Kristi's Place

Friday, December 22, 2006

Calmer, Gentler Kris

Okay, I'm calm now. I've said my piece, and I've counted to ten. :)

I'm having a much better day today, and I'm really looking forward to Christmas. I've gotten most everything that I need to get done completed. Life is good.

My "friend"...a coworker...and I have agreed to a truce. We don't agree on this issue of race. I won't bend....but I don't want to have a war on this, the last day before we leave for a week...actually ten days if you count the weekend....off. So, I've thrown out the white flag, and have stepped down off my bandwagon for the time being. I will live to fight another day.....

Boo to racism....yay to 10 days off....boo to angst and yay to sitting around in my Christmas pjs with no makeup on and my hair looking scary, with no one to impress! ;)

I hope to be able to update you all during my time off, but if you don't see any posts, I'm probably drooling on my pillow, full of Christmas goodies and little pieces of wrapping paper and tape stuck to the side of my face. :)

Hope this is your merriest Christmas yet! God's richest blessings to you and yours!

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Bad Day and Racist Jerks

You know, I've been having a pretty good week, despite the UTI and sinus infection/double ear infection. I've got a lot of good going on in my life. Christmas is coming together. I'm getting stuff done. Life has been treating me kindly. God is better to me than I deserve.

Today, however, I'm having a really bad day. Just a crappy day all the way around. It will get better. I know that. For now, I feel like crying.

I hate it when I find out a person who I thought was a true friend isn't. A person who I considered a dear friend to me just blurted out some racist crap that just hacked me off to no end. I let them know how I feel. Didn't make me feel any better.

How can people go around thinking they're okay, harboring such anger toward another race? Did we get to chose the color we are before we came to this earth? Did we chose what social or economic status we would find ourselves in?

I must say I am personally tired of so many people's bad attitudes about race. In this day and age, it's socially acceptable to be haters as Americans....as long as it's toward Mexicans. Sure, I believe Mexicans should take the proper steps to work in this country. However, who made us judges, going around "contemplating" who is legal and who isn't?

If one more person asks me if Jess' boyfriends' family is legal I am going to blow a gasket. (Then they look at me suspiciously, like they can't possibly be legal, and they must've stolen someone's identity to obtain legality under false pretenses.) Yes, they're legal! AND they're ALSO people...human beings....GOOD people that I love and care about like my own family.

Isn't this a cute comment? "If Jess and John have kids one day, what will that make them? Bi beaner babies?" Yeah. Real funny. Real clever. Put a sock in it, jerk.

I'm having a bad day. Thanks for letting me vent.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Miscellaneous Babbling

Hey, quick "hello" post. I have to leave here real soon to go to the doctor. I have a UTI and the start of a sinus infection. Last time I put off going to the doctor when I had two simultaneous infections, I ended up with pnuemonia. I don't have time for that with Christmas one week away, so it's time to skip the wait and go now. :) So, yay for antibiotics and boo for infections!

Yay that I have more done for Christmas than I did before, including several wrapped gifts under the tree. Yay for nice weather, and yay for a quiet day here at work.

Hope you're having a great Monday. I just read that more heart attacks take place on Mondays than any other day. I believe that! So, if you're feeling stress....holiday stress or just plain ole' stress, take a deep breathe, imagine yourself in a tropical island, and exhale. Remember: there's only one Monday a week on our calendar. :)