And just to keep things in perspective.....

I seem to be at a loss for what to write about today. So rather than not write anything, I'm writing about the inability to think of something to write. I thought about this all day, trying to come up with a subject to write about, looked around my world and did not feel very inspired today.

I know why, I have a bit of the blues today. My Love has left on a jet plane today for a 6 week trip out of the country. He does this pretty frequently, but it is never easy and I am powerless to keep him from these long trips. I am frustrated at the inability to prevent these long separations, and for the first few days I get pretty lonely and melancholy. But this will pass eventually.

It does block my creative juices though. I know that and I give into the creative block this brings on and try not to enter into a dark void. Writing helps bring me out of these moods, but these moods strangle my creativity. So round and round I go, until I snap out of it and move on with things.

Prisoner of Hope wrote in one of her postings, that walking everyday helps keep those depressive demons at bay. I will take her advise and tomorrow I will begin to walk every evening after work. She also advised about diet and supplements, and I will try those as well. Maybe I'll even lose some of those ugly winter donut pounds...lol... Thank you PoH for taking all the time and trouble to post those extensive writings.

I know I will snap out of this funk in a few days, spring is here and I am a summer girl. I love the warm weather and the sunshine, and I'll bounce back in no time.

Peace,
Pilar

Sometime in the 70's, some NYC bureaucrat came up with an ingenious idea to give pedestrians, waiting for the right of way to cross busy intersections, something to do. They installed these buttons at the corner, instructing people who wished to cross the street to simply press the button and wait for the light to change. HELLOOOOO!!

Are we stupid??

Did these city officials really think that savvy New Yorkers would fall for such a ruse? Did they really think that those same New Yorkers who memorize complex subway routes and who know to NEVER pay retail for anything could fall for such a scam.

Did anyone think that by merely pressing that stupid button you could control one of the most sophisticated traffic systems in the world? A system so complex that only a highly sophisticated computer system could be trusted to control all the traffic patterns and timing of every traffic signal in the 5 boros, keeping NYC traffic flowing steadily.

Can you just see an average Joe standing at a typical corner, wanting to cross, pressing a button stopping traffic? Now multiply that by millions of New Yorkers wanting to cross the street and all pressing those ridiculous buttons. Well, most people see them as a joke the city played on us tax paying New Yorkers. Most people don't notice them much anymore. But they still exist. And yes, every once in a while, someone stands there pressing the button over and over and over again, trying to exert some personal power over NYC traffic.

I wonder if that guy is still around? I wonder if that guy is still laughing at us? I wonder how much that guy got paid?

Okay, to perpetuate a sterotype... While having a cup of coffee last night around 11:30pm, at what must have been the safest place in NYC, Dunkin Donuts, my friend and I watched as a steady parade of NY's Finest... yes, the officers of the NYPD, got their coffee and donuts. One after the other, patrol car after patrol car pulled up, as cop after cop, walked in and out of the donut shop. Now what is it about cops and donut shops?! Do they instill this in the Police Academy? Is it something genetic? Is it a requirement of the job? Maybe it's the food of superheros... Any ideas?

This was sent to me through an email and I thought I'd share it with you. This made me smile big time!! (I'm not posting the whole thing 'cause it would take up too much room in my gallery.) Kids RULE!!

Peace,
Pilar