Heading to Pittsburgh for a sane-r New Year

I am setting off for Pittsburgh in a few hours' time.

Excited? Well..more of nervousness. As I always am before a trip.

I am nervous because of many things--this time round, I am nervous because I am taking a night bus there and a night bus back.

I bet you have heard just as back about night buses as I have. Drivers falling asleep at the wheel are among the most hazardous causes of traffic accidents.

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I have decided to stay there for 3-4 days.

Initially, I wanted to fulfill my call of duty and be back by 1st Jan when I realized I would be quite foolish to do that.

Come on! What good will it do me?

I am most likely to be clearing dishes, and fighting for the bathroom to shower.

I think I deserve a better New Year than that.

And I kind of believe in that I deserve that good a beginning to my year, as I deserve that good a day every day of my life.

It is hard to believe in it all the time. But the bottom line is, you have to start to believe in it.

And know that you stand by this belief no matter what.

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I wasn't happy when the kid said

"the salad is turning a little ripe. You should eat it."

Huh?

"what do you mean by ripe?"

...um, stale?"

Oki...

"and if it is ripe, why should I eat it? Why are we not tossing it out?"

I don't know, but it baffles me as to where she gets this sense of superiority from.

Because I am employed in the household, does it mean I have to take stale food?

Come on...I already am not complaining when you don't buy me the grapes and strawberries and fresh Collard greens as requested on the shopping list.

Nor did I complain when I have to fork out money from my own pocket to buy fish.

And I thought you should be paying for all my food and my lodging?

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I am sorry to whine again.

Like I confessed to many of you, this is my sanity base.

I write because I am upset, because I am irritated, because I am frustrated, because I feel bullied.

But then again, while it is not the best scenario that I can anticipate, I still am thankful for being here.

And I give thanks with a grateful heart.

See you next week! Have a Happy Blessed year ahead.

God bless.