Walgreens clinic

She's been nauseous for a week.
I've been nauseous since I saw her back/side boob.

Alone

This article stopped me in my tracks this morning to ruminate over solitude.
Every woman should travel alone  from Salon.com

I have said many times "I have more conversations in my head than I do with other humans". As an only child there is little choice. You become your own sounding board. I am most comfortable alone. When I am around people for too long I get anxious and cranky. It wears me out as if I were on stage performing for hours. It's exhausting. That doesn't mean I don't like to be social, I just need to balance it with solitude.  At this point my husband understands alone time is a need for me and not something to be concerned about.  Today my alone time is usually spent with my i-Phone in hand peering to the lives of friends and strangers through social media.

There is a time in all of our lives when we must be comfortable in our own head. It's hard to do that when you are young because there are a million reasons to do it the way everyone else is doing it. Eventually you reach a point where the media doesn't dictate everything you are. Well, at least that's how it used to be. Maybe this generation will always hold hands with media. If they do, what will happen to that little voice in their head that should be saying "You can do that, alone" ? What will they miss by sharing everything with everyone and being part of so many peoples everything?
I have traveled coast to coast alone and the freedom I had to do that made me stronger. It also made me aware of the dangers I never would have seen in my middle American town. Seeing the ocean alone was dangerous. I wanted to leave and see every beach on every coast on every continent, I wanted sink into the sand and never leave. In that moment I could have given up everything to never lose sight of the ocean. Without the tether of family and "home" would I have given in to the desire? If I could have shared my thoughts and sights from where I stood would I have even contemplated staying or would I have given in to the desire because I could have travelled and been in constant contact and never felt the guilt of worrying anyone.

Has social media changed the landscape of solitude?

Slacker Slaw

I have a hard time commiting to things. I should be taking a test right now, but here I am SLACKING instead of just getting the test over with. I am commiting to do just a little more writting, or at least posting here with things from other social media outlets I utilize. It's not plagerism if it's my own work right? I'm heading towards more classes, holidays in a retail job, phlebotomy clinicals, and my usual daily blunders. It's got to be good for a few laughs. (I'm also going to work-out more, volunteer, study more, spend more time with my family...you see where this is going. I'm hoping this will be the one thing that gets some attention. Because, I am a slacker. And not one of these new fangled slackers who Tweets 80 times a day and is all hopped up on energy drinks. I'm old school slacker...The laying-on-the-couch-watching-4-hours-of-Full House-because-I-don't-want-to-get-up-and-find-the-remote-eating-potato-chips-all-day-because-they-are-delicious-and-don't-require-utencils kind of slacker.)

Today I am sharing a recipie I revisted this week. KFC Slaw. I love it, and it usually goes over well with a crowd. Perfect for BBQs!  We have at least 2 more months of ungodly hot weather so enjoy not turning the oven on.

You can monkey with the sweetness or sourness, maybe add a little celery salt. The trick is to make it a few hours before you need it or the night before. The flavors blend and change over time. It also gets more liquidy so don't fret if it looks too dry at first. The salt and sugar will fix that in the fridge for you. In fact it makes a little too much liquid in my opinion so don't chop it up too small. I use the bags of slaw mix and toss it in the processor for a few seconds to get a finer chop on it. I add extra carrot. Beta C is good for you!

Heres the link 

1/2 cup mayonnaise 

1/3 cup granulated sugar 

1/4 cup milk 

1/4 cup buttermilk 

2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice 

1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar 

1/2 teaspoon salt 

1/8 teaspoon pepper 

8 cups finely chopped cabbage (about 1 head) 

1/4 cup shredded carrot (1 medium carrot) 

2 tablespoons minced onion

1. Be sure cabbage and carrots are chopped up into very fine pieces (about the size of rice).

2. Combine the mayonnaise, sugar, milk, buttermilk, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a large bowl and beat until smooth.

3. Add the cabbage, carrots, and onion, and mix well. 

4. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. 

Serves 10 to 12.

Manly men

So, I recently watched a couple episodes of Shark Wranglers.
While doing so my ovaries surfaced, pointed to Brett McBride (far left, kneeling, blue long sleeves with a gigantic hook in his hand) and said "bring him to us". I think I felt my hips expand a little in the hope I would bear his bearded, muscular children.

My husband also pointed to him and said "That guy is BAD ASS".

Look at that right shoulder of his. I want to slather it with BBQ sauce and gnaw on it.