It's a wonderful life - not just a movie title y'all

There is a lot of crazy things going on in the world, of course this is nothing new.

I have a wonderful life - a great family, amazing friends, a job that I like going to everyday and a warm home to come home to at night.  I have two kids that I am over the moon proud of and a man who loves me for me (and y'all know that can't always be easy!!!).  Why do I say all of this?  Well, not to brag my friends.  There are days I don't want to get out of bed, there are days work is the last place I want to be. Heck, there are times that I don't want to home and everyone knows family and friends (I include myself in that group thank you very much) aren't easy to deal with either.

What's the point?

We are ALIVE.  This is a huge deal people.  We are breathing, even if our lungs hurt the air is coming in.  We are able to get that hug if we need it (yes, even non-touchers like me need them sometimes), or yell at that person or project out of anger or frustration (ha - okay, I speak loudly all the time but I mean yell).  We are able to cry when life is overwhelming or laugh with unabashed joy in our hearts.  Let me say again - WE ARE ALIVE.

I make a choice everyday to get out of bed and carry on with life.  Good days and bad, happy and sad.  I make that choice and I want each of you to make it too.  Live those amazing days to the fullest and live the hard ones too.  You are a friend, a son, a daughter, a mother, a father, a brother, a sister.  You are a human and you are alive and we want you here.

Please don't take any of this as preaching, I am not arrogant enough to presume I can tell anyone anything about how to live a good life - I am lucky and love life.  I just observe and feel like the human race, really - those I love - sometimes need a reminder to carry on.  And because I do have a soundtrack for life (of course I do and yes, I dance to it too) - there is a song for that:)

Update - I just noticed that my last entry in July (need to write more - goodness knows my journal agrees) was about the same theme...things that make you go hmmm my friends as I write about what I observe...

Just a quick question

Too many people today have earned the following infamous dog look of "What in the heck is your problem? You are kidding, right? I am not amused but nice try."

'Chillaxing"

I don't like that word - I actually don't think it is a word and certainly doesn't invoke relaxation in my mind. But to each her own.

What calms me down is music, and not any type of music in particular just music. More precisely, lyrics. I can not like the singer, think they have no vocal talent whatsoever but the lyrics, that is what speaks to me.

For example, right now I am stuck on the following from a terrible joke of an artist:

Hey, slow it down. What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
Yeah, I am afraid. What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?

How many times have you wanted to go out and SCREAM that at the top of your lungs? Instead, I open the sun roof, roll down the windows and sing it at the top of my lungs.

Sing out people, it will help - I promise.

UAT - Project Managers are killing me

"Can you block 2 - 1/2 day sessions for UAT on the new tool?" Uh, is this after I just told you our 10 person team is now 2 and we are losing our intern tomorrow? I know you are a project manager, I know your job is to keep us on track. My job is not encompassing only this one little tool that we are launching.

I can't even eat lunch most days unless you count a cup of soup and coffee during a call. So no, you are not getting a 1/2 day.

Just needed to get that out there before I said it on a conference all and hurt the pm's feelings.

Are you kidding?!?!?

My hiking vest from my Expedition disappeared from my cube last night.

Who does that?