Call me the Tortoise

The infamous story of the tortoise and the hare is one find quite intriguing and easy to relate to. I know that I am one of billions of people and that my life seems insignificant to others BUT I am the tortoise. Why? Because I am slow and boring...well in a sense. Wedding plans, parties, plays, ballets and school projects engulf my family right now. My life consists of nothing exciting...well except for this blog and my Revolutionary War book. So, like the tortoise, the hare(s) is/are passing me by at LIGHTENING speed while I continue slowly but steadily in the back. No one really sees me now, but no worries because the tortoise will make a grand appearance eventually and the tortoise and the hare will live happily ever after...until the the next race. I watch everyone live their dreams and happiest moments, in fact, I have front row tickets, but I'm not bitter. Anxious, YES, but patient and willing to wait for my time to shine. Call me Dan, in real life!

Peaches and Cream...I think not

This week has been the week from heck. I am sorely disappointed in life right now and what it offers me. I hate to sit and complain about the boring yet sad life I lead, so instead I will simply offer and opinion. My opinion is disregarded by most people, but because I enjoy reading my blog I write for my future satisfaction.
It is a truth hardly acknowledged that life is a all zippidy-doo-dah and flowers. Most people especially in America, France and Denmark (or so I hear) are negative and find that a smile is too difficult to muster once a day. That would describe my precise feeling. I am this close to selling knives or dropping out of school and going to a tech school...(nothing wrong with that)I have put my best foot forward and hopped on what I thought was the "right track." Little did I know that I had put my best foot forward landing in quick sand and am about to get run over by a train. Whenver I have a good feeling about life and the future, life and the future have a bad feeling about me. It seems that when you think that sun is going to shine in the morning, it decides to shine on China for a few more days, weeks or months. Life is like a roller coaster: you have to ride the ups and downs. Life is like an airport: expect delays. Suddenly, my hole in the wall is looking VERY inviting. Like the great country singer Darryl Worley said,
"Sounds like life to me it ain’t no fantasy
It’s just a common case of everyday reality
Man I know it’s tough but you gotta suck it up
To hear you talk you’re caught up in some tragedy
It sounds like life to me"
So, I am pulling myself from out of the quicksand, dodging the train before I am road kill and signing out.