Felling Happy at any Age

As some people pass there 30's, 40', and start getting into their 50's they think there lives are ending. I am 52 yrs. old and life is not over. Yes we do not look exactly the way we use to. But hey, I see my self in the mirror and there is not that much difference. The thing is that the more you abuse your body by eating in excess, smoking, drinking, using illegal drugs and other substances your body will deteriorate faster. And let my tell you tanning at an early age and way until you are older, will not help at all. 

It so necessary to exercise and do activities not to be skinny, but to enjoy life to the fullest. Right now I am over weight. Reason: I love to eat. If you eat to much and do not even walk hey there comes all the fat, we all know that. How to stop, not easy answer. Pills, diet's, juices,

etc. Every day is a different diet and you ask yourself, Why?  

Well, not every diet will work for everyone. The same with the exercises. Only you as a person can determine what you want to do with your body. If you are happy the way you are, by all means be yourself. Do not let any rule your life. We have one life to live, let's enjoy it while we can. I will never judge a person by the way they live, or the way they look. The people that judge and bully others for whatever reason, they are already living there own hell and just like to bring the same misery to others. 

For health reasons I decide to start eating better and exercise. My doctor is not happy with my gaining weight because, of my height 5' tall (not tall at all, LOL) and family history of Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, etc. I am not scared, but for my family peace of mind, I feel it is time for my to go back to a weight that I can feel less tired. Like I said: is a personal decision, but some times we need a wake-up call.

Personally, I need to feel myself again. More energy to do what I love to do.

Violence

Looking at the big picture...
 Many people blame the television, video games, pornographic material, and the list goes on and on. To tell you the truth the people that abuse children physically, mentally, and verbally, incest, spousal abuse, rape, shooting innocent people without a cause, bulling, child pornography, predators of children etc. It is not something that happen overnight. We know more of these cases because of the media. For better or for worse people are learning that children are abuse, women that are rape can come forward without feeling that is their fault. We as a community should be aware of  everything that is going on. Not to be intimidated but to realized that if you know that someone is abuse to come forward and call the police about the situation. The moment something is take it for granted is when innocents will be hurt.
Parents that know their child has psychological problems should have them committed into an institution. Why tell them what you are going to do. The scary thing is people know about the problems and take the situation lightly. And then, small children, teachers. people at the movies, at the schools, a mall, are attacked.
 I am not saying that is the parents fault, but the more attention we give to the signs, maybe we can save lives. People need to understand that we all are human and we all should be respected. Not because someone has been violated should  feel entitle to do the same thing that was done to them, to others. The pain will not go away by harming others. Just stop, think, and do not let the cycle to continue. 
All that is written here is my opinion. Maybe you disagree that is your prerogative. Think about it, research  about it. Violence is a disease that only when people get together and decide that they have enough and do the right thing, we will find the cure.

Bitten

Long time ago my father was breeding rabbits. Everyday he will wake up early in the morning to feed them and check out the new born. He was very proud of his rabbits, so was I. Sometimes children from the neighborhood will come and look at them. My daddy never let anyone take the rabbits out off their cages for safety reasons. 
He always let me pet them and play with them. But one afternoon his favorite rabbit which was the biggest one look different, he thought it was sick. He open the cage and took him out. Out of the blue the rabbit bit my dad. My dad threw the rabbit on the ground and look at his hand. The rabbit bit him very bad, he was bleeding and it was very painful. He was so angry that he opened every cage and let them go. All the rabbits were jumping all around the neighborhood. The grownups and the children started to run around to get them. My father said that he did not wanted them anymore and they could keep them. Well, it was rabbit stew the main dish around the neighborhood. I was sad for the rabbits but I understood my fathers disappointment. Years of taking care of them and loving the biggest one and just turned on him. After that incident my father never spoke about it again.  

LATE!!!!!

When I was living in Colorado Springs with my husband and my brother, we always went to bed early, because my husband had to be up by 4 o'clock in the morning, so he can have time to shave, brush his teeth, etc.  for work. He is in the US Army.
One cold morning, I heard screams and I got up. Well, it was my husband looking out the window and saying Beba (that is me) is day light, I try to understand , but he kept running around, got out of the bedroom and went to the living room to look out the window. My brother was sleeping in the sofa and my husband was looking out the window and scream one more time "Is day light".
My brother started to laugh, but I did not understand what was going on.
Now is the time to unravel the story. My brother was laughing  because my husband saw the sun light and because he was way late to go to work he kept running from one room to the other, just frantic. Why he had to look outside from every room in the apartment?
What happen was that he is never late, and his alarm did not went off so he can wake up and go to work for PT (Physical Training), He was out of himself. 
My brother and I started to laugh at my husband. I said: Tony if you see light in our room is going to be light everywhere. He looked at me with a puzzle face, but at the end he started to laugh. He called his office and  explain what happened. It is no excuse for me to be late he said. Thank God, my 1st Sgt. was aware that I was always on time and my work meant everything to me.         

Emergency Room

My daughter was feeling sick and I took her to the emergency room at Fort Benning. My husband had the car and we had to take her truck. My God! I had to say a prayer before getting in that truck. Messy is the word I am going to use for lack of a better word. I was like the monkeys: hear no evil, see no evil, and say no evil. Well, that was the start of this tragic story. Looking at the fuel line,it was in empty. We went to the Gasoline station, I filled the tank, and off we went.
My daughter decided to turn on the music and because she was sick, she did it with her toes, it was too loud and again she used her toes. I was praying the whole time to God because really this was getting too extreme for me. 
We pass the gate and went to the parking lot, park, and then we walk to the emergency room. It was a little bit cold for this time of the year. My daughter gave the secretary her ID card and  the lady told her to sit down. Ten minutes later they took their vitals signs. We got their at 9 o'clock and we waited for the longest time. I took a long nap which it was interrupted now and then by my daughter. because I was snoring. Three hours later they call us. We were in bed ten. The nurse enter the room told my daughter to change into one of those  hospital gowns. After 5 minutes the lady doctor check my daughter and talk to her for couple of minutes. 
A male nurse enter the room and told my girl that he needed to draw some blood. Believe it or not; my daughter started to cry and covering her face with her coat. She said to the male nurse: I am fine. She is very afraid of needles so she was a "Drama Queen" almost the hold time. I told him not to draw blood from the arm because it was going to be a waste of time. Well, he did not listen and he had to do it twice. The second time he got the vein, but miss" Drama Queen" started to shake her legs so hard that the needle got out. She kept nagging, crying, moody, etc.
The male nurse. I think he had it with her and called the lady nurse. I wanted to leave and I am the mother.
He was very polite, left the room and the lady nurse came back and use a smaller needle and draw blood from the upper part of the hand.
And the story gets better and better, NOT.
I try to comfort my daughter but she was like Oscar "the grouch."
I had to hold her legs and she held to my hand. My wish at the time it was to be an octopus so
I can handle it. 
The nurse could not get all the blood so they decided to give her the saline (I-V). After they left instead of keeping my mouth shut I told her that I knew they were going to draw blood. She got in one of her tantrums and it was hell. Why you did not tell me? and I am going to stop here about the things she said.  Even though she is 19 yrs. old; she behaves  like a 2 yr. old.
Then, a soldier enter the room with the male and lady nurse. The soldier was the only one that come her down. She argue with me so much that I said in the counter, I need a break from her.
I stay outside for twenty minutes. When I got back a soldier was trying to enter the ER area but the door was looked. I decided to knock. When the blonde nurse that was taking care of my daughter open the door, she shouted at me "How you there to leave your fourteen year old by herself. I was like what is she talking about?

Judge Dredd

Last Friday my son, his wife, and I, of course went to the movies. I am not just going to give you a review of the movie because then this will be a boring story. We need to get into the spirit of what is going on before getting in to the movie theater, inside, during the movie , and specially after the movie ends. Interested, please you are welcome to keep reading.
My son came with his wife and pick me up for the movie. We start talking about their day and just light conversation before getting to the movie theater. We park, well my son. When we were walking it was a lot of people going to the movies, specially young people. My son opened the door for us and I stay behind looking for my wallet. When I was going to buy my ticket it saw two groups of girls. From one of the groups a shy girl said: hi! to the girl in the other group and she totally ignore her. The shy girl said: Do you remember me?  And the other girl turn look at her from top to bottom and said: Oh, Yeah. Hi. And turned. In my mind I was thinking she is rude. I look at her and said to my self what make here think that she is better than the other girl. By the way the shy girl and her friend look very trendy. So What is up?
Well, I try to forget about the rude girl and I could not remember the name of the movie, great. Then out of the blue I remember. I enter and my son was buying caramel popcorn and water. I saw him, but he did not see me. I was behind one of does huge boards. He found me, and he said: what are you looking for? My ticket. And the one I found the ticket it was and old one. So, I have to take everything from my purse to find it. Do you know how many napkins and tissues I found. I am not going to tell. My son said: Are you getting something to drink? I said: Yes.
Went to the stand and the two young ladies they were a little wacky. But I like wacky, funny people so I followed their lead and start joking around with them and they said: Thank you and I said: You are welcome, it was nice talking to you.
My son was rushing me because I love to talk to people and this was not the right time. They were sitting for the movie. It was not to many people, most of them were guys.
The movie was cooler than the first of course, better clothes, different scenery. But basically, Judge Dredd was the "Law". I am not going to tell you too much about the movie because everyone has a different opinion. I enjoy the movie from beginning to end. I said to my son and 
and his wife that for me out of 5 it was a 5. My son and daughter- in -law Looked at me smiling and said: It is just a three and a half. As I said: Everyone that see a movie has a different review.
Before we left I look in the back and it was this guy sleeping profoundly. I said the movie was not that bad. Well, a friend of the guy came and try to wake him up. The sleepy guy did not want to get up.
My son said: Let's go. So we left without knowing what happen to the guy. Yes, I wanted to know.

Con-Artist

For two years and some month I had the dishonor to met this young man, and I said man lightly. This person with his" I do not brake a plate" make you think that he is a good person. Well, first able her mother kick him out of the house. We did not know why. One day she calls my house to be sure he was here. She scream at me that he was a drug addict and not to believe any of his lies. He came clean and said: that he started because his 2yrs. girlfriend left him, that for the first time he was by himself, and he was walking with a bad crowd. He lost his scholarship,that was paying for everything even the place he was leaving. Thank god he left all bad stuff behind.
My husband said: some people make mistakes. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes you try to help people and they do not change unless they decide to be better people. Two years has pass, and he has been running from one house to the other. His mom, the dad, and now his grandmother. He does not like to work. We are on his case all the time. After getting a job he was fired for been late, got another job as a short hand chef in the university left it because he did not feel good in that job, then he was without a job for the longest time. Until, one day I decided to tell him that it was time that he show everyone that he was a grown up. He got this work now for more than 8 month give and take. His family feels happier.
Something he likes to do is that he make promises that he never follow. For example: he told his family he wanted to get into the Marines, we were surprise and his family too. Well, the day he went to the place to get everything done: he forgot to pay some money that he owed, God knows who. He came back and that was the end of that. Then he said that he always wanted to be a police officer, sorry but my husband and I laugh. His birthday came up, and that was the end of it.
He asked my husband if he could help him going with him to the recruiting center. I said to my husband this is another of his tricks. But, my husband help him. Knowing that he may never get into the army. Some people do not deserved to be help. But we are suckers for people that are in trouble. No more. That is his parents and grandparents baggage. They are to blame for thinking he always tells the truth. They think he is misunderstood, not.
Well, everyone in his family is disappointed but he is the kind of person that start talking and make you think that life is against him. Well, now my husband and I see him for who he is. Someone that