Lots Of Strange Thoughts Tonight

I hope you're getting more sleep. Must be something in the air. The other night I took 4 Benadryl and a dose of Nyquil, hoping it would knock me out, but I was awake until 4 a.m. Had to respond to this thread about people not helping themselves. Once when I was at our local used bookstore, I was standing in line behind a man who had to announce to everyone he had found his "Bible" on co-dependency. He had gone into a panic because he had lost his first copy. He introduced himself as "a recovering co-dependent." He succumbed to his label and is behaving as a co-dependent is supposed to behave. Sad, depressed, always getting into the wrong relationships, because, well, he's co-dependent and he can't help it. What if he had simply introduced himself by name? Another example. I used to know a woman who is a single mother. She spent her days talking to everyone about her problems. Strangers she met in the coffee shop, me, anyone who would stop to listen. She was in dire financial straits and couldn't hold down a job. Her excuse for everything was "I'm a single mother." There are many single mothers out there making a good living and whom are successful, their kids are well-balanced. She did attempt to go to college. But when she failed an exam or failed to get her assignments done, she always went to her instructors saying, "But I'm a single mother." Well, yeah, so? I know many single mothers who went back to school and got their college degrees and were able to balance home with school. But this woman always played the victim and expected the world around her to help her, instead of trying to help herself. I wanted to hand her the book, "Shut up, Stop Whining and Get a Life." Sorry for the rant. Guess that's one of my pet peeves.

GLAD. That is so true. It's like people just want someone else to fix their problems! I'm sorry that you aren't sleeping well. Did you get my private message yesterday? I do hope I didn't overstep my boundaries with the message. I hope you start sleeping better soon. It sucks to be all fuzzy headed from not sleeping!