Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Pass It On

April 7, 2013 By 10 Comments

Today’s (totally optional) Prompt:

What is something you have passed on (on purpose or not) to your children?

Or what did your parents pass on to you?

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When I was little, about to lose my first tooth, my very best friend told me that when you go to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, they gave you a shot with a GIANT NEEDLE and then used a HUGE drill in your mouth and it HURT LIKE YOU WERE GETTING STABBED.

Maybe it wasn’t so dramatic and all, but it scarred me for life.

I’ve been a bad dental patient all my life. Even though I have great teeth and all, I’ve cried and screamed at, bitten and puked on my dentist.

Looks like I’ve passed on that anxiety to my kid.

This week he had to go to the dentist to get the first of 6 cavities filled. (He obviously has my sister’s teeth…)

He did a great job once he was there, but the night before and morning of, he was a huge ball of anxiety. It made me sad because I couldn’t help him. I didn’t know what to say because, well, I hold the same anxieties.

The best I could do was reassure him that while it would probably be uncomfortable, I would NEVER let them do anything to him that I wouldn’t let them do to me.

Oh, and I told him he’d get $5.

A little bribery never hurt, right?

What have you passed on to your child without meaning to? Or if you don’t have children, what did your parent(s) pass on to you?

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

  • Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
  • Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
  • Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
  • Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
  • Link up your post below.
  • Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

 

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Free

March 24, 2013 By 16 Comments

I’m in a weird place lately. I’m stuck in a strange purgatory-type place between inspired and depressed and I’m not sure what I should say here.

Today’s going to be free writing. Feel free to write for five minutes about anything or nothing. Dump your brain. Go back to basics and let it be a true Stream of Consciousness post. I can’t wait to read what’s going on in your head…

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Wipeout is on. It’s an older one with Jill on it, thank goodness, because Vanessa really sucks as a cutesy hostess.

My brain is fried. I’m caught between being inspired to do lots of things and being depressed and wanting to just take a nap instead of doing laundry or anything productive.

I can’t decide if this is normal post-giant-goal letdown or partially due to the fact that I feel overwhelmed and hate spring and summer. I feel rejuvenated in the Fall and Winter, and with Spring and Summer looming, I’m feeling anxious.

Today, I cleaned out my writing room which is really just a little tiny bedroom with a desk and some pictures in it. But it’s MY room. I hope to get in there and actually write some things before long. Some REAL things.

My brain is in need of resetting. Maybe I need an energy session. Maybe I need a vacation. When my brain isn’t free, I feel stuck. I want to feel free again. Not gunked up with a lot of nonsense like I feel is the case right now.

Anybody else feel like this? Like you’re on a Wipeout course with crap flying out after you every time you turn around, clogging up your brain?

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

  • Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
  • Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
  • Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
  • Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
  • Link up your post below.
  • Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Green

March 17, 2013 By 8 Comments

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

In honor of all things green, today I decided we could think about green. You know, if you want to.

Green has many things associated with it – greed, spring, eco-friendly, broccoli, grass, money – so many things.

What does green make you think of and how does it make you feel?

Today’s (totally optional) prompt: Green

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It’s not easy being green. I’m sure that’s how this box feels.

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Spring is coated in green. Working at a nursery, I watch leaves on the trees erupt from their buds. The color of spring transforms from brown to a bright, almost fluorescent green, to a rich Crayola green. It’s pretty, but…

To me, Green looks like allergies. And pollen-coated eyes.

Green makes me sneeze. In fact, I just sneezed while I wrote that sentence.

Green isn’t a good color for me, yet I have a purse picked out that’s the color of that block up there.

I like orange better than green. But this post isn’t about orange. It’s about green. Which reminds me of money and greed and envy and well, those are things that I don’t like.

I guess I don’t like green all that much, huh?

What about you? What do you think about green? Surely you can write about it for five minutes!

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

  • Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
  • Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
  • Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
  • Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
  • Link up your post below.
  • Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: I don’t understand

March 3, 2013 By 12 Comments

Hey y’all! Thank you so much for giving me a pass last weekend while I was otherwise occupied – you know, running 13.1 miles through Disney World.

We had so much fun last time we did an “I don’t understand” list that I wanted to do it again!

Today’s (totally optional) prompt: I don’t understand…

Your five minutes starts now! 

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I don’t understand why the man a few tables from us at dinner last night – at a nice restaurant – thought is was ok to play the freaking harmonica at the table. If one song wasn’t enough, he played a CHRISTMAS song, too. It’s March. WHAT?

I don’t understand why men can just drop weight like it’s nothing and I try and try and try and nothing. I run a million miles and lose 3 pounds. What?

I dont’ understand why ear wax wasn’t covered in parenting books. WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EAR WAX involved with kids?

I don’t understand why we have to use money. Can’t we all just give each other stuff based on our niceness? That would rock.

I don’t understand things that I don’t understand. And I don’t understand why.

^^ see what I did there?

I don’t understand people who aren’t tolerant of others’ opinions. Whether you agree or not, be respectful, people.

I don’t understand German. The language. Because obviously.

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

  • Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
  • Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
  • Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
  • Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
  • Link up your post below.
  • Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: It’s Like Going To…

February 17, 2013 By 10 Comments

I posted this last night to go live, but WordPress has other ideas I guess.

Anyway… here’s your post for today!

Today’s (totally optional) Prompt: It’s like going to…

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When I’m looking forward to something and can’t sleep, I always say “It’s like I’m going to Disney World.”

All my life, it’s been that way.

When I was young, we went to Disney pretty often. That’s a perk of having a dad with a small plane and being only a few hours from Orlando.

The night before we would leave, my sister and I would sleep in the same bed, giggling and getting excited and trying to figure out what we’re going to do first. We’d crash as soon as we left which (in hindsight) was probably amazing for our parents.

That’s how I feel right now.

I can’t sleep. I’m so unbelievably excited that in one week I’ll be in the happiest place on earth, doing something that I NEVER thought I would (OR COULD) do.

I’ll be with two of my very favorite people. I’ll be meeting a goal that I’ve set for myself.

AND I’LL GET TO RIDE THE LITTLE MERMAID RIDE.

(jazz hands)

What do you get excited about that makes you giddy with anticipation?

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

  • Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
  • Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
  • Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
  • Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post (in the sidebar). .
  • Link up your post below.
  • Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

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