{"id":1398,"date":"2007-06-26T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T05:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:28:21","slug":"dont-give-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=1398","title":{"rendered":"Don’t give up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a sucker for schmaltz<\/strong><\/span>
as much as I try<\/strong><\/span>
to believe that I’m not<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
I’m still a sucker <\/strong><\/span>
for movies with “happily ever after”<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
and I’ve just finished watching one<\/strong><\/span>
so I’ve got that goofy grin on my face<\/strong><\/span>
that comes from watching schmaltz<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
it’s been a cruddy day….<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
first off it’s the end of an era<\/strong><\/span>
the $100.00 car is no more<\/strong><\/span>
my buddy Barney hauled the old bitch <\/strong><\/span>
off to the scrapper today<\/strong><\/span>
*sigh*<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
I know it was necessary <\/strong><\/span>
and will likely mark <\/strong><\/span>
a new beginning for me<\/strong><\/span>
but I was sad to go out there <\/strong><\/span>
and see the old girl<\/strong><\/span>
gone<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
I didn’t go to work today<\/strong><\/span>
I have an eye infection<\/strong><\/span>
likely precipitated by <\/strong><\/span>
road goo from getting <\/strong><\/span>
caught in the grand daddy of all<\/strong><\/span>
thunder and lightening storms<\/strong><\/span>
on the weekend<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
when ya got a crappy eye<\/strong><\/span>
yer nose runs<\/strong><\/span>
and yer head pounds…<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
ya can’t read<\/strong><\/span>
ya can’t watch tv<\/strong><\/span>
and ya can’t write<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
it’s boring<\/strong><\/span>
and it gives you way too much time<\/strong><\/span>
to think<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
thinking is all good<\/strong><\/span>
as long as yer in yer happy place<\/strong><\/span>
but not so much<\/strong><\/span>
if ya ain’t….<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
today I spent a great deal of time<\/strong><\/span>
thinking about how “infirm” I’ve become<\/strong><\/span>
and how<\/strong><\/span>
in spite of the dr<\/strong><\/span>
I’m gonna find a way to become less so<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
so to that end<\/strong><\/span>
I changed two tri-lite sockets today<\/strong><\/span>
and started mucking out my file cabinet<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
no large feat for most<\/strong><\/span>
but large for someone who’s sat on the couch <\/strong><\/span>
for ever n ever<\/strong><\/span>
courtesy of the dad blasted dr<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
(note to self re changing light sockets:<\/strong><\/span>
them little things that say “press here”<\/strong><\/span>
to allow you to simply separate the 2 parts….<\/strong><\/span>
not so much<\/strong><\/span>
you need hand strength<\/strong><\/span>
to do that….<\/strong><\/span>
so I got up close and personal <\/strong><\/span>
with a pair of channel locks<\/strong><\/span>
and pulled them apart anyway)<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
all of which caused me to have a talk<\/strong><\/span>
with my friend B<\/strong><\/span>
who is also a victim of his injuries<\/strong><\/span>
about not succumbing<\/strong><\/span>
about not giving in or giving up<\/strong><\/span>
about fighting our age<\/strong><\/span>
and our health <\/strong><\/span>
tooth and nail<\/strong><\/span>
about quantity<\/strong><\/span>
vs<\/strong><\/span>
quality<\/strong><\/span>
of life<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
cos living next door <\/strong><\/span>
to the VOD for almost<\/strong><\/span>
10 years <\/strong><\/span>
has taught me well<\/strong><\/span>
what will happen <\/strong><\/span>
if we give up<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
don’t give up<\/strong><\/span>
try<\/strong><\/span>
if ya fall on yer ass<\/strong><\/span>
get up and try again<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
don’t give up<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a sucker for schmaltzas much as I tryto believe that I’m notI’m still a sucker for movies with “happily ever after”and I’ve just finished watching oneso I’ve got that goofy grin on my facethat comes from watching schmaltzit’s been … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5083,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/5083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}