~*~Tuesday Tantrums~*~ 10/30/12

Tuesday Tantrums

I hate that there is a madman on the loose in the area and he has been evading the police for 2 weeks. He has now shot at 25 different vehicles and they don't have too much to go on yet.




I hate that I was reading on Facebook today and someone was talking about the police scanner and that there was another shooting. I found a link for a local scanner online and spent the next hour listening. Supposedly it was a murder-suicide about 15 minutes from here. They talked about the doors being blocked and that they were going to have to break in. My heart sunk when they said "Man down. Looks like victim and perp both are down". They then talked about where they will transport them. Turns out it was a training exercise! While I'm relieved that no one was hurt, the emotional roller-coaster that it put me through is ridiculous!!!!

I hate that this political season is bringing out the ugliness in people! Yesterday I got into a 'discussion' on Facebook and after the person basically told me that I racist. The discussion was how Romney doesn't understand his community. Really, he was saying that Romney doesn't understand his RACE.

I pressed him on the issue and asked him what he meant. He stated "The Black community. That's where my heart is. Like the panthers in the 70s, I would like to start movement that can reach every community. So with that being said, I start with my race first but my community reaches much further than that."  Funny though because when I pressed further and asked about me supporting "my community" first, I was basically told that would make me prejudiced. When will we get past race??? When will we realize that it's not only white people that can be racist and that, in fact, things like the Panthers, BET, NAACP, Morehouse & Spellman Colleges are just as racist as the KKK or Michigan Militia. This is probably my biggest tantrum right now!  

I hate that during this political season, if you aren't supporting a candidate or proposal you are against someone and their beliefs. I've researched my candidates and proposals and I've come to my conclusions on what i feel is best for my family, my 'community' (to quote above), my profession I am somehow wrong or against everyone else who has differening opinions.

Tuesday Tantrums

I HATE that my kids are on spring break this week and that I have class. It makes it so hard to try to balance going to classes when I don't have childcare. Today I have my 3 year old with me for class, but I'm not sure it's going to go too well so I may end up leaving pretty early. He sat ok through my first class, but it was only an hour.

I hate that I'm still stuck here in Georgia, with no family, no real friends and no support system. I really miss home. :(

I hate that I'm living 100% on student loans and that there is no money for ANYTHING extra. In fact, as of Friday we are cutting off the cable at home. I HATE that! It'll save us $150 a month (or $450 a quarter) so it's a good thing financially, but it sucks!

I hate that people are inconsiderate. We have a friend who lives with us. He went away last week for Spring Break, with his girlfriend of about 3 weeks. I had asked when they would be back and told him they were welcome to spend Easter with us. I never heard anything from him, so on Easter, went about my day. We sat down and ate and about 15 minutes after we were done, he called my husband to say they were on their way! T said we had just eaten but they were more than welcome to come and finish up. They did. They came, they ate, they left! Ate my food, but then didn't even have the decency to spend the rest of the day with us. Just ate and left!! I hate that type of rudeness!

I hate that my battery is dying and I forgot my charger at home! So with that, I'm going to have to end this venting session. I feel 10 pounds lighter after posting all my complaints. Off to grab some lunch and then to my next class. :)

~K~

Tuesday Tantrums

I HATE that I'm on break and I still have to get up every morning at 6:30 so I can get the kids off to school! I'm so tired and don't feel like I'm getting caught up on any sleep. I just want to sleep in ONE morning!!!!!

I hate potty training!! It is such a daunting task and it seems that once it starts, it has to be seen through to completion. It seems that there is a good day, followed by a bad. Yesterday was the first full day of starting Jacob with potty training. He did amazingly great and even told me a couple of times that he had to go. Today, totally different story. He told me 2x that he had to go, only it was after he had already gone. The good thing is that once we are done, we are done for GOOD! No more babies=no more potty training!!

On a different note, my biggest tantrum for today is about people who refuse to take any sort of responsibility for their actions or the actions of their families. I hate listening to people make excuses about why they are acting the way they do, why their children do they things they do and why they shouldn't be held responsible. It grinds me to no end!! Take responsibility. Stop blaming everyone or everything around you. Stop pretending that you don't have any options or that no one understands. Stop letting life make it's decisions for you and take control of your life and your actions.

Tantrum done....until next week!