The things I have to do to grab your attention, geesh. Now that January is in full swing (somehow January doesn’t really sound like a swinging month), I am full of it. Wisdom, of course!! Lots-oh-it. Like I have for every other month. If I had made resolutions, statistically they would have all been broken by now. I am trying to be less nice, and if I hear the phrase Be Kind again, well let’s say I will have succeeded in being less nice. Gold star on my crown. We all have a lot of things we SHOULD be doing. We SHOULD be eating better. Check (ish). We SHOULD be drinking less. Define ‘less’. I set a low bar. Or maybe a high bar? Will have to ponder that. Exercise? Have you been outside lately you no good mother……. Ok, I know I SHOULD. See I am being less nice. I guess others are following my lead. I was in the office last week and mentioned that my birthday is feeling a bit daunting this year. Last year was the milestone, but now I’m on the downslope of the hump. A co-worker (not really, I’m her boss), said oh you’ve been on the downslope of that hump for a longggg time. WTF!?&$. And she’s not really that much younger than me. (And I could do laps around her but I won’t say that because it wouldn’t be nice.). I’m trying to shine my hump. Anyway, she giggled. I scratched my beautiful hair and looked at her roots. Practice, practice. That’s all the snark I have for now because I have something much more interesting to address. Nothing up my sleeve?? Presto chango! A tissue! And it rocks my world. Last year I had a bad cold and a sweatshirt with no pockets so I put a Vicks vapor scented tissue up my sleeve. And sniffed it way too often, becauseI could. And blew my nose occasionally. What I didn’t see coming was the usefulness of such slight of hand. Spilled your coffee? Whip it out! Stink bug sighting? Gotcha! Lots of those &$#% stink bugs. They are haunting me. Wee one sticky? A little spittle, and voila! Okay, going to dial it down now. As Adele would say in that beautiful, melodic voice, Go Easy On Me. #Icantakeyoudown #beingunkind. Where is Adele, anyway??