at relationships. I’m the perfect girlfriend… on paper. It’s that real life face to face shit that gets me all jacked up. On paper, behind a computer screen, I’m awesome. I can also hide the crazy. In real life? not so much.
I have no real ending for this blog post. Yes, I know, I suck at endings anyway. Basically there is no ending because there are no answers yet. It’s just “it’s up to you. You know what’s going on there, I don’t. I’ll wait to hear from you.” kind of thing.
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