#newbeginnings#freshstart#resolutions#overitsigh. The optimism of the new year is over. Almost a week into it and I still haven’t lost twenty pounds. The new calendar is still under the tree. Covered in dirty needles. Did manage to throw all the sweets out and not dig them back out of the trash so maybe should give myself credit for that. Scratching for positivity here…… But as the year is wearing on I’m getting cranky. And some of you are just ticking me off. The women broadcasting from New York during a cyclone bomb (sounds like something I’m ordering tonight shots!) dressed in sleeveless summer dresses. Just seems dumb. People are stupidly waving at you through the windows with nothing showing but their frost bitten eyes and you are flexing your toned arms. If it was sweltering outside and you showed up in a sweater and turtleneck it would look absurd during the summer. Get where I’m going with this?? Just annoys me. Probably have white heels on your bare legs. If you want credibility don’t cover the frigid blizzard dressed for an umbrella drink on the veranda. I know this isn’t a topic that requires this much space but I’m trying to deflect the No Names Please people who tick me off. If I’m your boss don’t argue with me. If I’m your mother don’t argue with me. If I’m buying something from you don’t argue with me. If you’re serving me food don’t argue with me. And so it goes. My dog pooped in the house because it’s too cold for his big hairy *ss to squat outside. Not forgiving this. There is as much salt inside the house as on the driveway. Nope not happy. Schools are closed which I really shouldn’t care about but I know the mall and the ski slopes will be packed and it annoys me. Why?? Deep thinking tells me that all the things put off during ‘the holidays’ must now be addressed. And I still don’t want to. I want to sit and look at the beautiful snow and dig those cookies out of the trash. Only the clean ones.