Originally Posted by Lilah Charm (Post 4533590)

I am young but overloaded and scrambled, today I am so overwhelmed and exhausted that I became extremely frustrated trying to figure out an ikea curtain rod while a bird outside made a terrible noise, sigh- why won't they just put words on it! I suppose between the five young children and braces and therapy apts and special needs school meetings a work and farm animals and property Maintenence andcooking for hoards and paying the bills that if my brain does not implode now, I am not sure what wil be left as I age :embar: the just don't give a damns are hitting me early and the enthusiasm for anything but making it through to the next day definitely becomes challenging sometimes. Today my blankets are a comfort, my tea cup beside me, my darling lilah on my lap and the hope that my wonderful love will come home with Chinese take out :love: yup, I'm with you.

Originally Posted by crystalsmom (Post 4533681)

And you forgot one, you are so sweet.:thumbup:

Originally Posted by Lilah Charm (Post 4533590)

I am young but overloaded and scrambled, today I am so overwhelmed and exhausted that I became extremely frustrated trying to figure out an ikea curtain rod while a bird outside made a terrible noise, sigh- why won't they just put words on it! I suppose between the five young children and braces and therapy apts and special needs school meetings a work and farm animals and property Maintenence andcooking for hoards and paying the bills that if my brain does not implode now, I am not sure what wil be left as I age :embar: the just don't give a damns are hitting me early and the enthusiasm for anything but making it through to the next day definitely becomes challenging sometimes. Today my blankets are a comfort, my tea cup beside me, my darling lilah on my lap and the hope that my wonderful love will come home with Chinese take out :love: yup, I'm with you.

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1 (Post 4533182)

It is the aging process! I have also realized that not only are my retention capabilities diminished, so is my enthusiasm for giving a damn! I just dont care about all the things that used to spur me into action. My brother says he can see that I am mellowing with age....."causes" are not so life and death important to me. I seem to be sorting thru my battles with much more deliberation.....I often find myself now opting to take the path of less resistance.....There are a few things that get me stirred up....like a neighbor that does auto repair in MY driveway without permission!!!.....but I have to admit, with all the political correctness issues, the political and religious course this country is careening down, has got me absolutely catatonic and just short of paralyzed in trepidation....I watch as control over everything important in my existance, is no longer relevant or important to the majority.....it is all just slipping away, almost inperceivably, just a very little at a time.....like putting a frog in a pot of warm water....then turning the heat on slowly. The frog will adapt to the warming water, to a temp that would kill another frog if dropped into that pot.....the slow, gradual, gentle warming of the water, almost to the point of boiling, seems acceptable to the frog that started out in that pot.....that is how I imagine myself....just acclimating to situations and ideas that 10 years ago would have caused me to 'take up arms and defend my position"!!! Now? Cant do anything about it, why even bother wasting my time or energy trying. Leave it to the youngbloods....they are the ones going to be stuck swimming around in this pot of boiling water, trying to survive, telling themselves, "This isnt too bad....could be worse.....".