"Inner peace... Inner peace..." Master Shifu

I have been trying to spend more time slowing down and making my life less complicated overall.  Going through the list of "have-to/gotta's" and paring it down to only the things that really make a positive impact for myself and my family.  Taking care of me and making time for myself is a hard one so I thought adding meditation back into my day would help.  Not sure it is working.

So I bought a book on meditation 4 years ago and I have yet to get past the 2nd chapter.  To be honest, it is "technically" the 1st chapter but I DID read the intro so I am calling the 1st chapter the 2nd chapter so that I seem less pathetic.  Anyway...

Quiet room: check. (6am: Bob gone to work, boys still asleep) Close your eyes, focus your attention about 2 or 3" in front of your 3rd eye: Umm...okay...check.

Now, breathe deeply, clear your mind.  *sigh* I can hear the furnace.  Stop!  Focus...block out the hum of the furnace, breathe in, exhale.  Shoot, I just heard one of the boys cough so they will be up soon, better hurry and get this meditation thing done!  Focus!

Clear.  Your.  Mind.   Breathe.  Okay, here we go, I can totally do this.  I'm breathing, I am focusing my attention in front of m 3rd eye...  What is a 3rd eye anyway?  That's probably covered in chapter 2, I mean 3!  I think my forehead is getting hot right where that 3rd eye is supposed to be.

Seriously, FOCUS!  None of this matters!  Relax, take some time for you!  Now, breathe...

Success!  I did it! For like an hour! *peek at clock*  1 minute?  Really?!  Ugh!

I have an itch.  I have to pee.  Did we take the garbage to the street?

Not quitting!  Shake out the wiggles, center, focus.  "Mom, I just peed in my bed and stepped in cat puke and I think Robby is throwing up".

Right.

Whoever thought this was a good idea?

I have been feeling bad about not keeping up my blog, it's been 3 months since my last post.  I have been trying to think about what I would like to write and then yesterday it became clear.

I was driving to get the boys after school and I saw something very similar to this.

Honestly, this is one of my pet peeves.  How does this seem like a good idea?!

First, let's look at this from the viewpoint of a new perspective owner.  I see this couch and my skin crawls, I immediately start to take a mental inventory of all the disgusting, flesh eroding viruses, crusty scabby critters and general doggy bag left overs that are most likely fighting for control of this couch.  Just how bad does life get or how stoned to you have to be to think that lugging this beast home to sit/lay on is better than, oh, I don't know, LAYING ON THE FLOOR OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM AT A TRAIN STATION?!?!  Seriously?!  I would rather lick the mat in the wrestling room than get anywhere near this.

One moment...I am feeling erpy...

Now, the person donating this positively outstanding specimen (a.k.a.  POS).  Have you no pride?  No sense of value?  I will just say it... Not even the basic understanding of hygiene?!  Take pride in your possession, maintain them, CLEAN them.  The only logical reason I can fathom for you to have a couch in this condition is that you yourself found it, while stoned, and decided it was too damn heavy to carry home!

Granted, not all street sofas are in this condition but dragging it to the street and leaving it there, even under the guise of  "helping those less fortunate" makes you the poster child for LAZY!  There are charities that handle this and they pick up...for free!  Instead you drag it out, probably after bribing a couple of your other stoned friends to help you schlep it.  Now what?  Think it through?  Its been a week, maybe two?  We live in Seattle where there is a pretty darn good chance of rain.  If I didn't want your positively outstanding specimen before, what makes you think that adding 20lb of rainwater and mold will up the "curbside appeal".  So it sits and eventually you will still have to take care of removing it.  However, the only place left to take it to is the dump so this "donation" is now costing you a dump fee.

Although I am not a MENSA member, I  can clearly see that THIS is a horrible idea.

Just say NO to curbside positively outstanding specimens.  The CDC will thank you for it.