Nothing Important

I feel like blogging - but I don't know what about. So many different "little" things have happened, and I always think - I have to blog that one, and now that I'm sitting down ready to type my little heart out - nothing! My mind is blank. It doesn't help that I'm at the library typing. Usually my blogs take me a while to post b/c I sit back and think and take my time, where here I don't have that liberty. Even more distracting is the many voices and noises I hear.

Right now there are two "kids" playing online games and they're conversing with each other. I told the librarian the other day - libraries are not as quiet as they use to be since they installed computers for internet access. Which don't get me wrong - I love that libraries have this convenience now, but I think we've forgotten the respect we were taught as children when in public places.

Not just keeping voices to low tones while in public places, what about having a conversation on your cell phone.

Speaking of libraries and cell phones I saw the saddest thing the other day at work. A lady came in with her teenage daughter to have dinner. They sat their together, yet so far apart. The mother was enjoying a book and her daughter had her fingers going a mile a minute on her cell phone - texting or surfing the web I'm sure. I took in the scene for a moment and actually got a little choked up. My mom NEVER allowed reading material at the dinner table when we were young, and now we don't even have the desire to bring something, like a newspaper, to the table b/c we want to spend quality time with each other.

I don't know how old that teenage girl was, but I thought, how sad for both of them. They threw out a perfectly good opportunity to talk to each other - to connect - to make their relationship that much stronger.

I guess that was one thing I wanted to write about. Now that I'm out of my house more I'm seeing so much of what I've missed for the past 9 months. To tell you the honest truth - I like the bubble I live in WAY better. The real world can be very sad at times.

Speaking of getting out more, on the way to work Tuesday I made a very interesting observation. I go down one stretch of road for 20 minutes, and in that time I did not see one other vehicle on the road until I got to my turn off, and only then did I see a semi. I was shocked. I mean, that particular road is never extremely busy, but there's usually more than just me, myself, and I!! Shortly after I realized I had gone solo almost all the way to work, I had a little excitement. There were 2 cars in the oncoming lane and right on their tails were two officers with lights and sirens blaring. It wasn't a divided hwy so I put on my signal and pulled over to the side of the road. Here I thought they were pulling over both vehicles, when, to my surprise, they shot over to my, "now-free-lane" and passed both inattentive drivers. What an odd morning. No sign of human life for 20 minutes and then Whamo!! Blaring sirens and pulsing lights!!!

I never can tell what'll happen next - but it's usually exciting to say the least!